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Malicious Sites Could Turn Google Chrome Into a Listening Device
Jan 23, 2014One developer's posting this week about Chrome has drawn a bunch of headlines from tech sites launching into reports on the developer's headline post: "Chrome Bugs Allow Sites to Listen to Your Private Conversations." Tal Ater, who ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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The World Wide Web Consortium Has Finalized Its Specification for Web Storage
Aug 5, 2013The World Wide Web Consortium has finalized its specification for Web Storage, a technology that would give Web applications more flexibility in storing data on user machines. Now that Web Storage is an official specification, browser ...
Tags: Web Storage
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Mozilla Firefox:Reach WebRTC Webrtc and Switching on a New JavaScript Module
Jun 25, 2013Mozilla today shipped Firefox 22,enabling the in-browser audio-video calling standard WebRTC and switching on a new JavaScript module that promises to speed up Web apps. The update also included patches for 17 security ...
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NetChoice Takes Aim at State Legislation
May 20, 2013E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet. Topping NetChoice's latest iAWFUL (Internet Advocates' ...
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Online Advertising Industry Has Not Lived up to a Promise to Stop The Online Tracking
Apr 27, 2013The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senior U.S. senator said Wednesday. Senator John "Jay" Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, ...
Tags: Senator, Computer Products
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MobiLead Announced That It Has Joined The World Wide Web Consortium
Apr 19, 2013mobiLead, which specializes in NFC and QR code information tag generation and management, today announced that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international community that develops open Web standards. The W3C's ...
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Mozilla Plans to Introduce a Common AP to Make Online Payments Easy and Secure
Apr 9, 2013Mozilla plans to introduce a common AP to make online payments easy and secure on Firefox OS devices. "As a first step, Mozilla will introduce navigator.mozPay() in Firefox OS so that web apps can accept payments," said Kumar McMillan, ...
Tags: Mozilla, online payments, OS devices
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Google Is Hoping to Make It Easier for Developers to Integrate SMS or Voice Communications
Apr 3, 2013Google is hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate SMS or voice communications into applications running on the company's App Engine platform. Working with Twilio, Google has created native Python and Java libraries for ...
Tags: APP, APP Engine, Computer Products, Google
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Mozilla Previewed The First Commercial Build of Its Firefox Operating System
Feb 26, 2013Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox operating system and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress. The OS is being pitched as a better alternative for low-end ...
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Ericsson,Mozilla and AT&T Will Demonstrate a WebRTC Proof of Concept
Feb 24, 2013Ericsson, Mozilla and AT&T will demonstrate a Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) proof of concept at Mobile World Congress 2013 this week. The joint demonstration builds on Ericsson’s Web Communication Gateway, the Mozilla Social ...
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W3C Is Bringing Its Technical and Management Staff to China for The First Time
Jan 23, 2013The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is bringing its technical and management staff to China for the first time as a way to increase collaboration between the nation's Internet industry and the Web standards group. W3C said on Sunday it ...
Tags: W3C, Internet industry, Web standards
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Users of Windows 8 to Change The Default Setting for The"Do Not Track" Privacy Feature
Dec 31, 2012Microsoft today said users of Windows 8 will be able to change the default setting for the"Do Not Track"privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10(IE10)when they first run the new operating system. Do Not Track(DNT)signals whether a user ...
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Website Owners Need to Obtain Consent to Use Cookies, Says Neelie Kroes
Dec 28, 2012EC vice-president and leader of the digital agenda Neelie Kroes says website owners still need to obtain consent to use cookies,even if web users have browsers that offer'do not track'(DNT). Kroes,who is seeking a way for web users to opt ...
Tags: Cookie Law, obtain consent, use cookies
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The W3C Is Mapping out Enhancements
Dec 28, 2012With HTML5 and the Canvas 2D specifications now "feature-complete," the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) is mapping out enhancements for subsequent versions of these technologies. W3C is proceeding with refinements that could turn up in ...
Tags: HTML5, Canvas 2D, specifications, W3C
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Consumers Should Have a Say Over The Level of Privacy They Want
Dec 27, 2012When it comes to consumers' rights to control their own browsers, everybody wants to sound like they're pro-choice. But with many millions of advertising dollars on the line, the definition of pro-choice tends to align with the financial ...
