Google feels spyware strains

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Google me: Shout, scream - there, that
feels better

Google me: Shout, scream - there, that
feels better 04/21/2004 02:29 PM
The New Zealand Herald Apr 21 2004 6:42PM GMT

Fidelity feels lucky with Google

Fidelity feels lucky with Google 09/10/2004 06:56 PM
Source: cnnmoney - No .1 mutual fund firm owns 15.5 percent of search engine company Google, according to SEC filing....

Google spyware

Google spyware 11/10/2003 10:57 PM
I just had an interesting experience, which I'm not 100% thrilled with. Over on IRC, I made a casual reference to a URL. http://www.sidhe.org/backgrounds/gif_for_folks_who_link_unasked.gif specifically. It's a GIF I swap in for the real image when I find folks linking to images in the background collection. (For the record, it's the background image from the nifty.org archive of gay/lesbian/bi fiction (though work-safe) and has the twin advantages of being very light (so it tends to obscure white text) and subtly subversive, while still being tasteful) It's not that I care that people look at the backgrounds, nor that they grab...

Pakistan detects bird flu strains

Pakistan detects bird flu strains 01/26/2004 04:49 AM
Strains of bird flu less dangerous than those afflicting South-East Asia are found in the southern port of Karachi.

Strains on Nature Are Growing, Report
Says

Strains on Nature Are Growing, Report
Says 03/31/2005 03:19 AM
Humans are damaging the planet at a rapid rate and raising risks of abrupt collapses in nature that could spur disease, deforestation or "dead zones" in the seas.

Google Removes Trojan Spyware Ads

Google Removes Trojan Spyware Ads 01/03/2005 05:55 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Jan 3 2005 9:19PM GMT

Spyware makers ogle Google

Spyware makers ogle Google 06/28/2004 06:10 PM
ZDNet Jun 28 2004 9:55PM GMT

Virus activity lulls, but more new
strains detected

Virus activity lulls, but more new
strains detected 08/03/2004 12:26 PM
Computer Shopper Aug 3 2004 5:10PM GMT

Technology Strains to Find Menace in the
Crowd

Technology Strains to Find Menace in the
Crowd 05/30/2004 11:23 PM
New York Times May 31 2004 3:59AM GMT

Google Tries To Offer Distinction
Between Good And Bad Spyware

Google Tries To Offer Distinction
Between Good And Bad Spyware 05/19/2004 12:03 PM
Google has been a bit worried that new spyware legislation will include things that could make their IE toolbar (and possibly other new Google doodads) illegal. Realizing that the debate doesn't seem to be going anywhere, they've tried to put together a list of generally accepted practices of what companies shouldn't do in creating software that may be considered spyware. While some may disagree with some of the points on the list, it probably is a good thing to get it written down just as a starting point for debate.

Influx of Pilgrims to See Pope Puts
Strains on the Italians

Influx of Pilgrims to See Pope Puts
Strains on the Italians 04/05/2005 10:24 PM
At least a million people flocking to St. Peter's Square by the end of the first full day of public grieving over the pope's body.

Two Strains of Yeast Show Why Sex Is
Worth the Hassle and Effort

Two Strains of Yeast Show Why Sex Is
Worth the Hassle and Effort 04/03/2005 01:19 PM
Sci-Tech Today Apr 3 2005 4:55PM GMT

Clinton's Book Tells of Strains on
Marriage (washingtonpost.com)

Clinton's Book Tells of Strains on
Marriage (washingtonpost.com) 06/19/2004 06:16 PM
washingtonpost.com - Former president Bill Clinton says his admission to Hillary Rodham Clinton that he carried on an extramarital affair with former intern Monica S. Lewinsky left him banished to a White House couch for two months, but also prompted a season of self-examination and counseling that ultimately strengthened his marriage and gave him greater awareness of the origins of his self-destructive behavior.

