With many Internet users concerned the National Security Agency is tracking their Web browsing activity, Belgian researchers have released another study showing it’s not just government following our activity – marketers and major
Published on: October 11th, 2013
Candice So
@candice_so
Some of Canada's most-visited Web sites operated by large corporations are giving away user information – without their consent or knowledge – to third party advertisers, the Privacy Commissioner reports.Jennifer Stoddart and her
Google launched a Trusted Stores program on Thursday that will provide online shoppers with customer satisfaction scores for participating merchants, according to a company blog post. Google will serve a Trusted Store badge
Published on: June 8th, 2012
Cameron Scott
@itbusinessca
Yesterday it was Google Inc. that applied for the generic top level domain (gTLD) .lol.Today, Momentous Corp. of Ottawa announced that it too is seeking approval for several gTLDs.The four new registries for
Published on: June 1st, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.Axis
Published on: May 24th, 2012
Lucian Constantin
@itbusinessca
Google launched Google+ last summer to save us all from Facebook and Twitter. Twitter is too much like shouting in a coffee shop, Google argued, and Facebook's garden, large and beautiful as it
Published on: May 7th, 2012
David Chartier
@itbusinessca
Google has warned 20,000 Web sites that they might be hacked and injected with JavaScript redirect malware, Google said.In a message sent this week, Google said that some pages of the Web site
Published on: April 19th, 2012
Loek Essers
@itbusinessca
Everyone needs a Web browser, but with so many different ones available, deciding which one is best for you can be hard. Are you looking for something blazing fast? Or is strong security
Published on: February 27th, 2012
Megan Guess
@itbusinessca
As the White House pushed a privacy bill of rights this week and readied new online privacy legislation for Congress to consider, Google decided on Thursday to get behind “Do Not Track” technology
Published on: February 24th, 2012
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Google's alleged circumvention of do-not-track controls on Apple's Safari browser could lead to big fines from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission if the agency determines Google has violated a privacy settlement the company
Published on: February 17th, 2012
Grant Gross
@itbusinessca
You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering.The latest version of Google's Chrome browser, known as Chrome 17, can now determine which sites you're likely to visit when you start typing
Published on: February 9th, 2012
Brad Reed
@itbusinessca
Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 9, claiming that the new browser processes JavaScript up to 36 per cent faster than its predecessor.The company also patched six Firefox vulnerabilities, and released a security update
Published on: December 22nd, 2011
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Microsoft next year will change its automated update process for the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser to push out the latest version of the browser for XP, Vista and Windows 7 without the
Published on: December 16th, 2011
Ellen Messmer
@itbusinessca
Recently one of my kids asked for a TankBot for Chanukah. I'd never heard of it, so I went to YouTube to see one in action. Turns out it's a pretty cool smartphone-controlled
Published on: November 28th, 2011
Rick Broida
@itbusinessca
