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RSS IE 6Firefox: Google Chrome Frame poses a security risk to users
News Chrome Frame is a plug-in that puts Google's browser engine under the hood of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Google argues it can modernise IE versions 6, 7, and 8 with faster page loading and... [30 Sep 2009]
Google's Chrome-in-IE tech means higher malware risk, says Microsoft
News Microsoft on Thursday lashed out against Google Chrome Frame - an Internet Explorer plug-in that supplants IE's rendering engine with Google's. In addition to reiterating the security risks associated with running what... [28 Sep 2009]
IE slips again as Firefox takes over one in four browsers
News Apple's Safari was flat at 4.1 per cent, and IE dipped from 67.7 per cent to 67 per cent. Though IE remains dominant, rivals are racing to build in new features to make the web a better foundation for... [03 Sep 2009]
Businesses' XP addiction is keeping Microsoft from killing IE 6
News After all, there have been plenty of calls for the death of IE 6, particularly from web developers, who are weary of the work required to make their sites work in multiple versions of Internet Explorer,... [14 Aug 2009]
Firefox reaches one billion - browser wars in full swing
News IE 8 downloads surpass 200 million According to a source familiar with Microsoft's statistics, IE 8 has been downloaded more than 200 million times in the last four months since its release. And... [03 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News The critical update, MS-09034, is targeted at IE users. A critical patch for all versions of IE will protect consumers, while a security update for Visual Studio will help developers fix the controls and... [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft to patch critical IE hole
News In a rare move, Microsoft on Friday said it would be releasing security updates on Tuesday - outside its monthly patch cycle - for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer and a moderate vulnerability in Visual Studio. [27 Jul 2009]
Windows Video ActiveX Control at risk from flaw
News When it is used in IE, the control can corrupt the system state in such a way that arbitrary code could be run by an attacker. Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 are at risk but people running... [07 Jul 2009]
Microsoft plugs Windows, Word and Excel holes
News Affected software is IE 5, 6 and 7. The IE vulnerability is of particular concern, Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager at Symantec Security Response, said in an email statement.... [15 Apr 2009]
Microsoft: Be ready for IE 8 next week
News Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE 6 or IE 7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get a notification through... [14 Apr 2009]
Silverlight 3 gets Mac friendly
News Microsoft also made a free standalone version of SuperPreview available to allow users to compare how web pages render in the three latest versions of Internet Explorer - IE 6, IE 7, and... [19 Mar 2009]
Will Microsoft's mobile plan pay off?
News On the browsing front, for example, Microsoft is focusing on the fact that, while other browsers may look nice, Mobile IE can do more than the others because it is compatible with the desktop Internet Explorer... [17 Feb 2009]
Firefox and Chrome snatch share from IE
News Apple's Safari browser now stands at 8.29 per cent, up from 7.13 per cent in November, when IE dipped. Most of IE's drop in the past year has been in Internet Explorer 6, which fell from... [03 Feb 2009]
Microsoft patches critical IE flaw
News The vulnerabilities are found in not only IE 7, Microsoft's latest browser but also Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1. Microsoft... [18 Dec 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News Peter Pedersen, CTO of clothes retailer figleaves.com, is also keen on Chrome, saying tests carried out within the business have been good with Chrome proving "far more friendly on the PC memory than IE". [03 Oct 2008]