Apreo Enforces Appropriate Use of Google
Desktop Search to Reduce Security Risk
of Data Exposure and Spyware I

Apreo Enforces Appropriate Use of Google
Desktop Search to Reduce Security Risk
of Data Exposure and Spyware I 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
Security Park Jan 5 2005 12:49PM GMT

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware

Yahoo's Offers New Anti-Spyware Tool...
That Actually Finds Spyware 08/05/2004 03:50 AM
It appears that Yahoo heard the backlash loud and clear a few months back when they released an anti-spyware tool that just so happened to skip over adware from Yahoo partners. The latest version, built on PestPatrol's technology will now default to notifying users of both "spyware" and what they consider to be "adware" and then give the user the choice of what to do. I haven't tested the product yet, but it sounds like they're moving in the right direction. It still makes you wonder what they were thinking in offering a purposely crippled offering. People know what spyware is, and telling them that spyware isn't spyware doesn't change how people feel about it. It also doesn't make them look kindly back at the company that provided them with the bogus anti-spyware tool in the first place.

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners

Yahoo's Famed Anti-Spyware App Allows
Spyware From Partners 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
We didn't write about Yahoo's new "anti-spyware" toolbar that they announced last week, because it seemed to receive plenty of hype, and there were no real reviews of how it worked. There are so many so-called anti-spyware applications out there that don't actually stop spyware and adware for fear of upsetting marketing companies or out of worries that actually stopping spyware may make some applications stop working (upsetting the user), that we figured Yahoo's anti-spyware app (hype and all) probably wouldn't be much to bother with. It certainly looks like that may be the case. eWeek is now reporting that Yahoo tries to dance the careful dance of not upsetting certain companies who threate n to sue people who call their application spyware. Of course, the situation is even more complex because Claria (who you probably know as Gator - despite their attempt to change their name to shake that spyware label) is also a partner of Yahoo. So, it's really not surprising that the default setting for Yahoo's anti-spyware app won't actually remove services like Gator or WhenU. Instead, Yahoo's spyware remover claims these programs are "adware" and will only remove them if you click and extra check box each time you run the program. In other words, once again, you can't trust a provider of anti-spyware software, because they're playing both sides of the fence: partnering with providers on the one hand, and then offering weak removal products on the other. If Yahoo were serious about removing spyware from the computers of users they would refuse to partner with companies that used surreptitious tactics to be installed on computers. Instead, they want to look good to users in the front, while letting in spyware/adware from partners through the backdoor.

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware

AOL Offers Spyware Stopper... Just After
They Started Offering Spyware 04/22/2004 02:36 AM
Just a few weeks after saying that they're going to start bundling spyware/adware with their instant messenger product, AOL announces their latest anti-spyware application. While we've been complaining about anti-spyware from ISPs that just points out the spyware, AOL claims that this version will disable (though not delete) the spyware. I wonder if it will catch the spyware that AOL installs themselves.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law 04/13/2004 03:42 PM

how it feels to get shot

how it feels to get shot 06/05/2004 01:16 AM
How it feels to get shot. [via waxy] Each year, roughly 55,000 Americans survive firearm injuries. "People don't even get knocked backward when they get shot.. Unless hit in the head or the spine, the most common [immediate] reaction to getting shot is no reaction at all."

SNO anniversary: It feels like dj vu

SNO anniversary: It feels like dj vu 04/28/2004 10:52 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Apr 29 2004 3:05AM GMT

Feels like home

Feels like home 12/22/2004 01:52 AM
Hoder says, "New York feels like home." I know how he feels....

Why OSX Feels Zippy

Why OSX Feels Zippy 06/03/2004 02:08 PM

Robert Love points to an interesting article on Kernelthread.com on ten OS-level optimizations built in to OSX to improve performance. I'll bet even you Mac folks didn't know about most of this stuff.

This document discusses ten things that Apple did (beyond initial/fundamental OS design and implementation) to improve Mac OS X's performance. Some of these are simply good ideas and obvious candidates for implementation; some are guidelines or tools for developers to help them create high-performance applications, while some are proactive attempts at extracting performance from strategically chosen quarters.

