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Photos: What's new in AVG antivirus?
Photo Users can opt out of installing the security toolbar and changing the default search engine. AVG gives users an opportunity to opt out of contributing anonymous... [19 Oct 2009]
Multilayer Security: Enabling a Sustainable Alternative to Paper-Based Customer Communications
White Paper Its findings show that 3 out of 4 consumers still opt to receive paper statements instead of electronic ones. Companies of every ilk stand to potentially save millions by moving the bulk of their... [05 Oct 2009]
Facebook adds Nielsen to friends for ads
News It will use opt-in polls on Facebook's home page to gauge user sentiment around advertisements, measuring "aided awareness, ad recall, message association, brand favourability, and purchase consideration", according to... [22 Sep 2009]
Facebook Fans can now Twitter their updates
News You can import a Twitter feed into Facebook status updates or use third-party clients like TweetDeck to update Twitter status and Facebook status simultaneously but you still can't opt to publish your Facebook profile... [24 Aug 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News Authors and publishers may opt out of the proposed settlement, but if they do nothing, they're considered part of it. The Internet Archive is enlisting some heavy hitters in its challenge of Google's... [21 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News McKinnon had tried to argue that former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong in law to push for the extradition despite his diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, and that the director of public prosecutions was also wrong to... [31 Jul 2009]
Is Chrome ready to shine when it comes to security?
News Chrome has several design features that optimise security: sandboxing, which restricts privileges of key parts of the browser so it's harder to co-opt them for mounting an attack, and multiprocess architecture, which... [23 Jul 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News The court overseeing the settlement has given authors a deadline of 4 September to opt out individually if they don't wish to participate. European Union regulators want publishers and authors to weigh... [21 Jul 2009]
More privacy choices in Facebook revamp
News One of the biggest changes along with the new controls is that Facebook is getting rid of "regional networks", the opt-in way that members could designate themselves as residents of certain geographic areas. [02 Jul 2009]
Mobile directory - invasion of privacy or invaluable service?
Comment The ICO even went so far as to describe it as "privacy friendly", because individuals can opt-out of the service easily. Connectivity does enable individuals to use a free 'opt... [25 Jun 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News Phorm chief executive Kent Ertugrul said publishers would give people a choice to opt in or out of Webwise Discover through an interstitial page. Behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has announced a... [03 Jun 2009]
Vodafone gives roaming charges a summer holiday
News The company has an opt-in tariff called Passport, through which customers can make calls at domestic rates while abroad. Vodafone is to temporarily drop its voice, SMS and picture message roaming charges across 35... [14 May 2009]
BlackBerrys adding to docs' bedside manner
News Last October, the organisation decided to opt for a rollout of a system from Astute that would give two-way access to patient records through BlackBerry devices - meaning doctors can take the records right to patients'... [07 May 2009]
Amazon says no to Phorm tracking
News In a statement on Wednesday, Amazon said: "We have contacted Webwise requesting that we opt-out for all of our domains. Any owner of a website is free to opt out of... [15 Apr 2009]
EC slams UK over BT trials uproar
News If the consumer does not [opt in], or they do not say anything, then they should not expect to be targeted in such a way. The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against the UK, claiming the country... [14 Apr 2009]
