The reason why ad blocking browser add-ons and extensions are so popular, aside from the fact that people generally don’t want to see ads, is that fewer ads means there are more system resources for ...

Here's a lovely bit of irony for you: Adblock Plus, which is by far the most popular add-on for Firefox and Chrome, is actually increasing the amount of memory used by your web browser, rather than ...

As something of a browser butterfly, I like to keep an eye on what's happening with browsers other than the one I'm currently using fulltime. Like many tech journalists (and non-journalists for that ...

Adblock Plus today launched Adblock Browser for Android. Currently in beta, the company's first browser was created by taking the open-source Firefox for Android and including Adblock Plus ...

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There has been a lot of talk recently about Facebook tracking users (and non-users) as they browse the internet. Ever a proponent of user empowerment, Adblock Plus has unveiled new features that make ...

If you're bugged by Web ads, then Adblock Plus is for you. The well-designed Firefox add-on quickly and easily blocks the vast majority of online ads. The Adblock Plus add-on consists of two parts: a ...

Adblock Plus released version 3.5 of its ad-blocking tool today. After version 3.4 reduced memory usage by up to 50 percent, version 3.5 is now 5 times faster at ...

Adblock today announced it was joining the fight against social media tracking by allowing users to block what has become so ubiquitous on almost every site out there. Specifically, the tracking which ...