User Behavior
62 Stories
IE8: User interface above performance
News Microsoft prioritized Internet Explorer 8's user interface over performance benchmarking when building the browser, according to a Microsoft executive.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Google Inc., Search Engine, Mozilla Firefox, performance, software, search bar, Internet
IT essential for businesses' green success
Insight perspective IT is becoming ever more closely linked with organizations' environmental impact. An analyst offers energy-saving tips for IT managers.
Tags: Green IT, IT Governance, Accommodation, Storage, Hardware, IT administration, data center, program director, user behavior, IT Governance
Customers have say in marketing, too
News Consumers should be given role in company's marketing efforts as social networks take them to forefront of product branding and innovation.
Tags: Business development/management, Innovation, Marketing, Web 2.0, Conference, Branding, Social Media, digital content, Procter & Gamble Co., Pacific
Yahoo now targets ads based on search behavior
News The Internet pioneer is blending some aspects of search and display advertising, a move that reinforces the new CEO's views of the company's holistic strengths.
Tags: Search, Advertiser, Online Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, accountability, Targeting Technology, Advertisement, CEO, Search Result
Microsoft blames users for Vista infections
News In countering claims that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000, Microsoft says the 'complacency' of users is to blame for infection rates.
Tags: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Security, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., PC Tools, Malware, Microsoft Windows Vista, Secure, operating system
Berners-Lee says no to Internet 'snooping'
News The inventor of the World Wide Web calls deep packet inspection the electronic equivalent of opening people's mail.
Tags: Data security, Diagnostics and monitoring, Privacy, Tim Berners-Lee, Government, Advertisement, Internet Service, Deep Packet Inspection, CEO, U.K.
Facebook Connect: Your 8,000 hidden friends
News Do Facebook Connect users understand how extensively their profiles and activities are used by third parties?
Tags: Privacy, MySpace, Site, Google Inc., User Data, Advertisement, social networking, movie, Facebook, network
Why single sign-on technologies still aren't a good idea
Insight When you register personal information online, you can never be completely sure who has access to the data. Jonathan Yarden explains.
Tags: Web sites, Security Management
Why single sign-on is not a good idea
Techguide For regular readers of this newsletter, it should come as no surprise that I am a staunch defender of personal liberties, including both the right to privacy and the right to security. Because of this and other reasons, I rarely use any technology outside of my control and understanding.
Tags: Privacy
Start-ups target Net services, talent shortages
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S'pore R&D hub seeks next-gen search engine
News A*Star, Singapore's Star R&D organization, launches a global competition for a search engine capable of handling rich media. Google welcomes such initiatives.
Tags: Search, Multimedia
Software tells users where to file documents
News A Singapore government agency begins trial of a new "intelligent" document filing system, touted to help improve productivity.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Data Management, Business applications
Consumer advocates to head DoubleClick privacy efforts
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Flash gains near ubiquity among Netscape users
News The Flash plug-in from Macromedia now is the most installed plug-in among users of Netscape's Web browsers, according to a new study released Monday.
Hello, is that really you?
Insight The telephone is just as susceptible--as the Internet--to fraud, but banks can mitigate security risks by better identifying callers.
