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Claria doesn't want you to know they do pop-ups

Everyone remembers the infamous Gator pop-ups, right? The company was even targeted with lawsuits over their use of pop-ups. Now Gator is Claria and they still do pop-ups, but apparently they don't want you to know that fact before you download their software. Nearly a year ago, spyware/adware expert Ben...

Tags: Claria Corp.

Blog posts 2005-11-15

Adware maker Claria steps into search

Adware maker Claria steps into searchI like this:"Claria plans to use its intimate knowledge of those users' search behavior ..."Betcha didn't know that cockroaches could be so warm and fuzzy.clariaI do not trust ClariaMakers of popupsAny company that makes pop up adds i.e. Gator !!I will have nothing to do...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, adware, Claria Corp., malware, Gator, malware program

Discussion threads 2005-07-13

Microsoft said to be mulling purchase of Claria

Microsoft said to be mulling purchase of ClariaA match made in heavenThese criminal scum are meant for one another.Microsoft and Gator are two of a kindThis story upsets me more than you realize. yes, Claria Gator is Microsoft's kind of company. That's the kind of company Microsoft understands. Evil with...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Gator, Microsoft Corp., Claria Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-06-30

Adware maker joins federal privacy board

Adware maker joins federal privacy boardNot looking goodWow, I think the Department of Homeland Security just lost most of it's credibility with me...and this is a big surprize?Since the Bushies nominate polluters to the EPA and loggers to the dept. of interior and drug company execs to the FDA and...

Tags: Government, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Vertical industries, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Gator, Saddam, Claria Corp., DoubleClick Inc., adware

Discussion threads 2005-02-23

Pop-up purveyor Claria settles suits

Pop-up purveyor Claria settles suitsDIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIEall i gotta say...I normally rail against lawsuits in generalbut in the case of Claria I will make an exception. You cannot blame the complainents being upset when a surfer goes to their website to have a pop...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, hacker, Claria Corp., Gator

Discussion threads 2004-08-31

Adware anxiety gives Claria cold feet

Adware anxiety gives Claria cold feetClaria is going DOWN in flames...NEVER been to a P2P site or any site where Claria software was openly stated as illegally being downloaded as SPYWARE - which it is. Yet a scan yesterday turned up almost 80 cases of Claria SPYWARE on my PC....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, cold calling, Claria Corp., Gator, spyware, adware

Discussion threads 2004-08-12

Gator mutation Claria files for IPO

Gator mutation Claria files for IPOWhat's Next?Why not an initial public offering for plague? Jeez, its about the same thing."it has 43 million people active on its ad network"Shouldn't that read 'it has over 43 million unwitting suckers active on its ad network'?I mean, chances are that 42.99 million of...

Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Gator, IPO, Claria Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-04-08

Gator sheds skin, renames itself

Gator sheds skin, renames itselfOld saying: You can't polish a turd.Gator could rename itself "BestCompanyintheWorld" and it'd still be a scum organization that makes a living off prtending to offer a service. I have never met a SINGLE computer user that intentionally used Gator. I have never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Gator, Scumware Claria, Claria Corp., spyware

Discussion threads 2003-10-30

Additional Resources

Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM

A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Is OpenOffice good enough?

Is OpenOffice good enough?For the vast majority of users, it works fine.For the vast majority of users, it works fine. There are occasional features that it doesn't do so well at, but it has all of the standard word processing features that most people need.If you need to use some...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, object-oriented, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

RealDVD officially launches, so do lawsuits; Is it 'StealDVD'?

Update: RealNetworks announced Tuesday that its RealDVD software, which allows you to rip and burn DVDs easily, officially launched. And the lawsuits weren't far behind. In a statement Techmeme, RealNetworks billed RealDVD as a "watershed" product. The software, which goes for $29.99 on sale, allows you to...

Tags: Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, RealDVD Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Student Technology Day: your questions to the presenters

I received an email this morning about the opportunity to participate in sending questions to the speakers at the Microsoft Student Technology Day tomorrow (that's Wednesday, for those who have yet to understand the Gregorian calendar). Whilst I'm not allowed to publish the number to text in your questions for...

Tags: Speaker, Microsoft Corp., Question, Keyboards, Internet, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Norway to challenge closed iTunes model

Norway's Consumer Ombudsman Bjoern Erik Thon announced that he's taking Apple Inc. to the government's Market Council to force the company to open its iTunes music store to digital players other than its own iPod. Currently, songs purchased and downloaded through iTunes are designed to work with Apple's market-leading...

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Run, don't walk, and pick up a REDFLY Mobile Companion for $199.95

I wrote up my first thoughts of the Celio Corp REDFLY Mobile Companion back in March, then I bought my own in May and then the price dropped from US$499 to US$399.95 in August. Well, now you can pick this device up for only US$199.95 and IMHO that is a...

Tags: Device, Price, Celio Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Battle of the bands: MySpace vs. iTunes

MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, unveiled a long-expected joint venture with all four major music companies in a bid to compete with Apple's market-leading iTunes store. NEW YORK--News Corp's MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, on Wednesday unveiled a long-expected joint venture with all four major...

Tags: Apple iTunes, MySpace, MySpace Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, music, iTurnes, downloads

News items 2008-09-25

Ford to run ad using film from Web contest

Ford on Wednesday will run an ad featuring a short film that won an online competition, reflecting how companies are seeking to cut costs while boosting their brand awareness. LOS ANGELES--Ford on Wednesday will run an ad featuring a short film that won an online competition, reflecting how companies...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Brand, Ford Motor Co., Filmaka, Branding, Marketing, Reuters, Ford, autos, advertising

News items 2008-09-24

Vendors plan to extend scope of recycling resource site

Confused about the dozen or so different state laws governing what to do with old computer and electronics products when you're done with them? You better be, as a whole bunch more of them kick in over the next two years. In any event, the Electronics Manufacturing Recycling Management Company...

Tags: Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-23

For first time, open source OK'd for UK schools

The most amazing part of this news is that it's actually news. Just read the report from the Inquirer: OPEN SOURCE companies have been granted official permission to supply software to the UK public sector for the first time in British history. ...

Tags: Software, School, Open-source Company, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Yahoo begins radical home page overhaul

Yahoo is moving ahead with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site on the Web--making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web. SUNNYVALE, California--Yahoo is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page--the most heavily trafficked site...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Site, Channel Management, Marketing, Reuters, Yahoo, home page, search, personalization

News items 2008-09-19

Celio Redfly - access virtualization using smartphones

Celio Corp has a different take on how to offer mobile staff access to applications and data, one that is based upon making use of the power of Windows Mobile-based Smartphones. This way mobile staff members can access pocket office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint) using a much larger screen...

Tags: Device, Virtualization, Mobile, Smart Phone, Celio Corp., REDFLY Mobile Companion, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-19