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A Gator By Any Other Name

Posted by simoniker on from the snappy-response dept.

MFS! writes "CNet reports that Gator, everyone's favorite ad software, is changing its name to Claria. Gator's CEO says "We feel that the Claria Corporation name will allow us to better communicate the expanding breadth of offerings that we provide to consumers and advertisers." He fails to mention what "Claria" is supposed to mean or how it accomplishes this goal, but it seems that the name change may be no more than an attempt to distance the company from a moniker which has become involved in allegations of spyware."

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  1. "moniker" by mirko · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    distance the company from a moniker
    No offence here but what is a "moniker" ?
    Has it something to do with "Simoniker" ?

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    Trolling using another account since 2005.
    1. Re:"moniker" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Offtopic ?
      A story posted by si-fucking-moniker refers to the word moniker which doesn't appear in the Google translation list.

      The given story is about Gator which only hurts Windows people, now, that's offtopic : WGAF ?

  2. !ANAL BLISTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT DOWN -1, LIKES TO HAVE HOOKERS SHOVE VIBROS IN HIS PEEHOLE

  3. Re:And it happens again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The amount of groupthink here is mind-boggling. I've seen new articles appear *minutes* after I was just researching the same subject, even when it's relatively arcane. You can pretty much predict what the next "Ask Slashdot" will be by skimming some of the unanswered questions posed by posters in the last article, for instance. It'd make a facinating sociological experiment.

  4. Re:The real question is: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wonder how fucked up this fucking fucked fuck lameness filter is