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Officials acknowledge the company creates a 90-day log of the web pages that each of its members visit.

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Do Not Track could revolutionize online ad industry

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Privacy proponents are all for it, but many marketers and online firms worry it will hurt revenue

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Athletes who speak from credibility

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It's commencement season, and mixed in with the Obamas, Clintons, McCains and Souters on the list of graduation speakers this year, there is a Kwan, a Brees, a Schilling and a Rizzotti.

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Few call Venice home, but it's not history yet

A dozen gondolas snaked down the Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral procession bemoaning Venice's approach to the dreaded status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000.

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All-USA 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention teams excel

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Central Mass. Execs On Brazil Mission

2d 5h agoWorcester Business Journal Online

from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, EMC Corp. and Qteros Inc., will be part of a state trade mission to Brazil in December. Gov. Deval Patrick is heading up the Massachusetts-Brazil Innovation Economy Mission 2011, which is intended to strengthen the state's

Smiles, hugs say it all as students honor teachers

2d 6h agoWorcester Telegram & Gazette

things,” Barry said. All of the students at Mass. Academy, a state-funded school that runs in partnership with Worcester Polytechnic Institute, are the products of other schools. They come to the academy for Grades 11 and 12. Many of the teachers, advisers,

White House Honors WPI’s Camp Reach as Mentor in Science and Engineering

3d 18h agoPRWeb

computer workstation for an adult day program, and recommending trail improvements at the wildlife sanctuary. About Worcester Polytechnic Institute Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI was one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities.

Safety board to hold hearing on Hoeganaes plant deaths tonight

3d 23h agoThe Tennessean

file on the investigation. Among the outside panel members will be Robert Zalosh, a former professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute who is considered an expert on combustible dust; Paul Amyotte of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; John Cholin,

John Edward Gilrein,, 84

5d 4h agoWorcester Telegram & Gazette

son of the late John Patrick and Ida Blanche Gelinas Gilrein. Jack attended Grafton Street School, Commerce High, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester. Jack formerly resided in Averill Park and Ballston Spa, before settling in Clifton Park.