The thing is, pop-up blockers are only effective against the ones originating from websites you visit with your browser. In the case of malware creating them, which seems to be what the article is talking about, they are useless (since your browser has no control over other applications creating pop-ups).
The problem is that Novell's agreement can be seen as legitimizing Microsoft's claims, which can create fear among companies thinking about adopting GNU/Linux.
Inertia is a powerful thing, people tend to not change services unless the one they are using has serious flaws, or a new one with a "must have" feature shows up.
Unless someone comes up with a revolutionary feature for search engines, Google won't be losing terrain any time soon.
Over the course of a month with emails where the agents did not read what I had to say I got fed up and tried calling them( long distance ). I had to scour the net to find a customer service number and even then nobody could put an end to the problem for me.
See, if you had Google Click-to-Call at the time it would have been much easier to contact them.
Right, and you believe that when they discover the cure it will be made available for everybody? That it won't be so ridiculously expensive that only the very rich will be able to get it?
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... Wikipedia thought otherwise. Stop anthropomorphising Wikipedia. It doesn't like it.A huge sign that reads 'Made in Magrathea'
The thing is, pop-up blockers are only effective against the ones originating from websites you visit with your browser. In the case of malware creating them, which seems to be what the article is talking about, they are useless (since your browser has no control over other applications creating pop-ups).
Does this mean that they will eventually be screwing the children?
The problem is that Novell's agreement can be seen as legitimizing Microsoft's claims, which can create fear among companies thinking about adopting GNU/Linux.
Someone sent an amusing response to the ubuntu mailing list:0 6-November/022578.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/20
I think he was talking about Google's income.
Inertia is a powerful thing, people tend to not change services unless the one they are using has serious flaws, or a new one with a "must have" feature shows up.
Unless someone comes up with a revolutionary feature for search engines, Google won't be losing terrain any time soon.
Jar Jar Binks
You can get them from here ;)
Don't worry, the DRM people are going to address this by changing the law so that copyright never expires.
They removed the anti-virus so that they can use this as an excuse for why Vista is so damn obese.
Well, I must say I deeply resent that comment.
Mark L. Stupidson
Natural Selection ?
Ever watched 'Escape from L.A.' ?
See, if you had Google Click-to-Call at the time it would have been much easier to contact them.
Finally we can get VoIP and such other nice things on our RSS !!!
Thanks Microsoft!
Yeah, except they are Chinese, and Chinese people have no problem pronouncing 'l's, it's the Japanese that do.
OR:
The parents are Everquest players looking to destroy WoW, so they threw their kit out the window and blamed WoW for it!
Right, and you believe that when they discover the cure it will be made available for everybody? That it won't be so ridiculously expensive that only the very rich will be able to get it?
According to the police spokesman the HDs where locked with an obscure encryption tool named ReiserFS.
I guess this goes to show the strength of SCO's case, the big blue is already starting to shake.
This goes to show the perils of unprotected monkey sex.
Creative has gotten a patent on 'displaying maps on a mp3 player' and is now seeking legal actions against the infringer.