Several standards exist for storing large amounts of data in a user's Web browser. Each has its benefits, tradeoffs, W3C standardization status and level of browser support. All are better than ...

Cookies are usually delectable delights, but web cookies can sometimes be less than delightful. These little files hide in your computer so that your browser and websites can track your browsing ...

Google just started testing a new tracking system that will display ads based on your web browsing history. The browsing history that Google uses exists in cookies rather than in the web browser cache ...

Sandra Person Burns used to love browsing and shopping online. Until she realized she was being tracked by software on her computer that she thought she had erased. Ms. Person Burns, 67, a retired ...