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I’m not bothered about cookies and privacy intrusion, Firefox privacy feature deletes all cookies on close

You know those cookie opt-in/opt-out information bars that you regularly spot when you surf around (mostly big) websites? Here’s one from thesun.co.uk. The fuzz is that cookies can be used to identify users on subsequent visits, therefore a possible privacy … Read more

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Do Not Track (DNT) scares the advertisement industry, and with good reason ..

They think they can’t live without it. Here’s my proposal on how to deal with it. Qualitative data > quantitative data Quantitative data, tracking statistics, is error prone. It can be misleading and it’s almost impossible to interpret the data. … Read more

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iGoogle replacements

Netvibes Netvibes may be my iGoogle replacement of choice as of now. It seems to be fairly flexible and also importing the iGoogle feeds to Netvibes was a breeze. Appearently Netvibes requires the import file to be in an OPML … Read more

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Apple location services you think you need enabled but you don’t

So you don’t fancy the fact that Apple knows where you are at all times? Then you’ve probably browsed through the “Location Services” items in the Settings menu and you’ve also looked through the cunningly named “System Services” section. With … Read more

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