December 2, 2010

The Federal Trade Commission wants to create a new “do not track” option for web users who don’t want their browsing habits to be shared with advertisers and web site operators. The proposal that could require legislation from Congress might lead to new privacy features built into web browsers to allow you to opt-out of tracking that now can take place with each page visit.
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Last week’s Black Friday was more green, as in the color of cold hard cash. A new report says many shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving were using cash rather than credit cards. That trend would be bad news for retailers hoping for a sales boost this holiday season, because shoppers using credit cards usually spend about twice as much as cash buyers. Source Link
 

Nearly a half-century later, the assassination of John F. Kennedy still draws the curious to historic artifacts from that fateful event. A Los Angeles auction house is selling the coffin of accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. The simple pine box held Oswald’s body until it was exhumed in 1981 after conspiracy theorists said it was someone else in his grave. Source Link