The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Microsoft a patent for “super cookies.” Are they good for you? On May 2, six years to the day after Microsoft filed its application, the U.S. Patent ...

IT pros could face Web application issues as early as next month with the implementation of a coming SameSite Web change, which will affect how cookies are used across sites. Specifically, some ...

Microsoft is joining the chorus of tech companies, notably Google, that plan to do away with cookies, the tracking component used on the Web that's typically exploited by advertisers. AdAge last month ...

Microsoft has shot dead zombie cookies after a string of bad publicity. The move comes after a researcher highlighted Microsoft's use of the zombie cookies which are tracking systems that don't ...

Why doesn't anyone want any (Web) cookies? Microsoft is reportedly the latest Internet giant to explore an alternative to the omnipresent tracking tool, something Google might also be exploring. With ...

Microsoft is accusing Google of conning Internet Explorer to track you as you surf the net -- but Google has hit back. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, small ...

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Yesterday's release of build 17672 may not have been tremendously exciting in terms of new features - especially after the feature-packed build 17666 - but the list of improvements included one ...

Not even a full month after it was revealed that Google is working on an internet tracking technology to replace the cookie, Ad Age's Tim Peterson reports that Microsoft is considering an alternative ...

Microsoft has issued a patch almost a week after a vulnerability was revealed in Internet Explorer that would allow hackers to gain access to someone's cookies and expose the sensitive information ...

Microsoft fixes a security bug in Windows Azure, and offers a new “extra small” cloud computing instance. Microsoft has refreshed the Windows Azure software development kit to fix a bug that can ...