Read more MSN stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/396/msn.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 01:25:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/126160/hidden-supercookies-stalk-users-steal-history.htmlMark Russell<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=834421&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110818075429' border='0' />Privacy-conscious consumers have yet another thing to worry about in the ongoing battle over online security: supercookies. Unlike regular cookies that track a user's online activities, supercookies are much harder to locate and delete, and are able to reformulate a user profile even after that user deleted his regular cookies,...Aggressive online companies are increasingly using "supercookies" to track users without their knowledge or consent.http://www.newser.com/story/126160/hidden-supercookies-stalk-users-steal-history.htmlThu, 18 Aug 2011 07:54:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23791/eu-takes-aim-at-search-engines-over-personal-data.htmlLaila Weir<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=92013&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401015153' border='0' />A European advisory body has sharply criticized Internet search companies’ use of personal data, the BBC reports. Its recommendations, likely to be adopted by the European Commission, say search companies should delete users’ information within six months. The opinion comes alongside reports of a new kind of computer cookie that...The logo of Google, seen on the front door of the new Google Engineering center in Zurich, Switzerland, in this March 6, 2008 file photo.http://www.newser.com/story/23791/eu-takes-aim-at-search-engines-over-personal-data.htmlTue, 08 Apr 2008 15:51:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15868/departing-gates-plays-tired-tune-at-vegas-show.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=61781&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401023550' border='0' />Bill Gates' last speech to the Consumer Electronics Show as Microsoft chairman left the audience underwhelmed, New York Times blogger Saul Hansell reports. Gates had few exciting new developments to report and instead chose to speak of the "digital decade"—hardly breaking news for the audience at a showcase for...Microsoft chairman Bill Gates plays an Xbox guitar during his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008 . (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)http://www.newser.com/story/15868/departing-gates-plays-tired-tune-at-vegas-show.htmlTue, 08 Jan 2008 12:56:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/790/big-guns-battle-video-sharing-with-free-tv-shows.htmlColleen Barry<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=900&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035659' border='0' />TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that...You Tube logohttp://www.newser.com/story/790/big-guns-battle-video-sharing-with-free-tv-shows.htmlFri, 23 Mar 2007 09:14:06 CDT