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Safari 11 million, Firefox 150 million
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-06-15 00:50:49
Apple bragged about Safari 4 being downloaded more than 11 million times in three days. Firefox 3.0.11 was downloaded 150 million times in 24 hours.


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Another round of critical security fixes for Firefox
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature

Category: Security

2009-06-14 21:41:52
Firefox 3.0.11, the latest release of the widely-used open-source browser, addresses four critical security issues along with other bug fixes.


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Europe v Microsoft, gloves are on in farce of the century
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-06-14 06:17:03
It seems that the competition regulator of an unelected government purporting to represent the sovereign nations of Western Europe is waging a socialist war against US technology companies - and Microsoft is the key target. The battle has now come to a head with Microsoft acquiescing to yet another nonsensical demand from the European Commission but still not able to make peace.


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Microsoft toes EC line: no IE in Windows 7 for Europe
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-06-11 19:20:09
Windows 7 will be released in Europe without Internet Explorer. But you'll most likely find it on new computers anyway.


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Dear Microsoft: Don't meddle with Firefox
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

Category: All things technical

2009-06-04 09:39:43
Microsoft's automated update facility is a wonderful thing.  It applies patches to all kinds of Microsoft packages.  Oddly, it recently also tried to pwn Firefox.
David Heath
Firefox Microsoft

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Microsoft questions EU unfair treatment in browser hearing
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-05-25 03:37:07
Microsoft has lashed out at the European Commission over its treatment in a new antitrust case and for once the Redmond software company may have a point. The EC has brought a case against Microsoft over its long time inclusion of Internet Explorer as part of Windows.


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No Java fix in Mac OS X 10.5.7
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-05-19 22:24:32
Mac OS X 10.5.7 failed to deliver a fix for a long-standing and relatively easily exploitable vulnerability in Java.


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Microsoft to EU: new browser rules will help Google
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news

Category: Search engines

2009-05-11 14:23:25
Microsoft has warned the European Commission that planned regulations covering Windows and browsers will only increase Google's dominance of the search business.


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Linux breaks through one percent web share
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-05-03 19:50:37
Windows' continuing loss of web share is primarily to the benefit of Mac OS X, though Linux and mobile platforms are also picking up share.


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And the loser is... Internet Explorer
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-29 07:04:35

Want to know what the most used Windows applications are, based on a real-time survey of 75,000 software tracked volunteers? 


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Another week, another Firefox update
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-27 20:38:44
Just days after the previous release, a Firefox update fixes another critical security issue.


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Critical bug - and more - fixed in Firefox 3.0.9
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-22 18:59:31
A new version of the popular Firefox browser fixes several security flaws and other bugs. This time, only one of the security issues is rated critical.


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AVG releases free link scanner download
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-20 23:05:52

AVG reckons on any given day around the world something like two million web pages are poisoned by hidden threats, and the security firm has just released a free link scanner download which it says will protect Internet users against these “random, invisible online threats”.


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Forget Conficker, there’s a new threat driving past your computer!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-14 07:02:10

Security warnings about the impending Conficker worm attacks on computers around the globe have been with us for a while now, and as iTWire reported just a few days ago, while the predicted apocalypse didn’t engulf the world after all, the worm’s still out there.  But, be warned, we’re now in the midst of a new security threat of large-scale proportions, according to Kapersky!


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Internet Explorer 9 to use Mozilla's Firefox code base
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve

Category: Linux for Learners

2009-03-31 08:04:47
Microsoft Corporation today quietly announced the end of internal development of Internet Explorer. A spokesman said that one of the senior managers saw a car-bumper sticker which said "The only good use for Internet Explorer is to download Firefox", which prompted some soul-searching within the company.


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Firefox 3 exploit code in circulation
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Open Source

2009-03-27 00:47:17
Exploit code attacking a security flaw in Firefox 3 has been made public. An update is expected next week.


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10-second PWN2OWN Safari crack based on a year-old bug
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-03-23 00:04:48
Much has been made about the supposed speed with which a Mac running Safari was pwned in the PWN2OWN competition at last week's CanSecWest security conference. But it turns out that the crack was over a year in the making.


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Internet Explorer 8 arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-03-19 01:44:20
Microsoft will release Internet Explorer 8 at noon US EDT today. The company claims the new browser is easier to use, faster, and more secure.


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Kogan claims cheapest 10in netbook
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-03-17 01:58:02
Consumer electronics importer Kogan Technologies is never shy of a bold claim, and it reckons it has the cheapest 10in netbook in the country.


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Linux s'il vous plaît: French Gendarmerie say oui to Ubuntu
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery

Category: The Linux user and switcher blog

2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.


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