Neowin News Feed for: Pop-ups

Substitute teacher spared sentencing for porn pop-ups

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:43:07 +0000

Although it's hard to conjure up a simple explanation for why a substitute teacher would show middle-school students porn pop-ups on purpose, Julie Amero was prosecuted on the ground that she had done this intentionally.... Read more...

Firefox - Say Goodbye (again) to Pop-Ups

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:18:07 +0000

A lot of people have been reporting a new breed of pop-ups on the web. This increasing menace is rooted in the pop-up capabilities of plug-ins like flash and Java. If you're seeing pop-ups and... Read more...

Netscape takes aim at pop-ups, spam

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:35:12 +0000

Customers of the Netscape Internet service will be offered a few new features today. Netscape Communications announced its Internet service will now block pop-ups, spam, and offer e-mail scanning for viruses. These new... Read more...

Internet Explorer to stomp pop-ups

Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:48:14 +0000

Microsoft plans to add pop-up blocking features to Internet Explorer next year as part of its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP, a move that would go far toward stamping out the Web advertisements.... Read more...

Pop-ups add new twist

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:23:25 +0000

Thanks default1206...Pop-up advertisements, already the bane of millions of Web surfers, are becoming more intrusive. Pop-up and pop-under ads open a new window when people visit many popular Web sites, often littering the computer desktop... Read more...

Dodging pop-ups with Mozilla

Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:37:49 +0000

Mozilla 1.0, the open-source technology behind the latest Netscape browser, is garnering favor for helping to block irksome pop-up advertisements. But don't expect to see that feature in the coming full release of Netscape 7.0.... Read more...