NewsGator is NOT "Gator"

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NewsGator Launches "NewsGator Media
Platform," a Private Label RSS Service
for Media Companies

NewsGator Launches "NewsGator Media
Platform," a Private Label RSS Service
for Media Companies 03/14/2005 04:38 PM

Denver Post and the Media News Group Partner with NewsGator for Next Generation Media Service

DENVER, CO -- March 3, 2005 -- NewsGator Technologies, Inc., the leading RSS software platform company, announced today the launch of its 'NewsGator Media Platform,' a private label RSS service for the media industry. Media News Group and its flagship newspaper, The Denver Post, announced that they will launch branded RSS readers powered by NewsGator's Media Platform for the Denver Post and other Media News Group properties.

J.B. Holston, the President and CEO of NewsGator, said, "We're thrilled to be working with The Denver Post to apply our industry-leading software platform to help extend their brand with the power of RSS. After a thorough review, Media News Group chose the 'NewsGator Media Platform' because it is the most scalable, cost-effective, and reader-friendly solution available on the market. We're very proud of our partnership with one of America's leading media groups."

The NewsGator Media Platform is powered by NewsGator's industry-leading NewsGator Online system, which manages hundreds of thousands of RSS feeds for tens of thousands of individual end-users who access their content synchronized across a myriad of devices. NewsGator is working with a wide range of media and other enterprises around the world to leverage that system to manage private-labeled RSS readers. NewsGator's Media Platform is the only service that supports web, desktop, mobile, Media Center, DivX, and a wide range of other RSS applications and readers, all seamlessly synchronized. NewsGator's interface and interaction design experts work closely with clients to create a consumer-friendly experience around the client's brand, leveraging the power of NewsGator's rich RSS aggregation and reading capabilities.

Mike Higgins, Senior Vice President and COO of Media News Group Interactive said, "We believe that RSS-based reading is the next generation for a rich, personalized experience for our readers. We're extremely excited to partner with NewsGator, the clear leader in this space, around this vital industry innovation."

Gil Asakawa, Executive Producer for The Denver Post said, "We're excited to be working with NewsGator to develop a tool for our readers to take advantage of the burgeoning RSS universe, and to personalize their news from The Denver Post. There's a huge opportunity here to popularize RSS as a mainstream format."

About Media News Group

MediaNews Group, Inc is the nation's seventh-largest newspaper company, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. MediaNews Group and its subsidiaries publish 47 daily newspapers and 110 non-daily publications in 10 states, with daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 2.2 million and 2.5 million respectively. In addition, MediaNews Group owns a CBS affiliate in Anchorage Alaska and four radio stations in Texas. MediaNews Group maintains 74 websites for its daily newspapers and an umbrella website, www.NewsChoice.com.

SnapStream Media Partners With NewsGator
to Feature NewsGator Media Center
Edition in SnapStream Spotlight

SnapStream Media Partners With NewsGator
to Feature NewsGator Media Center
Edition in SnapStream Spotlight 06/25/2004 12:01 PM

SnapStream Spotlight Enables Users to Read Selected NewsGator Content and Watch On-Demand Videos in Full-Screen Interface Mode With Firefly PC Remotes

HOUSTON, June 25 - SnapStream Media, Inc. (http://www.snapstream.com), a leader in PC entertainment products, and NewsGator Technologies announced today the inclusion of NewsGator Media Center Edition in SnapStream Spotlight. SnapStream Spotlight is a new addition to the Firefly(TM) PC Remote package.

The Firefly PC Remote with SnapStream Spotlight brings the latest online movies, radio, news and music into the living room by leveraging the power of the PC and the Internet.  SnapStream Spotlight serves as a portal to various online media providers, such as NewsGator, for Firefly PC Remote users. Its savvy interface makes it easy to access online media content in a living room setting.

NewsGator Media Center Edition is a part of NewsGator Online Services. It allows users to easily find NewsGator software and services online without having to separately download anything from the NewsGator web site.

SnapStream Spotlight and NewsGator Media Center Edition provide Firefly PC Remote users a way to access NewsGator content and watch on-demand videos away from the PC desktop.

