Privacy groups have written to the US Federal Trade Commission complaining that Amazon's privacy policy deceives consumers and violates laws against unfair business practices.
After much hype, confusion and scepticism, a handful of Internet companies are trying to do something that has stubbornly eluded the high-tech industry: turn the vague concept of "Web services" into a reality for the greater Internet.
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Post a review of a book or other product on Amazon.com, and the information may find its way into the company's file on you.
After a decade, even your mom buys books online. But are "secure" transactions secure enough?
Craig Silverstein -- Google's technology director and employee No. 1 -- discusses the future of search.
After a rash of data breaches, one wonders why our personal data is being stored by companies at all.
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Network managers point to SSL as a significant step forward in VPN ease-of-use that is quickly gaining market share as an alternative to the popular but less flexible Internet Protocol security (IPSec).
Personalisation has become an accepted part of technological interaction, but what does the future hold?
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If you already run IE, this minor upgrade will keep you up-to-date, but there's no need to upgrade immediately. If you're a Netscape 6.1 fan, don't bother to switch.
PC users always say they have more apps than Mac users. But that's not true of browsers. We review five.
Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.
Microsoft slams Google on privacy
Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategi… Watch it now
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