For the record, Windows XP includes some of these optimizations as well. Regarding Linux, Mr. Love says this:

Items 3 and (particularly) 5 are very interesting. For what it is worth, modern Linux systems do 2, 6, 9, and the equivalent of 4 already. My preload work is similar to - albeit much less complicated (and thus less effective?) than - item 1.

Via Robert Love.

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Office Look and Feels

Office Look and Feels 08/16/2004 08:04 AM
First Release Available; More Info Soon!

Feels Good All Over

Feels Good All Over 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
My other favorite blue and yellow web site. Yay! Mister Pants really is back one year later, just like he said he would be.

Linksys feels the need for more Wi-Fi
speed

Linksys feels the need for more Wi-Fi
speed 01/04/2005 08:16 PM
ZDNet Jan 4 2005 11:42PM GMT

Dominion Feels The Heat

Dominion Feels The Heat 07/28/2004 04:30 PM
Was power demand a hindrance to the power company?

aaiPharma Feels the Pain

aaiPharma Feels the Pain 06/21/2004 09:19 AM
The maker of painkiller Darvocet restates its earnings for the prior two years.

Wil Wheaton feels alive

Wil Wheaton feels alive 12/03/2003 07:33 AM
Wil's epic announcement .. picked up by O'Reilly .. public ecstasy .. news

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PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship

PBS Feels FCC Chill On Censorship 07/12/2004 02:16 PM

Banking Lobby Feels the Heat

Banking Lobby Feels the Heat 10/31/2003 06:10 AM
California's devastating wildfires give privacy advocates a reprieve by delaying debate over a bill that would almost certainly have derailed California's pending financial privacy bill. By Ryan Singel.

New Tech Surge in Ireland, and It Feels
Like '99 Again

New Tech Surge in Ireland, and It Feels
Like '99 Again 06/16/2004 09:02 PM
Ireland's $121 billion economy, which rode the crest and crash of the dot-com wave, is once again pinning its hopes on technology investments.

EU leader feels disrespected by
Microsoft

EU leader feels disrespected by
Microsoft 04/15/2005 04:39 AM
Big News Network Apr 15 2005 8:22AM GMT

Steve Jobs: "It Feels Good"

Steve Jobs: "It Feels Good" 01/25/2004 06:25 PM
Apple's chief talks about its rapid rise to the top of the digital music biz, Pixar, and what tunes he's listening to today. (BusinessWeek via MyAppleMenu)

Fable Feels Like Unfinished Tale

Fable Feels Like Unfinished Tale 09/27/2004 05:33 AM
Fable succeeds as a plain-ol' fantasy action game where you kill things to buy stuff to kill bigger things. But given the expectations that preceeded it, the game is ultimately disappointing. Lore Sjöberg reviews Fable.

Steve Jobs: 'It Feels Good'

Steve Jobs: 'It Feels Good' 01/26/2004 02:20 AM
Business Week Jan 26 2004 7:14AM GMT

Linux Feels the Corporate Love

Linux Feels the Corporate Love 08/14/2002 05:14 AM
LinuxWorld speeches from Google and Amazon execs testify to the growing popularity of open source in the business world -- in no small part because it's a money saver. By Michelle Delio.

Real Feels iTunes Backlash

Real Feels iTunes Backlash 08/18/2004 05:05 PM

Microsoft Feels Heat Over Outsourcing

Microsoft Feels Heat Over Outsourcing 07/29/2004 08:15 AM
Two years after Microsoft executives began urging managers to outsource software development work to India, a Washington state technology union says the company has sent increasingly high-level jobs overseas, including some related to Longhorn, the next version of Windows. By Kristi Heim, San Jose Mercury News (via MyAppleMenu)

Dog feels below par after eating 28 golf
balls (Reuters)

Dog feels below par after eating 28 golf
balls (Reuters) 04/23/2004 05:22 AM
Reuters - Vets cut open a German Shepherd dog to find she had scoffed no fewer than 28 golf balls.
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