"We are excited to have NewsGator Technologies on board for our latest entertainment PC offering, SnapStream Spotlight," said Rakesh Agrawal, President and CEO of SnapStream Media, Inc. "The new SnapStream Spotlight feature, along with Firefly PC Remote, allows users to control media stored on the PC in a living room setting. SnapStream Spotlight and NewsGator Media Center Edition open doors for Firefly PC Remote users by giving them another way to access online news content."

"NewsGator Technologies is pleased to be a part of the SnapStream Spotlight launch," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of NewsGator Technologies. "With SnapStream Spotlight, even consumers without Media Center PCs can enjoy the convenience of what NewsGator Media Center Edition has to offer."

ABOUT FIREFLY PC REMOTE

Firefly PC Remote gives users remote control access to audio and visual media stored on their PCs. It is sleek, lightweight and designed to fit comfortably in the user's hand. It is an RF remote and can transmit signals through walls and up to 30 feet away. Firefly comes with its own media center software, SnapStream Media's Beyond Media(TM) Basic, but is also compatible with others such as Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Media Center Edition. Beyond Media Basic is a PC entertainment gateway with included music, video and photos players.

ABOUT SNAPSTREAM MEDIA

SnapStream Media, Inc., a leading developer of digital entertainment products, was founded in 1999 by Richard Kuo and Rakesh Agrawal. Houston-based and privately held, SnapStream Media's vision is to build high-quality consumer entertainment experiences that leverage PC technology. The company's personal video recording (PVR) software, Beyond TV(TM), was called "dazzlingly cool" by the Los Angeles Times, referred to as "an idea whose time has come" by the Associated Press and declared "better than TiVo" by Maximum PC. Interested parties can find more information about SnapStream Media and its products at http://www.snapstream.com.

ABOUT NEWSGATOR MEDIA CENTER EDITION

This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device" strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line.  NewsGator Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information from any device, whenever they need it.

Gator Be Gone!

Gator Be Gone! 03/19/2003 10:45 PM

Here's a little tip for Internet Explorer users if you're tired of Gator and its attempts to install itself on your PC.

"Hopefully by now you have removed that password manager/form filler Gator since it's gotten a bad reputation as spyware.  As an added precaution to keep the software from installing unwanted files on your system, also consider adding Gator to your list of restricted sites.  To do this, click on Tools, Internet Options, Security tab, and the Restricted Sites icon. Click on Sites and type '.gator.com' without the quotes into the 'Add this Web Site to the zone', then click on Add and OK." [Neat Net Tricks, 3/15/2003]

A Gator By Any Other Name

A Gator By Any Other Name 10/30/2003 08:10 AM

No IPO For Gator

No IPO For Gator 08/12/2004 04:30 AM
While people are still watching for that Google IPO any day now, the door seems to be slamming shut for many other dot coms that hoped to leap through into the publicly traded world. Among the many firms who have delayed or pulled their IPOs in recent days, famed adware ("don' t call us spyware!") company Claria (better known as Gator). No details are given, but there's a short blurb in this article noting that Claria has delayed its IPO citing "unfavorable market conditions". Maybe the problem is that their "adware" is bogging down all their underwriters' computers. August is almost always a notoriously bad month for IPOs, so it makes you wonder why so many companies have been trying to push through now. Chances are the IPO market will rebound again at some point in the near future, so this may just be a short-lived break before Gator-ware infects Wall Street.

Gator renamed

Gator renamed 10/30/2003 07:05 AM

Gator foe bitten, but still not shy

Gator foe bitten, but still not shy 12/02/2003 12:45 AM
Fresh from settling a libel lawsuit by pulling anti-Gator pages from its site, PC Pitstop plans to launch a new, expanded site critical of the controversial software.

