Sick of Google telling you what to read all the time? There’s now an extension for the company’s Chrome web browser called Personal Blocklist that allows you to oust sites you don’t want showing up in your search results.
Once installed, each search result will contain a link to block its associated site from showing up next time. …
If you’re like most people who use the web, you may be unaware that many of the sites you visit have been taking notes about your browsing behavior.
These notes are stored in tiny files called cookies—everyone likes cookies, right?—and are used by several large advertising companies to build what’s supposed to be a non-identifying …
