Seattle-based Panicware Inc. in 2000 was the first to hit the market with software that blocked Internet pop-up ads. But even then, Panicware co-founder and CEO Matina Fresenius knew it would take ...

Once upon a time, advertising was going to be the engine that drove the Internet economy. But somewhere along the line, the car broke down. The Web, it turned out, was not an advertisers’ Valhalla. A ...

Panicware.NET Online Services is a web-based service that lets users clean up Internet and PC files, including search terms and visited web sites. The service is designed to quickly remove visited ...

Seattle-based startup Panicware didn't want to pay a lawyer for a simple task. So the company's chief executive registered Pop-Up Stopper at the PTO's Web site on her own -- but to little effect. She ...