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Their report, published at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/google, is interactive—readers can view filtered sites and check in pop-up windows whether the sites are still banned on google.fr or google.de...

Author: By Christine M. Delucia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Google Found Censoring Extremist Websites | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

...course, these images of destruction and horror are particular striking in light of the events of September 11th. In fact, the MFA notes as much in a pop-up message on their webpage. The message in the box reads, "Art can play a significant role in our lives even...

Author: By D. ROBERT Okada and Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Timely Details? | 10/10/2002 | See Source »

...over your shoulder while you browse the Web, record your mouse clicks and broadcast all that information back to another computer (ostensibly for marketing purposes). It's part of a class of increasingly surreptitious software that includes adware (which serves up commercials you didn't ask for--as if pop-up ads weren't enough), stealware (which leeches sales commissions away from small websites in affiliate programs) and scumware (which alters the origin of links on a Web page so that, for example, an innocent news headline will direct you to a porn site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Spies Beneath | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...typical afternoon, Kamer, 30, participates in half a dozen simultaneous IM conversations through a cascade of pop-up windows on his computer screen. One colleague might be trying to fix a hardware problem at a client's data center on the East Coast, while another is logging on to the client's system from a Denver hotel suite. Instant messaging lets the team collaborate efficiently without playing telephone tag or having their e-mail messages cross in the ether. "IM is the most convenient way to consult co-workers and solve a problem quickly," Kamer says. "I find it indispensable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Swarm of Little Notes | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...happening online too, as marketers look for alternatives to banner or pop-up ads. Some firms, such as Honda, IBM and Burger King, are turning to start-ups like YaYa to create "advergames"--online games that include a subtle or overt commercial message--to grab Web surfers' attention. And with the help of New York City software company ActiveBuddy, marketers such as Elle magazine and Capitol Records have created branded interactive agents that can chat online, provided that the Web surfers initiate the conversation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT'S AN AD, AD, AD, AD World | 9/2/2002 | See Source »

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