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Chrome Offers New Guide to Browsers
December 1st, 2010 |
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The guys over at Google are always trying to find the best way to communicate and share complex concepts to regular people like us. One way they succeeded at this was when they launched the Chrome browser with a comic book. Since that cool little move, about two years ago, they’ve since created a website [...]
Google’s Cool New Book Explains Browsers and the Web
December 1st, 2010 |
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The Google Chrome team released an online book recently called 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web. The book is published online using HTML 5. The design is pretty neat and it’ll give you a feel of reading a real book. The book is an effort to help the average computer user understand [...]
Apple, Mozilla Fix DLL Loading Issue in Browsers
September 8th, 2010 |
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Apple and Mozilla separately patched the DLL security issue affecting numerous applications on Windows after both Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox were found to be vulnerable. – Apple and Mozilla have patched their browser products against the
dynamic-library link file loading issue affecting many
applications running on Windows.
For Apple Safari users,
the fix was mixed in with a relatively small update that also plugged
two security holes in the Webkit engine. Users…
Most Mobile Phones to Ship with Browsers by 2015: ABI
August 4th, 2010 |
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Apple, HTC and RIM smartphones currently ship with full Internet browsers. By 2015, 60 percent of all mobile phones will have one of two types of browsers, according to ABI Research. – Smartphones from the likes of Apple, HTC and BlackBerry-maker RIM
all ship with full Web browsers, and within the next five years, more
than half of mobile phones of all types will follow suit, according to
ABI Research.
In a report Aug. 3, ABI analysts said that by 2015, more than 60
percent…
‘Tabnapping’ Attack on Web Browsers Makes Phishing Easy
May 26th, 2010 |
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A new attack technique takes advantage of open tabs to launch phishing sites without the user’s knowledge. The attack works on Firefox, Internet Explorer and other major browsers. – New security research has shined a light on an attack technique that can be used to trick users into entering their information on phishing sites.
The attack, dubbed tabnapping, was uncovered by Aza Raskin, creative lead for Mozilla Firefox, and affects all the major browsers on Windows and Ma…
Germany Tells Firefox 3.6 Users to Switch Browsers
March 22nd, 2010 |
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The German government advised Firefox users to switch browsers until Mozilla patches a security flaw in the browser.
– The German government has advised users to ditch Mozilla’s Firefox browser until a security vulnerability is fixed.
The advisory was issued March 19 by
BürgerCERT
,
Germany
s Computer Emergency Readiness Team, in response to a vulnerability reported by Russian security researcher Evge…
Opera Introduces Mini 5 and Mobile 10 Browsers
March 16th, 2010 |
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Operas new Mini 5 and Mobile 10 mobile Web browsers are designed to compress the data sent to a phone by up to 90 percent, speeding up browsing time and lowering bills for pay-by-byte customers. Both are now available as free downloads.
– Opera Software introduced the Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 March
16, two new mobile Web browsers that are compatible with a number of
mobile phone platforms, including Google’s Android and RIM’s
BlackBerry, and that are now available as free downloads.
“Keeping in mind the needs and wan…
Sept. 28, 1998: Internet Explorer Leaves Netscape in Its Wake
September 28th, 2009 |
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1998: A report from the International Data Corporation shows that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has passed Netscape Navigator in browser share for the first time.
The numbers: Microsoft Internet Explorer was shown to have captured 48.3 percent of the market, leaving Netscape Navigator with 41.5 percent.
“The results of [the survey] show a dramatic shift toward Microsoft Internet [...]
REVIEW: Opera 10 Continues to Innovate, But Its Lead over Other Browsers Is Shrinking
September 8th, 2009 |
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Known in the past for introducing innovations that wouldn’t appear in rivals for years, Opera continues to push browser boundaries–just not as much in Version 10 as in previous versions. That said, Opera 10 boosts performance on flaky connections, and offers interface and mail client improvements.
– Usually when a product has single-digit market share (and a low
single digit at that), it isnt considered to be very influential or
even relevant. A notable exception is the Opera Web browser: Despite
minimal market share (at least on the desktop browser side), Opera has
been highly influential,…
Microsoft Offers Choice of Browsers to Appease EC
July 24th, 2009 |
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The European Commission confirms that Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, in a good-faith effort to resolve a nagging antitrust case, has offered to change its upcoming Windows 7 operating system to provide European users for the first time with a choice of Web browsers. The special edition of Windows 7 will be called the E version.
– Some international lawyers now might have to start looking for another case
to keep them busy.
The protracted European Commission-versus-Microsoft antitrust case, a thorn in
both parties’ sides since the Clinton
administration, may soon be coming to a resolution.
The EC
confirmed July 24…