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Web creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has told the BBC that he is against web tracking systems, and he would change his ISP if they introduced it. He believes that consumers need to be protected against systems which can track their activity on the Internet.
Recently, plans by leading ISPs to use Phorm, a company which tracks ... Read more

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This is where Google Gears starts making real sense. It has been handy to be able to launch your web application when you don’t have internet connectivity, but how often does this really happen? Your mobile however is probably offline most of the time, so now that Google Gears work on mobile devices, you can ... Read more

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The European Union is spending 14m Euros to create a standard way to send TV via the Internet. Partners including the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union are also contributing a total of £3.7m. The four-year project ‘P2P Next’ aims to create a peer-t0-peer system that can pipe programmes to set-top boxes and home TV ... Read more

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AOL has announced that from the 1st March 2008, Netscape Navigator will be no more. The once omnipresent browser of choice through most of the 1990s will still be around for those of you who still want to use it, but not as a fully-supported browser option.
Athough AOL announced the end of Netscape Navigator at ... Read more

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For those of you that aren’t aware, today is Europe’s fifth Safer Internet Day. Both children and parents are being educated about the dangers online, through assemblies and other events held at schools. Sessions will cover the risks of sharing too much personal data online and encourage children to think about their behaviour online and ... Read more