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12 Feb 2010Private browsing will now extend to the Flash plug-in with Flash Player 10.1 Adobe have announced.
“Integrating with your web browser, Flash Player 10.1 will automatically clear stored data in accordance with your browser’s private browsing settings” said Adobe Engineer Jimson Xu.
Flash Player 10.1 supports private browsing with Internet Explorer 8+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, and Google [...]
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is again at risk, just days after the company closed another serious security flaw in its web browser.
A new security advisory was posted by Microsoft last Wednesday, notifying users of a potential flaw in Internet Explorer which could allow third-parties access to data.
“Our investigation so far has shown that if a [...]
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1 Feb 2010Time appears to slowly be running out for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), as Google has announced plans to drop support for the browser in its Google Sites and Google Docs applications.
“Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by [...]
Much faster than originally expected, Microsoft have released a patch to address the vulnerability found in all versions of Internet Explorer.
“This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The more severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted [...]
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has told Germans to avoid using any version of Internet Explorer after a security vulnerability lead to attacks against Google, Adobe, and other large organisations last week.
Microsoft has hit back at claims, noting that the attacks could be avoided if the security zone settings were set to high.
“Using [...]
Microsoft has pushed out the IE Cumulative Security Update for December 2009 via Windows Update and Microsoft Update.
The update is rated as critical for Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 for all versions of Windows except Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2 where the update is only rated as moderate.
The update [...]
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3 Nov 2009Browser market share stats are out for October 2009 thanks to Market Share by Net Applications.
As usual, Internet Explorer was down for the month, dropping from 65.71% to 64.64%, while Opera had a surprise loss, albeit only small, from 2.19% to 2.17%.
Firefox had a small gain, jumping from 23.75% to 24.07%. Safari was also up [...]
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5 Oct 2009Web browser market share results are out for September 2009 thanks to Market Share by Net Applications.
Internet Explorer has had more than a 1% drop this month, falling from 66.97% to 65.71%, it’s biggest single month drop since November 2008.
Other browser have had a good month, with Firefox moving from 22.98% to 23.75%.
Safari has moved [...]
In: Chrome| Internet Explorer
28 Sep 2009Microsoft have come out publicly saying they are unhappy with Chrome Frame, as it will leave the browser open to twice as many vulnerabilities.
“Given the security issues with plugins in general and Google Chrome in particular, Google Chrome Frame running as a plugin has doubled the attach area for malware and malicious scripts. This is [...]
In: Chrome| Internet Explorer
25 Sep 2009The Google Chrome development team have released a new tool called Google Chrome Frame.
“Google Chrome Frame is an early-stage open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine” and currently works in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8.
This plug-in would allow organisations to keep Internet Explorer 6, but still [...]