Web browser news as it happens
In: Chrome
27 Jan 2010Google has pushed out an update to its Chrome browser on Windows, taking it to version 4.0.249.78.
The update now includes extensions and bookmark sync in the stable version on Windows.
The update also addresses 11 security issues, 4 of which were rated as high severity, 2 medium, and 5 low.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: 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: Firefox
29 Oct 2009Mozilla have released Firefox 3.5.4 and Firefox 3.0.15 with a basket full of bug and security fixes.
Firefox 3.5.4 closes 11 security issues, 6 of which were rated as critical, 3 moderate, and 2 low. A total of 124 bugs were fixed for this release. A full list of changes can be found in the release [...]
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 [...]