privacy
Jun 28 2008, Debolina Sengupta

It seems efforts are in full swing to make computer and the laptop personal like never before. However, this time it’s not special software or any innovative screen, but it is a computer pullover. Interestingly, it covers not just your computer but...

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NebuAd CEO Bob Dykes poses at NebuAd headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. While Internet policy analysts in Britain, where online advertising company Phorm Inc. operates, argue that the company violates wiretap laws, NebuAd...