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How to block adverts in Chrome!
Blog Obviously, I wouldn't suggest readers abstain from the display adverts that pay for the whole ZDNet enterprise, but help is at hand for those who use Adblock in Firefox, and want something similar in Chrome.
[September 3, 2008, 18:12]
Linux TV adverts FAIL
Blog The problem with asking amateur film makers to make adverts is that you get amateur results, unfortunately. Oh dear. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when the Linux Foundation announced a contest to produce a TV advert for Linux...
[April 14, 2009, 15:23]
Linux TV adverts FAIL
Blog Comment I think the thing to push and what has impressed me, is the fact that you can put linux on almost any old computer. Running live or full install and be creating documents within the hour including pdfs.
[April 10, 2009, 14:15]
Those B****y adverts
Blog Comment Thanks for your coment Julian. We realise that the balance of useful information vs advertising is a very real issue for people coming to ZDNet (and to those driving along the motorway! and we have taken great pains to get it right.
[May 16, 2007, 9:52]
Linux TV adverts FAIL
Blog Comment I totally agree. I looked at as many of the of the submissions as I could find. Almost all of them made me want to cringe. Hardly any of them attempted to say what linux actually is. Several made the mistake of direct named belittling comparisons...
[April 9, 2009, 21:30]
More B****y adverts
Blog Comment Ahh, thats very annoying As for advert blocking when I'm not on IE6 at work I tend to use Firefox, which has some nice Ad Blocking extensions available. Although BitSmiths host file solution is sounding like a good solution to try out in the future.
[October 26, 2007, 11:32]
More B****y adverts
Blog Comment Thanks BitSmith, I'll look into that. Hi Welshtroll, I've had the full screen advert more than once in a session. I was logged on as well.
[October 26, 2007, 10:40]
More B****y adverts
Blog Comment Not much you can do about advertising on the M4 corridor, but when it comes to your PC you can take some steps. I've been using hosts file ad-blocking for years. It's a simple, effective and free way of keeping control of your screen space.
[October 26, 2007, 9:13]
More B****y adverts
Blog Comment Yea I know what you mean about the full screen advert. Normally a tactic employed to encourage people to sign up to the website. But considering that I'm showing as logged on it's kind of annoying. At least it only appears once per session :s
[October 25, 2007, 23:28]
hotmail adverts
Talkback this is happening to me where the advert above rolls down and covers certain buttons and mails.when the advert is behaving itself and staying at the top of the screen, i still don't have access to buttons.
[October 30, 2007, 11:12]
Microsoft buys into banner adverts
News Microsoft followed the lead of Excite and Yahoo when this week it announced the purchase of its own online advertising network for a reported $250 million. On the face of it, Microsoft now controls one of the most popular banner-exchange companies.
[November 6, 1998, 15:00]
BT to pay ISPs to run broadband adverts
News BT Wholesale is preparing to give millions of pounds to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to help them to advertise their ADSL packages. The move is an attempt to boost the take-up of broadband in the UK, which has been extremely disappointing so far.
[January 14, 2002, 17:44]
Online ad-blocking attacked
Talkback I watch DVDs rather than TV to avoid the adverts. I read news papers and sometimes even look at the adverts Notice the difference.the one medium where the content is not broken up or de-valued by the adverts.
[June 28, 2005, 6:28]
Digital technology to track ad delivery
Talkback Great, more adverts. If you are stupid enough to give these parasites information then you deserve more adverts! I noticed it will be targeted to people using 'information supplied by the consumer'. Thankfully we are a bit behind the times in this...
[August 18, 2004, 11:59]
request advertising?
Talkback I hope that advertising doesn't pick up on requests i get sent or i'll be swamped with pirate/ninja adverts on facebook :) What more could they ask for, than countless people worldwide not only seeing your adverts, but in a continue status of...
[November 23, 2007, 8:05]
ISPs caught up in Internet babies furore
News ISPs have become the latest victims of the Internet adoption row, with the government telling providers they must get rid of illegal adoption adverts. As part of this push health minister John Hutton has written to ISPs stating that if someone...
[January 22, 2001, 14:51]
O2 recalls 140,000 handsets over fire risk
News O2 published adverts in several national newspapers on Thursday, urging X1 users to return their handsets. We have sent a text message out to all users, and today's newspaper adverts are the second stage.
[March 23, 2006, 13:45]
Web users shun banner ads research finds
News The research highlights the growing need for content-rich broadband Internet adverts according to analysts. According to Bradshaw, preliminary research indicates that many broadband video adverts see a click through rate of one in every ten page...
[May 15, 2000, 15:48]
Free Google email service to launch 'in weeks'
Talkback I say its a fantastic idea thats a small price to pay for a little advert contained in an email, lets face it sitting here typing this in here im faced with two adverts you have to wake up people if we are going to use these services and want them...
[April 3, 2004, 2:45]
Search-based ads increase online revenue
News Search-based adverts accounted for 40 percent of revenues in the second quarter of 2004, a 97 percent increase in absolute dollars compared to Q2 2003. Computing adverts are the next most popular, accounting for 35 percent of revenue, according to...
[September 20, 2004, 18:10]
