Bing filters out sensitive results for Chinese searches
Microsoft's Bing search engine filters out some sensitive results from searches made in simplified Chinese, the script used to write the language in China, searches revealed Thursday.
View ArticleMicrosoft cuts time Bing stores some user data to six months
Microsoft announced plans to cut the length of time it stores IP addresses of Web searchers using its Bing search engine from 18 months to six in a bid to improve its privacy track record.
View ArticleBamital botnet take-down scores a first as Microsoft notifies infected victims
For the first time, a major botnet take-down has included direct victim notification that warns users their PCs are infected and shows them how to scrub clean their machines.
View ArticleU.S. Army, Target, others advertising on pirate sites
Annenberg Lab reports Internet advertising networks placing government and corporate ads on dens of IP iniquity
View ArticleBrowsers pose the greatest threat to enterprise, Microsoft reports
While the company is committed to Internet Explorer, it is experimenting with an architecture to replace the browser called Embassies
View ArticleGet your privacy ducks in a row with DuckDuckGo
Google, Bing, and Yahoo are bitter rivals in their quest for your search engine affection, but they have at least one thing in common: They track your search history and tailor the results of your...
View ArticleMicrosoft offers Bing malware site re-evaluation tool
Web masters will now be able to ask Microsoft to re-evaluate sites labeled on its Bing search engine as malware threats, but if malware is found during the re-scan the warning could persist for a long...
View ArticleGovernment to block porn by default – PM expects ‘row' with ISPs
The UK is to introduce new measures that will see internet service providers (ISPs) block pornography by default, where consumers will soon have to opt-in if they wish to view pornographic content.
View ArticleMeet Darknet, the hidden, anonymous underbelly of the searchable Web
There's a place lurking beneath the Internet you use every day.
View ArticleHow to disable Windows 8's deep cloud integration, piece by piece
You can accuse Windows 8.1 of a lot of things, but one thing you can't say about Microsoft's latest OS is that it lacks web integration. Thanks to deep integration with Bing, OneDrive, and other...
View ArticleFeds issue bulletin warning about malicious 'Google dorking' cyber actors
If you are good at research by using Google searches, does that make you a malicious cyber actor? Of course not, but DHS, FBI and NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center) have issued a bulletin warning...
View ArticleUnlike Google, Bing gives no rankings boost for encrypted websites
Microsoft's Bing has no plans to rank websites higher if they use HTTPS encryption, unlike rival Google.
View ArticleGet 2 GB of free Google Drive storage forever with a quick security check
Keeping your Google account secure is already a good idea, so you might as well nab some Google Drive storage while doing it.
View ArticleBots now outnumber humans on the web
Bot traffic has surpassed humans this year, now accounting for 59 percent of all site visits, according to a report released today by Distil Networks.
View ArticleReddit defaults to HTTPS as Internet titans rush to embrace encryption
Better web security has become so commonplace that most sites don't make a big deal about it anymore. Reddit quietly announced on Tuesday it would soon move all users over to HTTPS encryption by default.
View ArticleMicrosoft follows Google in revenge porn crackdown
Microsoft will provide a web form to submit removal requests for links to intimate content or video that appear on its search site Bing.
View ArticleMicrosoft cuts time Bing stores some user data to six months
Microsoft announced plans to cut the length of time it stores IP addresses of Web searchers using its Bing search engine from 18 months to six in a bid to improve its privacy track record.
View ArticleBamital botnet take-down scores a first as Microsoft notifies infected victims
For the first time, a major botnet take-down has included direct victim notification that warns users their PCs are infected and shows them how to scrub clean their machines.
View ArticleU.S. Army, Target, others advertising on pirate sites
Annenberg Lab reports Internet advertising networks placing government and corporate ads on dens of IP iniquity
View ArticleBrowsers pose the greatest threat to enterprise, Microsoft reports
While the company is committed to Internet Explorer, it is experimenting with an architecture to replace the browser called Embassies
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