Gator Becomes Claria

Gator Becomes Claria 10/31/2003 03:50 AM
Boston.Internet.com Oct 31 2003 3:06AM ET

Gator Comes To Yahoo

Gator Comes To Yahoo 03/30/2005 02:11 AM
Corante Mar 30 2005 6:09AM GMT

Gator Wants To Go Public As Claria

Gator Wants To Go Public As Claria 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
You may remember that late last year, Gator changed their name to Claria to try to shake the "spyware" label that people kept hanging on them. Of course, a better way to do that might have been (this is just a suggestion, of course) to stop shipping sneaky adware that installs itself without people realizing it. Instead, they changed the name and made their webpage look all spiffy as if they're some kind of marketing company. Now, that they've given people a few months to forget what they're really doing, they've decided to file for an IPO where they hope to raise lots of cash to come up with other ways to get on your computer. The filings show that sneaking your way onto computers can be profitable, as they brought in $35 million in profit on revenue of $90 million.

Gmail's Similarities To Gator

Gmail's Similarities To Gator 04/26/2004 02:13 AM
ClickZ has an article that points out for all the complaints about Google's Gmail offering, one area that people haven't really explored is how it's actually similar to Gator in certain ways. Of course, since so many people hate Gator, this will automatically be seen as a negative - but what people hate about Gator is that it gets installed without the user knowing it, which isn't the case with Gmail. Also, Gator covers up other sites with popups from competitors, while Gmail just place regular text ads off to the side. However, there are some similarities - and you can imagine that companies will get upset when they find out that next to their own email marketing there is an ad for a competitor. How long until a merchant sues? There have been a number of similar cases against Gator (and others) and the results have been mixed depending on the judge. I stand by my position that throwing up competitors ads by itself should be perfectly legal - as long as the user knows what's happening and the software hasn't been put on their machine without their knowledge. Still, not everyone sees it that way - and it's likely that an annoyed retailer will sue. Another option, as suggested by Jeremy Wagstaff, is that companies that advertise by email will move to alternatives like RSS. Of course, once Gmail adds an RSS news aggregator to their Gmail product they'll face the same issue. Maybe, instead of worrying so much about competitors' ads showing up, they should just focus on making sure their product is something people want.

Gator, er, Claria Files for IPO

Gator, er, Claria Files for IPO 04/10/2004 05:10 AM
Even with high-profile lawsuits, complaints from users and new state laws banning ad-spouting programs, the adware company formerly known as Gator has filed to go public. By Amit Asaravala.

Seminoles, Mountaineers Set for Gator
Bowl (AP)

Seminoles, Mountaineers Set for Gator
Bowl (AP) 01/01/2005 12:11 PM
AP - Florida State's Chris Rix and West Virginia's Rasheed Marshall met at a children's hospital during a recent Gator Bowl function. They talked about getting thrust into the spotlight long ago as freshmen, Rix's California roots and their mutual respect.

Man Accused of Hitting Woman With Gator
(AP)

Man Accused of Hitting Woman With Gator
(AP) 07/17/2004 02:53 PM
AP - A man hit his girlfriend with a 3-foot alligator and threw beer bottles at her during an argument in the couple's mobile home, authorities said.

Man Stabs 6-Foot Gator to Free His Dog
(AP)

Man Stabs 6-Foot Gator to Free His Dog
(AP) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
AP - A man stabbed a 6-foot alligator with a pocketknife after the reptile grabbed his dog by the head, and managed to scare off the reptile.

Gator sinks teeth into new image

Gator sinks teeth into new image 10/30/2003 03:54 PM
The controversial advertising software ande-wallet company changes its name in a bid to distance itself from a brand that has become associated with allegations of "spyware."

Gator sheds skin, renames itself

Gator sheds skin, renames itself 10/30/2003 12:34 AM
Gator, the controversial advertising software ande-wallet company, changes its name tobetter reflect its behavioral marketing business.

Gator, L.L. Bean dispute to be reheard

Gator, L.L. Bean dispute to be reheard 04/30/2004 02:57 PM
An appeals court orders greater scrutiny of the case between the two companies.

Gator mutation Claria files for IPO

Gator mutation Claria files for IPO 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
Internet stock offerings may be heating up, but Claria may be hindered by its controversial adware.

