UK Privacy Issues Cleared For Google

Google's new email service Gmail, source of much criticism based on ad placement procedures, may be getting some good news. As long as UK users are not being deceived by this practice, Gmail should be clear of its legal issues.

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Gmail Open To Changes, Perhaps Opt-in For Ad Placement

Intense criticism from privacy groups concerning Google's email service Gmail have led to Google considering changes to some of Gmail's practices. The main issue is the scanning of all emails for keywords in order to place contextual ads.

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Building Your Web Business With Links

Read the advice on SEO boards and tutorials these days and you will find a lot of information about linking. There are debates and "facts" on whom you should link to and whether reciprocal links are good or bad. The reality is that the Web is made up of links and you should link to sites that your users will find helpful.

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Should you Put your PCs Out to Pasture?

PC shipments to businesses are expected to be substantial in 2004, with a projected 12.7% increase compared with 2003, according to International Data Corp. This is good news for corporate users who have been waiting patiently to invest in much-needed PC upgrades.

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Injecting Client-Side Script from an ASP.NET Server Control

While, technically, all of a Microsoft ASP.NET server control's functionality can be performed on the server-side, often the usability of a server control can be greatly enhanced by adding client-side script. For example, the ASP.NET validation Web controls perform all validation checks on the server-side. However, for uplevel browsers, the validation Web controls also emit client-side script so that validation can be performed on the…

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