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Gator rushes to court over ad technology
News A software company at the center of a growing dispute over the use of pop-up ads sues the Interactive Advertising Bureau to protect its right to sell ads.
Pop-ups add new twist
News Some pop-up advertisements will include a new feature that can direct someone to another Web site by a simple move of the cursor across the ad--no clicking necessary.
Ad filters could hit brick wall
News Publishers have been promised a new weapon to combat software that wipes advertisements off the Web, bringing a potential challenge to ad-free surfing.
Firefox-syncing Weave updates to beta
News Mozilla's homegrown tool for synchronizing Firefox across computers and devices graduates to beta and introduces incremental syncing and a more streamlined, less obtrusive experience.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Computer, Web sites, Web Browser, Tool, On-demand, Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Corp., Beta
Google reveals Chrome customization plan
News Google has published details of its plan to add customization features to its Web browser, Chrome.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Extension, Web Browser, Google Inc., Video, microformat, content filtering, Advertisement, AdBlock
Firefox 3.0.6 targets security issues
News Mozilla developers say update to popular Web browser addresses several security and stability issues.
Tags: Browser, Firewalls, Security, Web Browser, Web metrics, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Internet Explorer, JavaScript
Yahoo's Delicious proves Chrome extensions real
News Chrome's extensions framework has matured enough for Yahoo to release an alpha version of an add-on to use its social-bookmarking service.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Extension, Google Inc., Web Browser, Yahoo! Inc., social bookmarking, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Advertisement
Developers launch anti-Phorm 'noise' tool
News A privacy group has launched an anti-targeted-advert tool in the shape of AntiPhormLite.
Tags: Internet advertising, Spam filtering, Web services, Tool, Developer, Advertisement, Mozilla Firefox, Internet User, Privacy Advocacy Group, Web browser plug-in
Control browser navigation with Browser Helper Objects
Techguide Phillip Perkins shows you how to build a rudimentary content filter, which uses the functionality of Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) to control browser navigation.
Tags: Software, Software engineering/development, Web browsers
Tightening the Internet screws
Insight Here are some observations and suggestions for protecting the enterprise while maximizing employees’ usage of electronic mail to and from the Internet and Internet browsing.
Firefox downloaded 75 million times
News The Mozilla Foundation marks a milestone, but it remains to be seen whether growth rates can recover.
Tags: Web browsers
