Gates: Broadcast TV On Its Way Out
Talkback "Advertising that consumers either skip or don't see until it's too late is financially "the equivalent of piracy" for over-the-air broadcasting, he said. Fantastic - I'm a pirate because I went to put the kettle on in the ads.
[October 22, 2004, 9:00]
Secure Clients With ZoneAlarm
News The final panel of the setup wizard lets you either launch or skip the program's tutorial and launch ZoneAlarm Pro. The first option allows you to choose whether to activate ZoneAlarm Pro's privacy control (Figure A), which allows you to block pop...
[May 23, 2002, 12:48]
Ad-skipping Feature Found In TiVo
News A hidden feature on remote controls for TiVo digital video recorders lets viewers skip ads more easily. The "Easter egg" -- industry jargon for a feature that is revealed when an unlikely series of keystrokes is entered -- allows subscribers to...
[January 16, 2003, 10:16]
Mozilla Blocks Pop-ups, But Netscape Won't
News That's the equivalent of one of the broadcast networks coming out with a digital video recorder that can skip commercials. Netscape is a commercial offering -- it's not in its interest to offer a browser that could kill pop-up ads," said Michael...
[August 14, 2002, 15:33]
AOL Testing TiVo-style Service
News Movie and TV studios, broadcast networks, advertisers and media conglomerates worry that digital video recorders such as TiVo will make it easy for people to skip commercials with a click of the button.
[March 11, 2003, 11:03]
Microsoft: Fighting Back
News On the Windows side, Microsoft's dynamic duo ticked off several reasons why they think consumers won't want to skip Vista, the next version of Windows. Ballmer: Is Open Office with ads better than Open Office?
[January 6, 2006, 15:45]
Techies Wage War On Copyright Cartels
News Such a player could, for example, skip the ads and previews that many Hollywood studios are placing in the intro track -- a track that cannot be skipped. American copyright law is supposed to encourage creativity, but what we are seeing -- 200...
[May 19, 2000, 15:06]
