Web browser news as it happens
In: Firefox
7 Jan 2010Mozilla have pushed out two updates for Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.
The updates are merely bug fixes, resolving issues that could crash the browser. A full list of changes can be found in the Firefox 3.5.7 and Firefox 3.0.17 release notes.
The updates will be pushed out to existing Firefox users, or can be downloaded manually [...]
In: Firefox
16 Dec 2009Mozilla have pushed out updates to users of Firefox 3 and 3.5. The updates include several security and stability fixes.
Firefox 3.5.6 fixes 3 critical, 1 high, 2 moderate, and 1 low level security vulnerabilities.
Firefox 3.0.16 fixes 1 critical, 1 high, 2 moderate, and 1 low level security vulnerabilities.
A full list of changes can be found [...]
In: Chrome
15 Dec 2009The Google Chrome team have pushed out a new update to Windows Google Chrome users.
The update is only minor, and corrects two bugs that caused the browser to crash. Full details can be found on the Google Chrome Releases blog.
As usual, the browser will automatically be pushed out to current Chrome users, or can be [...]
In: Chrome
13 Nov 2009Google has just pushed out Chrome 3.0.195.33 stable. The update fixes two potential problems.
The first issue is a simple bug fix, which would cause Google Chrome to stop working if a required Windows DLL (t2embed.dll) was not found, or not readable by the browser. This DLL is no longer needed by Chrome from this release.
The [...]
In: Safari
12 Nov 2009Apple have pushed out an update for Safari users, taking the browser to version 4.04.
The update improves JavaScript and History performance, while also fixing 6 security holes.
This update is recommended for all Safari users and includes improvements to performance, stability, and security including:
Improved JavaScript performance
Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number [...]
In: Firefox
7 Nov 2009Mozilla has pushed out a new Firefox 3.5 updating, taking the browser to 3.5.5.
The update is only minor, and fixes several stability issues. A full list of changes can be found in the release notes.
The update will be pushed out to existing Firefox 3.5 users, or can be downloaded from the Firefox website.
In: Chrome
6 Nov 2009Google has pushed out a new version of Chrome 3, taking it to version 3.0.195.32. The release fixes 5 stability issues, and plugs 2 security vulnerabilities.
The first security issue which was rated as medium where user were not warned for some file types that could execute JavaScript. The second security issue was rated as high [...]
In: Opera
29 Oct 2009Opera has also pushed out a new version of its browser yesterday, bringing with it stability and security fixes.
Opera 10.01 includes 3 security fixes, 1 of which is rated as extremely severe, while the other 2 are rated as less severe.
The release also fixes 15 other stability issues. A full list of changes can be [...]
In: Chrome
14 Oct 2009Google has pushed out a new version of Google Chrome to users, version 3.0.195.27.
The releases fixes a few issues:
Fixed an issue where menu items for certain Indian languages were not properly visible.
Add support to blacklist the faux www.paypal.com certificate.
Added NTLMv2 support on Windows.
FFmpeg files now properly have NX/DBCompat enabled.
V8 crash fix.
The update will be [...]
In: Safari
12 Aug 2009Apple has released a new version of Safari, fixing several security and stability issues.
The update according to Apple includes the following changes:
Stability improvements for webpages that use the HTML 5 video tag
Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins
Stability improvements for Top Sites
Fixes an issue that prevented some users from logging into iWork.com
Fixes an issue that could cause [...]