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PDF ReDirect 2.5.2

PDF ReDirect 2.5.2

...It has no restrictions, no watermarks, no spyware, no adware, and no pop-up advertisements. Features include encryption, full merging and PDF preview. Available in... Read more

21 November, 2010

Pop-ups pushed down at Ask Jeeves

Ask Jeeves has banned pop-up advertisements from its search site, making it the latest Web operator... Read more

21 October, 2002 by Stefanie Olsen

New IE may burst pop-up bubble

...to be launched later this winter. Despite this, the company still sells pop-up advertisements that appear on its MSN network Read more

25 November, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

New AOL 8.0 smacks down pop-ups

America Online on Tuesday said it will discontinue serving pop-up advertisements in conjunction with the release of AOL 8.0, the... Read more

16 October, 2002 by Jim Hu

Browser features may pose hacking threat

...Pop-up windows: blocking pop-up windows will minimise the number of pop-up advertisements you receive, some of which may be infected with malicious... Read more

14 January, 2008 by Victoria Ho

Curtain rises on Opera 9

...encounters with phishing scams and also includes technology to strengthen blocking of pop-up advertisements. Opera 9 also offers a thumbnail feature, which enables users... Read more

21 June, 2006 by Dawn Kawamoto

US anti-spyware bill clears another hurdle

...against an Internet menace that has angered constituents by deluging them with pop-up advertisements or by raising fears about their online actions being secretly... Read more

25 June, 2004 by Declan McCullagh
WyvernWorks Ad Away 2004 2.5

WyvernWorks Ad Away 2004 2.5

Are you being overwhelmed with pop-up advertisements that steal your bandwidth and slow your Internet performance while... Read more

6 April, 2004

Web giants mull taskbar

...for search. The ISP already offers subscribers a toolbar for blocking annoying pop-up advertisements, but it does not yet include search. For Overture, regaining... Read more

12 January, 2004 by Stefanie Olsen

Pop-up provider suffers legal setback

A US district court judge recently barred WhenU from delivering pop-up advertisements to some Net visitors, going against decisions in favour of... Read more

6 January, 2004 by Stefanie Olsen

Gator looks for new image with name change

...video compression company DivX. GAIN Network is the division that delivers targeted pop-up advertisements to 38 million people who use GAIN Publishing software. Feedback... Read more

30 October, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Gator 'spyware' investigated by Harvard

...reader visited a competitor's Web site. According to the Harvard report, pop-up advertisements for Sun Microsystems' powerful V880 server, boasting "See how Sun... Read more

22 May, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Pop-ups add new twist

Pop-up advertisements, already the bane of millions of Web surfers, are becoming... Read more

23 December, 2002 by Stefanie Olsen

Mozilla pulls latest browser downloads

...to navigate numerous browser windows through tabs and the ability to block pop-up advertisements. Some people operating the newest browser noted that some advertisements... Read more

3 December, 2002 by Jim Hu and Stefanie Olsen

Pop-ups are here to stay

...biggest user of such ads. Rounding out the top 10 users of pop-up advertisements during that time period were Providian, Cendant, Cassava Enterprises, Dell... Read more

5 September, 2002 by Troy Wolverton

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