browser a-z in news
Google releases notes on Chrome security fixes
News Google has revealed details of two critical-risk vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and some lesser issues it says are now fixed. The problem also meant a web page with that text as a... [09 Sep 2008]
Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users
News The free tool lets users store, work on and collaborate to 1,000 Office documents online and securely access them through a web browser. One million customers have signed up to Microsoft's Office Live... [04 Sep 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News If they do, Firefox penalises them by displaying an error message that says the browser is unable to verify that the site can be trusted. If there is disagreement on those questions, the browser displays... [27 Aug 2008]
Asus dives into instant Linux
News Splashtop includes a Firefox-derived browser and the Skype internet-telephony application. Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its... [19 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News One of the winning formulas is really a phone with a full web browser. The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some time and unveiled its own mobile... [13 May 2008]
Harrods makes a tech-savvy exhibition of itself
News This message directs people to register for text alerts about the Design Icons exhibition or to a Harrods website, via the phone's web browser, where further information can be found. Harrods is using... [25 Apr 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News These request bounce-backs would magnify any denial-of-service attack, according to Clayton, and could also create incompatibilities with browser-security measures. A browser request is... [18 Apr 2008]
Malicious software overtakes friendly apps
News Web browser Mozilla Firefox was also found to have contained more vulnerabilities than Internet Explorer in the report. For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of... [09 Apr 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News Website attacks, which plant browser exploits to compromise users, are also becoming more a problem as they are able to target well known, high-traffic sites. A major threat is... [09 Apr 2008]
Network optimisation market speeds up
News The company offers a software client that can be downloaded to a remote worker's notebook and stores a multitude of information used by the individual's web browser.... [26 Feb 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News Drive-by downloads, in which malicious websites exploit browser vulnerabilities to execute malicious code, have increased since April 2007, Google researchers have warned. The malicious sites target... [20 Feb 2008]
Happy 10th birthday Mozilla - there's a bug in your cake
News The code became the basis of the Mozilla Suite, which comprises the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email application. Mozilla, originally the codename for the Netscape Navigator browser code,... [25 Jan 2008]
First Direct banks on Apple
News First Direct is now offering its online banking services through Apple's Safari web browser, as well as on the recently launched iPhone and iPod Touch. The service became fully compatible with Safari last week, while... [24 Jan 2008]
AOL pulls plug on Netscape browser
News The Netscape web browser has long since been eclipsed by its Firefox offshoot but AOL has announced it's formally pulling the plug on its historic software. Netscape's Tom Drapeau wrote in a blog: "AOL's... [02 Jan 2008]
Google calls for help in flagging up the bad guys
News SiteAdvisor sits in the browser and ranks all sites as red, yellow or green. According to the Google security blog, the search giant already knows about hundreds of thousands of "bad" websites but is hoping its users... [04 Dec 2007]
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