People almost universally hate little avatars popping up on the screen and getting in the way, while only superficially pretending to be helpful. The Microsoft office paper clip is probably the most well-known member of this species. Soon we might add another member to this group of avatars, as the Associated Press via Yahoo News reports:
Police in China"s capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user"s browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.
Starting Sept. 1, the cartoon alerts wi ...
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