Gator Files for IPO to Raise $150
Million

Gator Files for IPO to Raise $150
Million 04/10/2004 08:23 PM

CNN.com - Man stabs gator to protect dog
- Aug 27, 2004

CNN.com - Man stabs gator to protect dog
- Aug 27, 2004 08/29/2004 12:08 AM
CNN.com - Man stabs gator to protect dog - Aug 27, 2004 .. Even walking the dog is an adventure in Florida .. cnn

cnn.com/2004/US/South/08/27/gator.attack.ap/index.html
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Forum Stories: removing gator and hotbar

Forum Stories: removing gator and hotbar 07/13/2004 05:32 AM

ABCNEWS.com : Man Accused of Hitting
Woman With Gator

ABCNEWS.com : Man Accused of Hitting
Woman With Gator 07/19/2004 04:26 AM
Florida Man Accused Of Hitting Girlfriend With 3-Foot Alligator During Argument .. This sounds like

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Briefly: Gator, L.L. Bean dispute to be
reheard

Briefly: Gator, L.L. Bean dispute to be
reheard 04/30/2004 04:18 PM
CNET Apr 30 2004 8:29PM GMT

74-Year-Old Woman Survives Gator Attack
(AP)

74-Year-Old Woman Survives Gator Attack
(AP) 04/23/2004 08:23 PM
AP - A 74-year-old woman survived an attack by a nearly 10-foot-long alligator that bit her on the leg and arm and dragged her into a lake.

No. 17 Florida State Wins Gator Bowl
(AP)

No. 17 Florida State Wins Gator Bowl
(AP) 01/02/2005 12:29 AM
AP - Coach Bobby Bowden stuck with struggling quarterback Chris Rix, and he eventually sparked No. 17 Florida State with two long second-half touchdown drives Saturday, beating West Virginia 30-18 in the Gator Bowl.

12-Foot, 400-Pound Gator Captured in
Miami (AP)

12-Foot, 400-Pound Gator Captured in
Miami (AP) 01/04/2005 12:43 AM
AP - A 12-foot alligator weighing more than 400 pounds and described as among the largest ever caught near downtown Miami was hoisted from a creek Monday by a firetruck.

Florida St. Tops W. Virginia in Gator
Bowl (AP)

Florida St. Tops W. Virginia in Gator
Bowl (AP) 01/01/2005 06:23 PM
AP - Florida State overcame mistake after mistake to avoid an unprecedented third straight bowl loss. Leon Washington ran for 195 yards and Chris Rix crafted two long second-half touchdown drives, leading No. 17 Florida State to a 30-18 victory over West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Saturday.

CNN.com - Florida man accused of using
gator as weapon - Jul 18, 2004

CNN.com - Florida man accused of using
gator as weapon - Jul 18, 2004 07/20/2004 02:40 PM

Milwaukee Postal Workers Find Live Gator

Milwaukee Postal Workers Find Live Gator 11/15/2003 10:07 PM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 15 2003 8:08PM ET

World's favorite spyware program, Gator,
tries new company name

World's favorite spyware program, Gator,
tries new company name 10/30/2003 11:28 AM

Gator Eludes Arkansas Cops, Game
Officers (AP)

Gator Eludes Arkansas Cops, Game
Officers (AP) 06/16/2004 10:05 AM
AP - Mention alligators in Arkansas, and the slow-moving bayous of southern and eastern parts of the state come to mind. But a stock pond in the Ozarks is also harboring a young reptile with large teeth.

NewsGator

NewsGator 01/16/2003 06:15 PM
Lately I am terribly behind... It took me a week to get around to trying NewsGator, and I immediately ran...

Newsgator 2.0

Newsgator 2.0 01/09/2004 09:58 PM

Press Release - NewsGator Online Services...: I was one of the beta testers for Newsgator 2.0. I can finally vouch that it's a stunning piece of work, since I've been under an NDA for the last two months.

In addition to launching NewsGator 2.0 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, NewsGator Technologies announced its new NewsGator Online Services offerings to users today.

If you have an RSS aggregator at work and home, and you get irritated at having to read everything twice, then this is your tool. It can sync two versions of itself via a central server. Plus, Newsgator Online Services offers Web-based RSS aggregation for when you're on the road.

