Re: Use of a Mysterious Cookie Irks Some Internet Users

Aug 01, 2005 0 Replies


By DAVID KESMODEL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE


> Earlier this summer, Uno Bloom, a songwriter in Brentwood, Tenn.,
> noticed that his home computer appeared to be slowing down. He
> searched the files on his hard drive in an effort to uncover clutter,
> and found dozens of Internet cookies labeled "2o7.net."

Maybe I'm being dim, but I don't see how cookies will make a system slow down appreciably.

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