Tag Archives: Browsers

What Is The Most secure Browser?

Author: Sean Michael Kerner (eSecurity Planet) For as long as there has been more than one browser, users have been asking which browser is more secure. Answering the question has often led to an evaluation of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and … Continue reading

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Microsoft will launch Internet Explorer 9 at SXSWi

Author: Caroline McCarthy (cNet) Microsoft will be formally launching the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, IE9, at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) on Monday–an interesting place to launch, given that the Austin, Texas, geek fest is … Continue reading

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Google Chome 10 Gains Spotlight Due to Faster JavaScript

Author: Stephen Shankland (cNet) Google released Chrome 10, endowing its browser with faster JavaScript, password synchronization, a revamped preferences system–but no new Chrome logo. Chrome is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google announced Chrome 10‘s stable release on its … Continue reading

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Chrome beta hits v.10, Chrome dev hits v.11

Author: Stephen Shankland (cnet) Chrome speeds up its V8 JavaScript engine with the Crankshaft version in Chrome 10. (Credit: Google) Google released two new versions of Chrome yesterday, version 10 for beta users and version 11 for developers willing to … Continue reading

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Flash 10.2 Brings To the Table More Efficient Video

Author: Stephen Shankland (cnet) Adobe Systems released Flash Player 10.2 today, bringing a technology called Stage Video designed to be easier on computing devices’ processors and therefore batteries. Tom Nguyen, product manager for Flash platform runtimes, offered this glowing account … Continue reading

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IE9′s ‘pinning’ brings traffic boost to sites

Author: Josh Lowensohn (Cnet) Microsoft says a small new feature within Internet Explorer 9 is having a big impact on sites that have tweaked their code to make use of it. “Site pinning,” which is new to this latest major … Continue reading

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HTML5 spec set for 2014 completion

Author: Stephen Shankland (Cnet) It’s been a work in progress for years, but there are a few more years to go yet before the next version of Hypertext Markup Language is finalized. Specifically, the World Wide Web Consortium’s HTML Working … Continue reading

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New Exploit Targets Old Versions of IE (Why you should upgrade)

Yet another attack has been released that focuses on older versions of Internet Explorer. This is why everyone should always make certain that they keep their browsers updated at all times. This doesn’t mean you have to upgrade to the … Continue reading

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Google Chrome 2.0 Launched and Stable

Author: Sean Michael Kerner (Internet News) Google Chrome stable is now at version 2.0. Forgive me if I don’t sound too excited, I’ve been running Chrome 2.0 dev-channel (Google has three version of Chrome dev, beta and stable) for months … Continue reading

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Google updates Chrome due to issue in IE tab security

Source: Sean Michael Kerner @ InternetNews Google today updated its stable version of the Chrome browser to version 1.0.154.58 to fix a serious security issue. The ‘funny’ thing is the issue is triggered by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser. The … Continue reading

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