The Internet is all for user friendly applications. It promotes the use of information to improve and simplify our lives. The Daily Telegraph recently posted a list of the 101 most “useful” websites. The “A” list of Internet application. The list is interesting and brought to my attention a number of helpful websites. The most [...]

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Online privacy issues have many Internet users spooked. The fact is that marketers, businesses and authorities do have access to varying degrees of Internet users’ personal information, depending on the nature of their online usage. What exactly constitutes personal information? The type of information normally disclosed online includes information such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, [...]

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Microsoft hopes to strengthen online privacy with the acquisition of the U-Prove technology, the company announced on Thursday. U-Prove is technology that allows Internet users to disclose only the minimum amount of personal information when conducting electronic transactions as a way to reduce the likelihood of privacy violations. U-Prove also employs cryptography to prevent systems [...]

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