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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. The software maker said users are better off moving to a later version of Internet Explorer... [28 Sep 2009]
IE6 giving users Bing - whether they like it or not
News Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it is looking into an issue in which users of Internet Explorer 6 are forced into having Bing as their default search engine. We are aware of the issue with Bing on machines running IE6 and are... [03 Jun 2009]
Firefox 3: Europe's fave browser
News Microsoft last week lost European browser market leadership for the first time in years, when Mozilla's Firefox 3 took the top spot from Internet Explorer 7, Web analytics firm StatCounter said on Tuesday. [31 Mar 2009]
Inbox: Hasta la Vista, cloud debate, Apple future gazing
Comment The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. This week open source guru Richard Stallman puts a spanner in the works of the cloud computing trend - prompting... [10 Oct 2008]
Hasta la Vista baby, we're just not interested
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP with business users, with more enterprises confessing to checking out the unreleased Windows 7 OS than its predecessor. More than half (58 per cent) of... [01 Oct 2008]
Adding RSS to Your Website
White Paper RSS is a great tool for delivering content to the web users, but what can one use it for and how to set it up on the site? This webcast shows the features IE7 offers and tools that one can use to add RSS to the site. [06 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Microsoft has released six critical patches for August's 'Patch Tuesday', including a fix for six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Affected versions of the web browser include Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for multiple... [13 Aug 2008]
Old browsers at risk from attack
News A group of researchers have said 637 million web users are surfing with outdated internet browsers and are, therefore, at greater risk of web-based attacks. Using data collected from Google web searches and security firm Secunia, the... [03 Jul 2008]
Internet Explorer 8 - websites warned to prep for problems
News Although Beta 2 of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 isn't due out until some time in August, Microsoft is cautioning website owners that they need to be prepping now for possible problems the new, more standards-compliant browser may cause. [13 Jun 2008]
How to Boost Consumer Confidence in Your e-Commerce Web Site
White Paper Download this VeriSign Webcast in podcast format! Web-based businesses are facing a confidence crisis. Trust in site security is declining, with many consumers scaling back their online transactions or worse, opting out all together. [09 Jun 2008]
Windows XP SP3 users warned over IE downgrades
News Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned. [12 May 2008]
Maximizing Site Visitor Trust Using Extended Validation SSL
White Paper Legitimize trust in e-business with new Extended Validation SSL Certificates. Extended Validation SSL triggers a green address bar in Microsoft IE7, which helps prove site identity. Get the green bar and higher sales by... [09 Apr 2008]
Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace
News Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just 6.3 per cent of enterprise users on the OS by the end of 2007. And according to research by Forrester Research, most upgrades were from users of Windows... [02 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... McInternet, FON in the UK, safety first, e-fraud...
Comment What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. McWi-fi McDonald's: 'Do you want free wi-fi with that? [11 Oct 2007]
CIO Essentials: Open source, green tech, women in IT
News Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and explains why they matter. [19 Jun 2007]