Google is shortening the life span of its "cookie" data-tracking file. Under a new policy, the cookies will expire automatically after two years, instead of in 2038, as is currently the case.
However, the two-year period could get extended automatically when users revisit Google's search engine, so one might have to avoid Google for a full two years to see the cookie automatically expire.
"It sounds like it changes things . . . but the reality of how people use computers, I don't think it in reality changes anything substantially," said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit advocacy group.
-- Associated Press
All about people
A search engine startup promises to deliver more targeted results on queries about people, whether it's the guy from the bar last night or Paris Hilton.
The idea is to help you avoid sorting through the thousands of results delivered by the major Internet search companies.
The site, called Spock, is gaining 30,000 members per week in an invitation-only "beta" test mode. It will launch within a month with a searchable database of 100 million people. The site relies on public data.
-- Associated Press
All that glitters
Samsung Electronics Co. will make an 18-carat gold-plated mobile phone in China to mark next year's Olympics in Beijing.
The sleek-looking phone is mostly deep black in color, with the gold placed in the trim along the sides and covering the bottom half of its back.
Price and launch date have yet to be set, Samsung said.
-- Associated Press
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