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 ...

The Microsoft Edge Team on Tuesday explained their work on an Ad Selection API to address the impending disuse of third-party cookies in browsers. The idea behind the Ad Selection API is to still ...

Cookies are the most popular way of tracking Internet users today, but by this time next year, they could be old news. We already know that Google is planning to replace cookies with something else, ...

Microsoft said in a statement to the website that "We agree that going beyond the cookie is important. Our priority will be to find ways to do this that respect the interests of consumers." However, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft will stop using so-called "supercookies" on its own sites after a discovery by a Stanford University researcher. Jonathan Mayer said he noticed that a browser cookie that had been cleared ...

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