I use Thunderbird for email, but I still have Outlook open because I can't give up Newsgator.

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Destroy Gator, Modify Control-Panel
Icons, Clean Your LCD

Destroy Gator, Modify Control-Panel
Icons, Clean Your LCD 08/29/2004 07:12 AM
G4 Tech TV Aug 29 2004 11:26AM GMT

NewsGator gets funding

NewsGator gets funding 06/25/2004 04:01 AM

Congrats to Greg and the newsGator team

Congrats to Greg Reinacker, founder of NewsGator, for getting venture capital funding. Oh, Joel Spolsky, please note that NewsGator isn't a Web app and is written in .NET. Who said Venture Capitalists weren't funding Windows client software anymore?

[Scobeliz er]

Greg was at SuperNova today. Quite a schmooze fest.

I subscribed to Newsgator today myself. It's the first time I've ever used .NET.

NewsGator 1.0 Released

NewsGator 1.0 Released 03/13/2003 10:23 AM

Highlands Ranch, CO - February 24, 2003 - Reinacker & Associates, Inc. has released NewsGator 1.0, a news aggregator for Microsoft Outlook. NewsGator retrieves news from multiple sources such as weblogs and news sites that support the RSS syndication format, and integrates the news items into Outlook folders.

News aggregators such as NewsGator are becoming more mainstream as more sites syndicate their content, and are changing the way people view the web. There are thousands of weblogs alone, with content covering nearly every subject area. "NewsGator has had a huge positive impact on my web experience," said Adam Howitt from Biolab, Inc.

Other tools on the market require users to learn to use a new application to read weblogs and news articles; NewsGator leverages the experience many users already have with Microsoft Outlook. "Outlook integration is a killer feature," said George Young, Tulane University. "To be able to view weblog posts in the same application as my e-mail is fantastic." By allowing these users to leverage the powerful organizational features of Outlook in new ways, NewsGator enhances their web experience.

NewsGator is also the natural choice for companies starting to deploy weblogs internally on their intranets. Since Outlook is the de facto standard email application within many companies, it's an easy decision to read the syndicated weblog feeds inside of Outlook as well.

NewsGator also includes the "NewsPage", which is a single page summarizing all of the unread posts in your news folders. It provides a quick, at-a-glance view of your latest news with a single click.

NewsGator 1.0 is available immediately. Pricing is $29 (US) per copy with quantity discounts available.

NewsGator.com reliability

NewsGator.com reliability 03/19/2003 10:24 PM

As you may have noticed, newsgator.com has had some reliability problems over the last couple of weeks. This was affecting the store, support areas, and the news and forum RSS feeds.

We're happy to announce that we have moved to a new hosting facility over the weekend, and anticipate much better reliability and performance now. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused!

DNS propogation may take up to a week; if you notice any problems after that, please let us know.

NewsGator 1.3 Released

NewsGator 1.3 Released 10/28/2003 11:09 PM

We are very pleased to announce the release of NewsGator 1.3! This is a major update; Outlook folder integration is tighter than ever, NNTP newsgroups are now supported, offline posting support is available, and numerous other features and fixes are included in this release. We strongly recommend that all NewsGator users update to this release.

This is a free upgrade for licensed users of 1.x versions.

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Adware Company Sues Other Adware Company
Over Evil Adware

Adware Company Sues Other Adware Company
Over Evil Adware 07/28/2004 08:29 PM
180Solutions, who has been repeatedly trashed as being a spyware provider (but who somehow convinced a VC to give them $40 million), recently was accused of stealin g affiliate commissions via its adware. The company denied this claim quite loudly, and have always denied that they installed their app surreptitiously (though, a quick Google search suggests otherwise). Now, however, they have sued two "partner" companies who they claim did bad things with their software. This seems a bit sketchy. Basically, they're saying two partner companies they gave their application to bundled it with other programs and installed it without asking or warning users. Looks like they're suddenly trying to seem more legit, but if the spyware claims have been around as long as they have, and it only took until now for 180solutions to react, you have to wonder what they've been doing all this time.

NewsGator is NOT "Gator"

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