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Re-activateHow many of these have you experienced when Web-browsing: music and videos that play automatically, pop-up and pop-under windows that launch on their own, and browser windows that open without navigation buttons or that launch at a size that can't be changed? These are all techniques some companies use to get your attention, keep you from going elsewhere, or even rip you off.
On last week's "Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline" radio show, Consumer Reports Senior Electronics Editor Donna Tapellini discussed these and other tricks you might encounter on the Web—and how to avoid them. For example, you can avoid some tricks that websites use (from the March 2011 issue of Consumer Reports magazine) by enabling the pop-up blocker and disabling JavaScripting in your browser settings.
Find out more about Web trickery and get some solutions in today's Sound Byte (click to listen).
—Carol Mangis
About Sound Bytes
Every week, Consumer Reports experts produce a short (less than two minutes in length) audio segment which cover a wide variety of issues regarding consumer electronics and technology. These small "sound bites" can be heard on Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline. The Sound Byte that is featured in the Consumer Reports Electronics Blog is a segment that aired on last weekend's Into Tomorrow over-the-air broadcast.
About Into Tomorrow
Now in its 15th year, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline covers the Latest in Consumer Electronics & Technology available today and... into tomorrow. The show airs on over 160 AM and FM radio stations around the U.S., on SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio, radio stations in Germany, Bermuda, New Zealand, Canada and several other sources including Mobile Broadcast Network, BeOS Radio, Sprint Radio, TiVo, and many others—every weekend. "Into Tomorrow" is also heard around the world on the Armed Forces Networks in several other countries. You can also catch all Into Tomorrow episodes on the Web. (The most recent show is usually added about three or four days after it has been broadcast on the radio.)
—Carol Mangis
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