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IE To Block Pop-Ups

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the late-to-the-party dept.

smd4985 writes "Next year MS will release a XP service pack that enables IE to block pop-up ads. Only a few years late. Maybe Mozilla.org/Opera should patent the technology to make it hard for Bill 'embrace and extend' Gates to kill those XCam ads...."

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  1. sdfssssss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    abcdefghhiaffs

  2. Huh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well I'll be dipped in shit and rolled in breadcrumbs!

  3. IE blocked my popups...forever! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I used IE on my XP notebook and my weiner got burned...it no longer pops up.

    Ha, ha...no more popups for me, forever.

  4. But will it block by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Poop-ups?

  5. Re:Double Standards by ebbomega · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's like goldy or silvery but made of iron.....

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  6. IE To Block Pop-Ups by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now, if they would only let us block that nag screen that wants us to download and install Flash ...IE would be somewhat tolerable.

  7. ...and Outlook Express gets bayesian filtering... by aquarian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...in 2012...

  8. Breaking Press Release News!!! by bergeron76 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For Immediate Release:

    Microsoft has just announced that in an attempt to further demonstrate their innovation committment to the industry - they have decided to break new ground on the recently popular "internet".

    Microsoft Corp. is currently slated to deliver TRUE 24(tm)-bit alpha(tm)-transparency(tm) to The World(tm) via the Wide Web.

    In an attempt to further our position as the #1 Welfare and Community Company, we (Microsoft) have decided to expand our "Community Assistance Initiative (CAI[tm])" by delivering 24 bit alpha transparency via .PNG(tm) technology to the world. We at Microsoft (long-since innovators in the alpha-transparency and computer graphics industry), have decided to contribute this bleeding-edge graphics technology at NO COST to the consumer!
    Furthermore, the forthcoming Microsoft Longhorn Windows 2003 Server Professional Plus 98-03k Upgrade "Security Edition" will offer Alpha PNG transparency at the base level. NO UPGRADE required (Licensing details apply; Legal rights apply to consumers only where applicable. Residents of CA, UK, DE, NL, FR, Earth; ineligible. Your rights may vary).

    Furthermore, our legal department(tm) have advised us to confirm the rumors that our R&D department has developed a hot new, unconventional, cutting edge, and never-before-seen browsing technology. Codenamed "Tabbed"; Microsoft intends on revolutionizing the browsing world by introducing a patented-method of displaying multiple windows in ONE window! Unbelieveable! (Prior art need not apply; US Supreme Court Judges and USPTO already owned by Microsoft(R); all consumer rights invalid on first 9 planets in Milky Way region of Universe; your rights may be less).

    Ed. Note: Microsoft Longhorn 2002 is slated for release in Q1 of 2006.

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