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Yahoo!'s not to be "pulled apart and left for the chickens"
News Specifically, she said she's not going to put the interests of short-term shareholders looking for a stock pop ahead of the long-term investors who are more patient for the company to improve its operations. [28 Jan 2009]
Photos: Google Earth gets Caesar dressing
Photo Pop-up windows offer historical information written by experts. Google Earth is painting a picture of what the ancient city of Rome looked like in 320 AD. The new 'Ancient Rome 3D'... [14 Nov 2008]
BBC readies music downloads service
News Radio 1's Live Lounge is a popular destination for pop artists, not to mention the John Peel Sessions. The free streaming option is said to be ad-supported - a move that may annoy UK licence payers. BBC... [05 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's Virtual Earth goes '3D'
News Currently, other mapping services feature either text ads to the side of the map or ads in pop-up windows or bubbles. Microsoft has unveiled a new, downloadable browser application that brings the... [07 Nov 2006]
Web ads to beat telly by 2010
News Thankfully, pop-up ads are now to advertising what prawn cocktail crisps are to upmarket restaurants. Online advertising will suck an even greater share of cash from marketers' pockets, says the Internet... [05 Oct 2006]
Video nasty, adware nastier say experts of Guardian.co.uk ad
News What many may not realise is that by doing so they are downloading adware onto their machines which not only relays information back to Zango about their web sessions but may also serve annoying pop-up... [14 Aug 2006]
Windows Service Pack 3 coming next year
News SP 2 contained more new features than a typical Microsoft service pack, adding a host of security enhancements, a pop-up ad blocker and improved handling of wireless networks. Aiming to... [18 Jan 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.12.05
Round-Up However, almost immediately a large pop-up ad covered much of the screen - inviting readers to visit 'the mixed up world' of alcohol and buy the latest booze to the hit... [02 Dec 2005]
Mozilla: Firefox 'as safe as a condom'
News Firefox is the free web browser that offers greater privacy and prevents pop-ups, spyware and viruses. Security expert Mike Finnie, of Computer Forensics, called the security contest between Microsoft and Mozilla "a... [20 Apr 2005]
Bloggers become spyware spreaders
News Visitors to Blogger sites at Blogspot.com say they have been targeted with pop-up ads seeking to deliver malicious code to their computers. You could blame users for clicking on the... [24 Feb 2005]
Will spyware cause system gridlock within a year?
News Many spyware applications, such as "ad-herding" tool bars and pop-up launchers are very obvious to the user but there is also a plague of more covert tools which are finding their way... [19 Jan 2005]
Spyware: What are you signing up for?
News Typically users' first realisation they have been infected by an item of commercial spyware will be the interruption of a web session - by an unusually high volume of pop-up ads, a change to their... [18 Jan 2005]
Spam-happy shoppers love stolen software
News Ironically, some of the most common software suites being sold via spam offer spam protection, anti-spyware and pop-up blocking software - "the current hot topics" and the very problems users are likely... [10 Dec 2004]
Adverts? Don't even bother, say Firefox users
News Dirk Freytag, the chief operations officer of Adtech, said in a statement that the reason for this trend is probably the different surfing habits of Firefox and IE users, and the inclusion of an integrated... [07 Dec 2004]
Windows XP SP 2... ready at last!
News In addition to the security center and firewall, SP2 adds a pop-up ad blocker in Internet Explorer and updated support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technologies. Microsoft has... [09 Aug 2004]
