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Technology

Gizmo

23 August 2006

Worried about your online privacy in the wake of AOL’s release of 20 million search queries? A tool to prevent anyone identifying you from your web searches has been created by privacy campaigner Matt Prince. Just open your search engine and bookmark his site, . When you click on the bookmark, your “cookie” for the search engine will be sent to a computer that runs random searches on your behalf. This jumble of searches disguises your own.

A new speed record has been set for a cheap type of transistor used in cellphones. A team led by Peter Ashburn…

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