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Distastful Advertising Continues: "Gatoring"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-i-taste-arsenic-in-the-water dept.

iforgotmyfirstlogon sent us a link to an article on CNet about Gatoring, a fabulous new advertising technique where advertising buy key words and pop up windows over competitors. The kicker is that this is a byproduct of a commonly installed activex plugin. And its only gonna get worse.

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  1. ActiveX by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Because we all know Perl could never do such a thing.

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    No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?

  2. ADS! by nege · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All your ads are belong to us!