Actually spyware is used to collect data. That data is analysed and used to produce targeted ads. Google and Doublelick use cookies to collect data which they then use to deliver targeted ads. So cookies really can be a form of spyware (which

Cookies are actually really useful: most well-meaning e-commerce sites wouldn't work at all without them. For instance, if you're shopping on Amazon, as you go through the different pages, the Amazon server uses your cookie as a temporary ID card,

Good as it sounds, I can't help being cynical. IBM must have some kind of agenda. Was anything else mentioned in the report?

I would like to find a dictionary that informs always if the word is formal, informal, in common use, rare, etc. I'm not sure if such a dictionary has ever been published. But there are lots of style guides that give great tips and will

You mean, 'Is it in use?' Yes, it is in use. I suppose it refers to a certificate that confirms the existence of a relationship between two entities. For instance, if Microsoft is raising money for the Red Cross, people might want to see a

I don't think you can slap the identity 'Arab' onto Middle Eastern peoples and say, 'They all want the same the same thing.' It is just as wrong to say that all Moslems don't want democracy as it is to say that they all do. I think one of the

np. Good luck with the company! Make sure you keep posting at English Forums if you've got any problems.

A good point. But are you suggesting that the US should go from one extreme to another? Your sentiment is the same as that of the US citizens who, after WWI, turned their backs on Wilson and on Europe, sending their country tumbling into

At first I thought, from chemistry student experiences, that sodium would explode spectacularly in hydrochloric acid, as it does in water. But apparently it doesn't: A small cube of sodium is placed in a test tube of concentrated hydrochloric

I use NeroVision. It has more options and buttons than the dashboard of a BMW. Here's the info page: NeroVision Express 3 It's free if you've already got Nero installed. Just download the update package here .