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06/27/2001 Archived Entry: "Not-So-Smart Tags"

InternetWeek > Transformation Today > Not-So-Smart Tags > June 18, 2001
The Web loves a good brouhaha. Especially when it involves Microsoft.

So the recent uproar over Microsoft's purported plans to embed so-called "Smart Tags, " which critics claim could let Microsoft "edit" your Web content, in the next version of Internet Explorer has not surprisingly caused a major uproar.

This thing has legs, at least in part because Microsoft seems unwilling to back down from its attackers.