Web sites already use "cookies, " tiny files that reside on a user's PC and provide data on which pages he views at a particular site.

FORBES: Window Shopping

The views expressed on these pages are not necessarily the views of the BBC.

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The following pages document these policy views in Mort Halperin's own words.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Case Against the Halperin Nomination -- First Edition

REI's Web site, launched in 1996, is the Internet's largest store for outdoor gear and clothing, with 30, 000 pages of items, many with multiple views of the products.

FORBES: Backpackers meet bottom line

REI's Web site, launched in 1996, is now the Internet's largest store for outdoor gear and clothing, with 30, 000 pages of items, many with multiple views of the products.

FORBES: Backpackers meet the bottom line

Pulliam was one of the last of a breed of forceful publishers who saw their news and editorial pages as coequal platforms for their political views -- in his case, generally conservative.

FORBES: Not in the family