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Jesse Berst: Make money from your personal home page
News Even if your page doesn't draw the page views you need to qualify for the Lycos program, here are some other popular ways people are turning their Web hobbies into extra cash: Amazon.com pioneered the concept of paying Web sites for sending...
[September 28, 1999, 9:56]
Lycos to buy personal home page firm Tripod
News YHOO) formed a partnership with personal Web page publisher GeoCities Inc.taking a minority equity stake in the company. The shake-out of the personal Web page business is surprising, given the corporate heritage of the companies involved.
[February 3, 1998, 16:04]
Intuit scrambles to plug Quicken leaks
News A design quirk in some e-commerce Web sites allows sensitive consumer information -- including personal habits, tastes or finances -- to be attached to Web page location codes used by third parties, such as ad-placement companies.
[March 2, 2000, 14:29]
How to steal 2,500 credit cards, Part 2
News In some cases, the server-side code underlying a Web page is viewable if a browser places "::$DATA" at the end of the page's Web address. Average consumers have no way of knowing how well-guarded their personal information is when they submit it to...
[January 17, 2000, 9:19]
IE flaw puts credit card info at risk
News The security flaw allows an outsider to break into cookies -- tiny electronic files used by Web sites to file account information or personalise pages -- through a specially crafted Web page or email.
[November 12, 2001, 9:42]
Telewest users suffer network blues
News The three services affected by the outage include Blueyonder's Personal Web Page (PWP) servers, which carry all its subscribers' Web sites; SelfCare, which allows users to manage their Web sites, add and remove MAC addresses and monitor traffic...
[November 25, 2003, 16:50]
Google releases Dashboard stored data service
News It lets users log into the settings page of their Google Account and review links to the personal data stored by Google across many of its products from a single web page. With nearly two-thirds of all internet searches passing through its servers...
[November 5, 2009, 9:26]
Inside Windows Live beta review
Reviews Microsoft is dressing up its Web search engine, MSN Search, and giving users tools to create a personal portal that serves up custom content, including RSS newsfeeds. On the right, the selected image is superimposed over the Web page where it's...
[March 22, 2006, 16:50]
Deepnet Explorer review
Reviews Deepnet Explorer aims to replace Internet Explorer's hodgepodge of third-party applications with built-in features that include advanced security, P2P file sharing, an RSS newsreader, and an encrypted form filler that automatically populates Web...
[May 24, 2005, 8:45]
Web bug swarm grows 500 percent
News Most personal page owners are likely unaware that the Web bugs are present and collecting information from visitors. The flood can be traced to the number of secondary pages carrying the tags, including personal Web pages linked to large community...
[August 15, 2001, 10:09]
eBay faces data protection inquiry
News The civil- and cyber-rights group complained to the UK's Information Commissioner this week about eBay.co.uk, which it claims is breaching the Data Protection Act by making it very hard for users to cancel their account and delete details of their...
[August 31, 2006, 15:35]
eBay acts over privacy fears
News ZDNet UK has learnt that eBay has agreed to make changes to its Web site to make it easier for users to close accounts and track personal e-commerce transactions, following a complaint by Privacy International.
[September 27, 2006, 16:40]
Businesses warned over Web 2.0 security
News However, 59 percent of office workers in the 18 to 29 age bracket believe they should be entitled to use Web 2.0 content from their work computer for personal reasons. You can inject JavaScript code into a web page using cross-site scripting, for...
[March 26, 2007, 16:37]
Surveillance 2: It's all our own fault
News For example, every time you connect to a Web page, the Web server at the other end makes a note of your IP address, the browser you're using and the Web page you came from. When you supply your name, address and credit card number to an e-commerce...
[February 24, 2000, 16:04]
Phishing shield makes money for ISPs
News ISPs can install software developed by Simplicita on their networks to display a Yahoo search page, including sponsored links and ads, to customers who attempt to surf to a known phishing site or mistype a web address, the company announced on...
[March 28, 2007, 9:16]
Settlement means sweeping changes to Passport
News At a time when Microsoft is looking for greater user adoption of Web-based services, all which require delivering personal information to them, it needs to be certain that customers are satisfied with the security and privacy being offered.
[August 9, 2002, 7:50]
Virgin trades gadgets for your privacy
News Customers, of course, can visit any Web page they like on the Internet. But when they log on, they will find themselves directed to the VirginConnect Web page. The Web device is a sleek silver machine with a flat-panel screen, a wireless keyboard...
[April 10, 2000, 14:07]
Awasu review
Reviews Whenever you click the orange XML newsfeed icon on any Web page, Awasu's Channel Wizard loads and leads you through the subscription process. Directly below it is the browser pane, which functions as a standard Web browser and displays articles in...
[July 19, 2004, 16:25]
Web firms scramble to obey privacy law
News The economics of many Web businesses are pinned to the collection of consumers' personal information. Underscoring the confusion surrounding the new rules, major Web portals are taking different steps to comply with the law.
[July 2, 2001, 10:15]
Best vCard for UIQ
Downloads A vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found on a traditional business card.vCard is used in applications such as Internet mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephone applications, call centers, video conferencing, PIMs...
[April 11, 2006, 8:00]
