At 23:39 19/09/2001, Jon Biddell wrote:
>Is this the so-called "SmartTags" 'feature' that M$ are including in IE6
>? If so, I feel a lawsuit for copyright violation would only be A Good
>Thing...:-)
Not exactly, but the "Smart Tags" feature (?), which has since been put
away, was similar.
This type (was called FlySwat at one time) allows companies to purchase
keywords, and once the client is installed on a users PC, the keywords link
to the advertisers page. The client is usually an OCX file that is
installed alongside another piece of legitimate software. KaZaa, Gator
among others use this, fortunately none of this sort of sorftware runs on
Unix-type OS's.
Cheers,
Rob
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