SpywareInfo :� Leading Antispyware Vendors Quietly Drop WhenU Detection : "Lavasoft has reversed the decision to delist WhenU. A new article will cover this later today or tomorrow.
It appears that two popular antispyware companies, PestPatrol (owned by Computer Associates) and Lavasoft, have stopped detecting software from WhenU. In tests performed recently by Eric Howes, using the latest updated target database files, neither PestPatrol nor Ad-aware detected any software from WhenU.
WhenU makes ad serving software which is bundled with unrelated programs available for download for free from the internet. WhenU's software includes Save!, SaveNow and ClockSync. According to a PCPitstop user survey, 87% of persons with WhenU software on their computer had no idea how it became installed"
this is just to show you that comercial companies can't always be trusted to act with the best interest of their customers in mind
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Google Toolbar AutoLink (kottke.org) :
This is one of the best posts I have had a chance to read on the google toolbar issue.
"Google Toolbar AutoLink
posted March 02, 2005 at 08:03 pm
I'm a bit wary about throwing myself in the middle of the whole Google Toolbar AutoLink business (Dan Gillmor has a good summary and lots of trackbacks to opinions, pro and con), but I'm sort of dumbfounded that so many people are so vehemently against it...at least for the reasons being given. The three main points I've heard articulated by those opposed to the feature are:"
this is a delicious spanish dish called paella negra I do not remeber the name of the restaurant in Barcelona but it was near the beach and it had been there for more than 150 years. If somebody knows what is the difference between "Paella"and "Paella Negra" i'll appreaciate it. (C) Your robot Name.com
The Bargain Basement : "Top 20 Singles of 1992
According to lord bargain
The older something gets the better it gets in your memory.
what jolted me was that for some of these songs it does not feel like so long ago that ehy were on rotation on every daio station.
20. 'My Destiny' - Lionel Richie
19. 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad' - Meat Loaf
18. 'If You Don't Love Me' - Prefab Sprout
17. 'The World Is Stone' - Cyndi Lauper
16. 'Even Better Than The Real Thing' - U2
15. 'Abba-esque (EP)' - Erasure
14. 'One Step Out Of Time' - Michael Ball
13. 'Woman In Chains' - Tears for Fears featuring Oleta Adams
12. 'Rest In Peace' - Extreme
11. 'November Rain' - Guns'n'Roses
10. 'No-One Can' - Marillion
9. 'Everybody Gets A Second Chance' - Mike and the Mechanics
8. 'Love Is Holy' - Kim Wilde
7. 'Steel Bars' - Michael Bolton
6. 'Let'
Micro Persuasion: Google May Launch UPC Code Autolinks : "Google May Launch UPC Code Autolinks"
Since Brevity is a virtue I'll go to the main points of David Sims Post.
1. DOCUMENT INTEGRITY: IT’S REQUIRED
And it is maintained throughout, IF you want this information to be linked you have to Install the
Google toolbar yourself (Nobody has said that it installs by itself so far) and THEN if you see an address, FedEx number or ISBN code that you might be interested in you have to click on the auto-link function.
the main test FOR ME would be:
Is it useful? From my point of view the answer is yes
Does it change the information of the page visited
in a way that I think detracts from the integrity of that page? this is clearly not the case
2. PRIVACY POLICY CONFLICTS?
If you do not agree to the privacy policy of the tool
then do not use it by any means. or are you saying that the private policy as stated by Google is fraudulent?
Again i think not.
The poli
Has the blog backlash begun? | News.blog | CNET News.com : "Has the blog backlash begun?
Michael Wolff: I even hate saying the word blog. I hate being forced to say the word blog. "
When you really do not have anything to say take an inflamatory statement from someone as clueless as you and stick it into your blog.
This approach to blogging is called throw everything at the wall and see what sticks there. And I use it quite often . thank you.
Micro Persuasion: Google May Launch UPC Code Autolinks :
REGARDING STEVE REUBELS BLOG opinion on Google toolbar
"I enjoy reading your blog.
However i must disagree with the position that you've taken in the case of the auto link feature of the Google toolbar.
First of all it is a program that is installed on my computer with my authorization and that increases the usability of the sites that I visit when I want to in the way that I want to.
It is not something that comes integrated with the browser and therefore is a default setting for all users of said browser.
It can be easily avoided by the publisher of a web site, either by using a small script or by linking the autolink information on your web site.
Since I use the web in my capacity of Distribution Manager for a major company some (if not all) of the features of this toolbar are useful to me and once the toolbar becomes mature enough the other mayor sites (i.e. MSN and/or yahoo) will come up with something sim