Goodbye, tracking cookies? Don't celebrate just yet

October 11, 2013

Is there something in the water? First Google, now Microsoft, is rumored to be working on technologies to replace tracking cookies for online advertising.

The secrecy surrounding these projects is no big deal, but what's bound to be a big deal is if they replace a well-known  (if a widely hated) system with a complete unknown.

Word about Google's "AdID" technology started circulating back in September, when USA Today reported about "an anonymous identifier for advertising ... that would replace third-party cookies" for the sake of end-user ad-tracking. The system is allegedly intended to give consumers "more privacy and control over how they browse the Web," and would be used with advertisers that have "agreed to basic guidelines" -- although it's not clear if those guidelines are designed to better favor consumers or advertisers.

USA Today's anonymous source within Google couldn't give more details, in part because the proposal was soon slated to be circulated amongst "industry participants, government bodies and consumer groups."

Speculation has since raged about what Google is planning and to what end. Some believe Google may be trying to follow the same model Apple created for iOS via its iAd platform -- the latter of which attracted unwanted attention from U.S. regulatory agencies back in 2010 (and which may well have been instrumental in allowing Google to purchase AdMob in the same timeframe).

When Google was pressed for more details, a "Google spokesperson" (according to multiple outlets) would only reply: "We believe that technological enhancements can improve users' security while ensuring the Web remains economically viable. We and others have a number of concepts in this area, but they're all at very early stages."

Those two words, "and others", might well have been a hedge, but perhaps Google knew something that everyone else has just now gotten wind of as well.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/web-browsers/goodbye-tracking-cookies-dont-celebrate-just-yet-228652?source=rss_infoworld_blogs
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Covered California back online after upgrades

Online enrollment is available for California's new health insurance exchange after technical glitches on the system's opening day forced overnight upgrades.

Covered California spokesman Roy Kennedy says the enrollment portion of the exchange website was taken offline from 8:30 p.m. Tuesday until 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. He said pages were loading slowly and that logos for insurance plans were not displaying correctly.

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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53168295/ns/local_news-sacramento_ca/

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September 23, 2013

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Foster makes more anti-NCAA statements in documentary

Texans running back Arian Foster

Texans running back Arian Foster says the NCAA?s opposition to paying athletes is based not on morality but on a decision made decades ago by ?six, seven, whatever old white guys? that ran the organization, and he says its refusal today to consider the issue of paying student-athletes is ?cowardly.?

Foster is among a half-dozen former college athletes ? and by far the highest-profile player ? whose comments are included in? ?Schooled: The price of College Sports,? an 80-minute documentary produced for the entertainment channel EPIX scheduled to air Oct. 16.

Foster, in excerpts from the documentary released Friday on Sports Illustrated?s website, acknowledged that he received money while playing at the University of Tennessee from 2004 through 2009. He did not detail the source of the funds during his comments in the documentary or in comments Friday as the Texans prepared for their game Sunday at Baltimore.

He was and is, however, critical of the NCAA?s insistence that it will not pay student-athletes beyond the value of an athletic scholarship.

?I am a firm believer that an employee should get paid for his work,? he said. ?And 100 percent I see student-athletes as employees. Hiding from it is just cowardly.?

As part of a segment concerning criticism of athletes like former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor and former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton who were accused of accepting or soliciting extra benefits, Foster said, ?The fact that it?s normal to look at a television and hear negative comments about a kid is just backwards to me.?

He added, ?Schools make millions on millions on the backs of 18-year-old kids and then you have the audacity to sanction them because those are the rules. But what are the rules? We (the NCAA) made the rules up. This isn?t a question of morality. This is a question of however many, like six, seven, whatever, old white guys made up a rule saying athletes can?t get paid, not because they?re amateurs. It?s because we don?t want to pay them. That?s it.?

Foster also said he played college football because ?the NCAA is the best farm club for the NFL.?

?Schooled: The Price of College Sports? is based on the e-book ?The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA? by historian Taylor Branch, who is interviewed in the documentary along with, among others, sportscasters Bob Costas and Jay Bilas, journalists Jose Nocera of The New York Times, Frank Deford of Sports Illustrated, University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor Harvey Perlman, former Nike consultant Sonny Vaccaro and former UCLA football players Johnathan Franklin of the Packers and Jeff Locke of the Vikings.

Also interviewed is Kent Waldrep, the former TCU running back from Alvin who was left paralyzed following a game against Alabama in 1974 and unsuccessfully sued the university for workman?s compensation after the university claimed he was recruited and played football ?as a student, not an athlete.?

?When that question of student-athlete came up in court I almost started laughing, because it wasn?t the chairman of the business school that who came to my high school and took me to lunch. It was only football coaches,? he said.

EPIX is available through Dish Network, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS and Charter Communications, among others, but is not available on DirecTV or Comcast Xfinity. It also is available via subscription online and through mobile and streaming devices.

Source: http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/09/foster-makes-more-anti-ncaa-statements-in-documentary/

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Prehistoric Pets | KTLA 5

Jessica Holmes and Frank Buckley were live with a preview of the 10th Annual North American Reptile Breeders Conference and Trade Show. Jay Brewer of Prehistoric Pets showed off some cold-blooded creatures that will make an appearance at the show this weekend.

North American Reptile Breeders Conference & Trade Show Returns to Anaheim

WHAT:
Cold-blooded creatures return to Anaheim the weekend of September 20^th with the 10th?Annual North American Reptile Breeders Conference & Trade Show. Open to the public, this high quality, captive-bred-only reptile show brings together top dealers from across the country offering thousands of exotic and pet-friendly ?herps.? With prices ranging from $5 to $50,000, everything from the common gecko to extraordinarily rare breeds of snakes with unusual morphing of colors will be represented.? Don?t miss this opportunity to get up-close and personal with snakes, frogs, turtles, geckos, iguanas, tortoises and purchase all of the supplies needed to start or support a herp hobby!

WHEN:
Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, California 92802

TICKETS:
Adults: $15 for a weekend pass
Children under 13: $8 for a weekend pass/Children under 5: FREE
Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts: $5

SPONSORS:
Zoo Med, Timberline, Reptiles by Mac, Gourmet Rodent,? Reptiles Magazine, Marc Bailey Reptiles, Pythonregius.com and Kingsnake.com

BENEFIT:
The USARK / PIJAC Benefit Auction on Saturday, September 21, at 7:00 p.m.
Marriott Ballroom across the street from the Convention Center
Admission is FREE includes hors d?oeuvres and live auction

INFO:
Call 708/932-8044, email info@narbc.com, or visit our websites at www.narbc.com or www.reptileconference.com

Source: http://ktla.com/2013/09/17/prehistoric-pets/

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Who Owns The Moon?

The moon is not as far away as some things, but it's definitely farther away than your nearest McDonalds or the bottom of the ocean or, you know, anything on Earth at all. Basically it's not easily accessible. So it would be pretty presumptuous for a person or group to say that they owned a certain part of it. Or all of it. But it's kind of complicated to figure out what would happen if anyone tried.

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