Spyware Living Up To Its Name

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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.

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over
Anti-Spyware Law

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

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.

Living will help available

Living will help available 04/05/2005 05:22 PM
USA Today Apr 5 2005 9:48PM GMT

Living with HIV

Living with HIV 07/06/2004 11:34 AM
In My Place. Brent posted a link on his blog today to an "ongoing, unfinished series of journal entries [he's been writing] since testing positive for hiv last year". I'm taking the entries one at a time, as they're poignant... so I've not yet read through them all. It's a brave thing... brave and beautiful. God speed Brent, and I hope that your sharing will touch the hearts of those who suffer alone.

It's a living.

It's a living. 12/26/2004 01:46 AM
Unproduced screenplays, including Edward Ford, written by Lem Dobbs (The Limey) and one (pdf) by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine..., Adaptation, Being John Malkovich). The Dobbs script is often cited as one of the best (if not the best) unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. The site also has scripts by Al Jean and Mike Reiss (Simpsons, Sledge Hammer!), Adam Fierro (The Shield), T. S. Cook (The China Syndrome), Nicholas Kazan (Homegrown, Reversal of Fortune, Frances), John Kamps (Charley Varrick, Madigan) and others.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Better Living Through Chemistry 06/28/2004 09:59 AM
After reading about how pharmaceutical companies are marketing their products, I'm experiencing the kind of mild anxiety and nervousness that can only be corrected with Paxil CR.

A Design for Living

A Design for Living 08/10/2004 05:49 PM

More living room

More living room 12/02/2003 01:06 AM
Speaking of iTunes, its release for Windows did finally motivate me to rip the rest of my music and organize it, so I don't have the mess of its physical artifacts laying around my small living area. (Instead, I put them in a handy place.) Which is nice. But, damn, now I have to buy an iPod for car listening, just like Jobs was planned!

From the land of the living, to the air
and sky...

From the land of the living, to the air
and sky... 03/28/2005 03:32 AM
Paul Hester, Aussie drummer of such antipodean bands as Split Enz and Crowded House (as well as occasional television performer), has committed suicide at 46.

US Living Will Registry

US Living Will Registry 03/24/2005 03:33 AM
The US Living Will Registry electronically stores advance directives, and makes them available to health care providers 24 hours/day via secure internet or telephone facsimile... a free service, by the way. Be sure to check out the state-by-state list of Advance Directive Forms. See also, the American Bar Associations information for advanced medical directives.

Living WAY off the grid.

Living WAY off the grid. 05/21/2004 01:07 PM
Father and 12 year old daughter camp undiscovered for four years in city park. A heartwarming story of love, generosity, and happy endings.

Living Myths

Living Myths 07/19/2004 03:06 PM
Living Myths.

Living Without a Pulse

Living Without a Pulse 07/30/2004 08:43 AM

Living With Your Budget

Living With Your Budget 08/04/2004 09:57 AM
Living with a budget doesn't have to be such a hassle.

Living with Webservices

Living with Webservices 09/12/2004 10:32 AM
TeledyN, Gary Lawrence Murphy, has a tremendous essay up, 'Living with Webservices'. It has greatly expanded my thinking about the future internet ecosphere. Much good stuff: ...It must be just me because there are so many of these sites, and...

Your Living Room is Theirs, Not Yours

Your Living Room is Theirs, Not Yours 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
I moderated this panel on high-definition TV at the CES show today, featuring some of the top people from the cable and satellite industries, plus several members of what's quaintly called the "content" business. The topic got around to DRM (digital restrictions management), of course, and the panelists' answers were -- to put it mildly -- unsatisfactory.

Would you make a living will?

Would you make a living will? 06/18/2004 06:17 AM
The government wants to introduce a law to allow people to make advance decisions on their health and welfare should they become incapacitated. Would you make a living will?

Living on maintenance

Living on maintenance 04/15/2004 05:13 AM
In just a few years' time, today's top enterprise software vendors could face a life of penury, living off shrinking ...

On living in an old country

On living in an old country 04/16/2004 06:19 AM
Derelict London. A gently melancholy collection of photographs of abandoned shops, hospitals, housing estates, public lavatories, and much more. See also Britannia Moribundia, on the national obsession with dinginess and decay. This is where England most truly excels: in all the characterful shabbiness of its drizzled parks, soiled launderettes, frayed tailors, abject chemists .. and cowed solitary cafes.

