Whatever you think of Microsoft, there's no escaping the company's sheer power. For years, the Internet and high-tech industries have been haggling over the best solution to protect the privacy of Web visitors. Now the colossus of Redmond has forced the issue, simply by releasing the latest version of its Internet browser, Internet Explorer 6.0. IE 6, which comes bundled in the new Microsoft operating system XP, includes a privacy-enabling technology called P3P, or Platform for Privacy Preferences.
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