Internet users overwhelmingly enjoy free Web content supported by advertising, and they'd rather see advertisements targeted toward their interests than random ads, according to a survey released this week by the Digital Advertising ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer Wednesday toward the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite concerns that the cyberthreat information-sharing bill will allow Web-based companies to share ...
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New legislation in the U.S. Senate that would allow Internet users to tell companies to stop tracking them is unnecessary and could slow e-commerce growth, some tech groups said. Sens. John "Jay" Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, and ...
A toy start-up company is seeking investment for its first range of figures dubbed Legendary Monsters. Web users can help fund the line of toys based on US urban legends - like Mothman and The Jersey Devil (pictured) - via Nevermore Toys' ...
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Facebook scored an initial legal victory in its IPO case following a federal judge's dismissal of a group of investor lawsuits filed against the company. More than 30 lawsuits were filed against Facebook after it went public last May, ...
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A recent push in the IT industry to collect and monetize big data is headed for a clash with privacy concerns from Internet users and potential regulation from some governments, according to tech analyst firm Ovum. Internet advertising ...
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Facebook posted a revenue increase of 40 percent in the fourth quarter as the number of daily mobile users exceeded daily Web users for the first time ever, the company reported. Revenue for the social networking company rose to US$1.59 ...
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Facebook posted a revenue increase of 40 percent in the fourth quarter as the number of daily mobile users exceeded daily Web users for the first time ever, the company reported. Revenue for the social networking company rose to US$1.59 ...
Tags: Facebook, fourth quarter, mobile pips web
Cloud hosting company FireHost has claimed that cross-site scripting attacks increased by an estimated 160 per cent in the final quarter of 2012. The company claims that it has detected a spike in what it calls a "superfecta" of attempted ...
The United States Department of Homeland Security has warned that Java is still open to attacks, despite Oracle's attempts to fix its vulnerabilities. Last week, it was discovered that the web browser software contained a zero-day ...
Abine, Inc., the online privacy company, today announced a new online tracker-blocking tool called DoNotTrackMe (DNTMe), which builds on the company's DoNotTrackPlus (DNT+) browser add-on. It's the same trusted privacy technology that more ...
Tags: Abine, online privacy, DoNotTrackMe, DoNotTrackPlus
Many of the new smart phones in our just-updated smart-phone Ratings have displays that approach and even exceed 5 inches. Yet most of these giants are surprisingly comfortable to hold, thanks to thin bodies (between a quarter and half an ...
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As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). While some groups representing copyright holders still want ...
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Repligen has announced a new licensing agreement with Pfizer in an effort to advance Repligen's spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) program. The work focuses on RG3039, which is a small molecule drug candidate in clinical development for the ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle is updating its widely used open source MySQL database, and a range of associated products, in order to meet the increasing demands of Web users. In the past decade, "The Web has transitioned from just serving ...
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