War in our living rooms

War in our living rooms 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
At the beginning of Glory, having never seen war before, Matthew Broderick's character, Robert Shaw, gets shell-shocked on the battlefield, unable to function with the

Living the LAN life

Living the LAN life 06/22/2005 02:50 AM
Game enthusiasts convene in San Francisco to battle each other for prizes and bragging rights.
Photos: LAN mania hits S.F.

low-impact living

low-impact living 04/16/2004 11:34 PM
The low-impact living initiative produces information sheets on a range of low-impact topics. Don't believe the hype.

Living large

Living large 04/06/2005 10:04 AM
Clothing company Torrid makes cool clothes for overweight teens. Its bodacious bras and extra-large camisoles help salvage fat kids' self-esteem. But do they also encourage obesity?

HP in Living Color

HP in Living Color 06/03/2004 12:22 PM
Ever wish you could afford one of those color laser printers to make your printed output look like a million? Ever wish you could actually AFFORD one? Yeah, me too.It seems that the days when the average color laser printer cost as much as the average family car are over. In today’s world of shrinking prices, HP has crossed the $500 barrier. Not by much, but crossed it none the less. Mere mortals will now be able to turn out those stunning pictures we see (and drool over) at the office super-stores.Read more…

Living Smarter

Living Smarter 06/05/2004 10:24 AM

Meta-Efficient points to ways to live your life using up fewer resources -- doing right by the planet, and yourself.

Better Living Through Bookmarklets

Better Living Through Bookmarklets 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
WebmasterBase Apr 9 2004 7:40AM GMT

Living Below Your Means

Living Below Your Means 02/12/2004 03:39 PM
Money-saving tips from your friendly pharmacist.

Living in 1954 for 10 days

Living in 1954 for 10 days 08/05/2004 12:10 PM
My former editor at Yahoo! Internet Life, Larry Smith, wrote a great article for Popular Science about his 10 day experience living without technologies under 50 years old. (It reminds me a little of my only published fiction story, Retro-A -Go-Go, which I wrote for Wired in 2000.) Link (Thanks, Frank!)

Lucky the Bunny Is Living Up to Her Name
(AP)

Lucky the Bunny Is Living Up to Her Name
(AP) 07/30/2004 08:26 AM
AP - Lucky the bunny is living up to her name.

Online Gambling... For A Living

Online Gambling... For A Living 08/09/2004 06:09 AM
While the US continues to ban online gambling (and look for ways to stop anyone who dares to find non-US-based sites to keep on gambling), the UK has decided it's better to just regulate online gambline -- especially as some players seem to be making something of a career out of it. Of course, the online poker player they talk to seems to have made a career out of beating Americans who shouldn't be gambling online anyway: "The best time to play is between 4am and 7am," she explains, "because the Americans are playing - and they're drunk."

The Red Planet In Living Color

The Red Planet In Living Color 01/06/2004 02:26 PM
CBS News Jan 6 2004 1:45PM ET

Why is Apple MIA from the Living Room?

Why is Apple MIA from the Living Room? 03/06/2004 02:03 AM
For all the leading-edge industrial design and user interface work it's done, Apple has yet to make any kind of living room play. Dave Salvator asks "What gives?"

Columns: Living will is the best revenge

Columns: Living will is the best revenge 03/31/2005 03:43 AM
Columns: Living will is the best revenge .. By ROBERT FRIEDMAN, Perspective Editor .. Submitted

sptimes.com/2005/03/27/Columns/Living_will_is_the_be.shtml
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cost of living in Tehran

cost of living in Tehran 02/18/2004 03:37 AM
How much is the cost of living in Tehran, Iran? Also look at some other vital statistics about the non-Arab country.

Living with Asperger's Syndrome

Living with Asperger's Syndrome 05/22/2004 12:58 AM
Maybe you've heard of it: the Geek Syndrome. You might even know it's a mild form of autism. The truth is Asperger's presents unique struggles that you might not have even thought of before.

Why Is Apple MIA From The Living Room

Why Is Apple MIA From The Living Room 03/08/2004 11:24 PM
Making a serious living-room play could improve Apple's fortunes. By Dave Salvator (ExtremeTech via MyAppleMenu)

Living In A Digital World

Living In A Digital World 06/21/2004 04:21 AM
Don't blame it on the kids, because it looks like more and more people are starting to prefer searching for digital information to browsing library stacks. As search engines increase their cataloging of the "deep web", professors and students alike are shunning cavernous library halls to look for their research materials online, and librarians are catching on to the trend. No one is predicting the end of books or paper. (That would be silly.) But no one can dispute that digitally searching for specific information is often faster and easier than doing it the old-fashioned way. The challenge is preserving the benefits of the older methods while still fully capturing the more modern advantages. For instance, search engines don't lend themselves to the same sort of serendipitous discoveries as flipping through books or magazines. So let's hope librarians can figure out ways to make information retrieval more fun and digital.
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