http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2737004 Moreover, some companies that oppose spyware also happen to profit from it. For example, Dell, a computer-maker, has complained that spyware is the main reason for customer calls to its technical support lines. This hurts its brand. In Britain, however, the company has become a customer of Claria, and its ads pop up when users visit the websites of rival firms such as IBM. And in May, Yahoo!, a web portal, released a browser add-on that can block pop-up ads, even though Overture, its ad-placement unit, is responsible for 31% of Claria's revenue. _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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