Following last week’s dismissal, with prejudice, of a putative class action lawsuit against Zango, Eric Benderoff, technology reporter of The Chicago Tribune, asks, “Are some companies unfairly painted as violating our privacy and polluting our computers?”

Nearly a year ago, and to much fanfare in the blogosphere, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against Zango, known at the time as 180solutions, Inc. Yesterday, the case – Simios v. 180solutions, Inc. – was dismissed, with prejudice.

Consumer Reports’ recent report (“Cyber Insecurity,” September 2006) perpetuates the all-too-common mistake of lumping legitimate “adware” into the same nefarious bucket polluted by “spyware.” Zango CEO Keith Smith responded in writing to the magazine’s editors, a complete copy of which is within this posting.

The 2006 college football season kicks-off in less than a week and Zango has your favorite team covered…

While quite surprising that “there were no searches at all for such modern [literary] masters as Malcolm Lowry, Martin Amis and Lee Gomes,” it wasn’t surprising to us, here at Zango, that Internet users like their music, pictures and everything else accessible via the Web to be available for free.

With more than 100 million plays worldwide, the record-breaking hit game Diner Dash™ is now available via Zango.

Silicon.com, a U.K. online publication, today published a story that requires further response from Zango...

Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, a think tank that works to promote economic growth, freedom, and innovation, today posted a blog entry – contrary to the usual entries we run across – focused on the Intermediaries report issued by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).

Zango fully supports the goals of the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT). However, we strongly disagree with the premise of the CDT’s newest report, “Following the Money II: The Role of Intermediaries in Adware Advertising.” We also believe the methodology in the paper to be flawed and that, consequently, its results are erroneous...