And a third found that most popular websites were not necessarily of the highest quality.
Second, and much worse, once the game installs a plug-in that displays additional advertisements in some popular websites.
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It did not name specific company names, but RenRen and the Sina microblogging site Weibo.com are some of the most popular websites in China.
They found that the more popular websites were not necessarily of higher quality, and were just as likely to contain inaccurate information as less popular sites.
The devices will run on Sun's Java-based operating system and will boost demand for the company's big servers, which already power some of the most popular websites.
Megaupload became one of the most popular websites on the web before it was shut down, but Mega is meant to be bigger, better and legally watertight.
Hampsterdance.com has been one of the year's most popular websites.
To determine the prevalence of widgets and how they collect information, the Journal asked Brian Kennish, a former Google engineer, to examine the 1, 000 most-popular websites, as ranked by Google's advertising network.
Investorama, one of America's most popular financial websites, alone boasts over 4, 300 hypertext links to other sites.
Although good data on preferred stocks is not generally available for free on popular investing websites like Yahoo!
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The data's release came as measures to attempt to curb illegal downloading began to take hold, such as the blocking of popular piracy websites and the relegation and removal of search results from Google.
Other Chinese spin-off brands of popular American websites have faced success from going public in America, such as Youtube-esque Youku (NYSE: YOKU), shopping site Dangdang (NYSE: DANG), and digital search engine Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU).
Alexis and his co-founder Steve Huffman started reddit, which has become one of the most popular social news websites online.
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With a database of over 75 million user reviews and opinions, TripAdvisor is one of the most popular travel review websites.
Short videos of "cute" animal behaviour are often popular on video websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, but cats seem to be a perennial favourite.
The bare-bones computer project has proved hugely popular and the websites of two of the firms contracted to build the machines crashed when the Pi went on general sale.
Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience.
The company could sell a premium display ad to run on the MSN home page, and throw in free banner ad spots that appear in other less popular areas of its websites as part of the same package, he argued.
Analysis suggests some people may not buy a newspaper but will still read a friend's copy at work or in the pub while many newspaper websites are popular - and some titles are now available as downloads to iPads and iPhones.
Another reason why apps have proved popular is that, unlike websites, they do not need a constant connection to the internet.
Viewdini brings the power of Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network to the screen by streamlining access to videos from a wide range of content providers, including cable operators, websites and other popular video sources.
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The creator of this product, CTA Digital, recently debuted the iPotty at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it's become a popular story on several different websites, primarily because we now have a strong candidate for the most reckless idea ever.
The bill could also spell trouble for popular online streaming video and music websites like Grooveshark, Pandora, and YouTube among many.
It aims to take on HomeAway (which has its own iPad app, launched in August 2011 ) and its portfolio of websites, including the popular VRBO.
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Many websites are now offering MP4 versions of popular movies such as The Wizard of Oz, Saving Private Ryan and The Matrix.
News stories and websites are submitted by users and the most popular are promoted to the front page.
After researchers discovered that a number of popular sites were exploiting a Javascript security flaw to see what other websites their visitors had been to, class action lawyers and the government took notice.
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Campaigns have started to look beyond the usual search and banner ads, and are shelling out more for video ads on popular news sites (such as CNN.com), niche websites and video sites such as YouTube, which is owned by Google.
However, the websites of airlines or hotels are likely to prove more popular with frequent travellers than those of online agents because the former can also be used to check up on rewards, cash them in and to find special offers, such as upgrades.
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