Friday, September 25th, 2009
It is well known the fact that Internet Explorer browser rendering speed is quite low in case of web applications and pages which uses your system resources intensively. Google has came with a simple solution to boost the Internet Explorer performance and the level of compatibility with modern web based applications: Google Chrome Frame, a new free plug-in that will introduce Google Chrome’s web technologies and a faster JavaScript rendering engine into Internet Explorer. (more…)
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
It could be hard to believe, but after the recent release of Firefox 3.5.1 update, a new security flaw that allows remote code execution through JavaScript code was discovered. A proof of concept for the exploit code was also made public and it works, because Mozilla Firefox browser is still vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. The attacker could generate the buffer overflow by sending long Unicode strings to the document.write method and in this way is possible the remote code execution to compromise an operating system or a DOS (Denial Of Service) attack.
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
When asked about browsers, many of us know just a few names. But are Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Avant and the ubiquitous Internet Explorer so great and complete that there’s no need to look further? I don’t think so. None of the popular ones is perfect yet, so if you keep on searching for the one to satisfy you more could do no harm.
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
On July 06, 2009, Microsoft has made public the existence of a severe security flaw in Internet Explorer, caused by a vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. As a consequence, if any attacker succeeds in exploiting this security leak of Internet Explorer browser, then the user computer could be remotely controlled by the attacker, with the same access rights over the machine resources and data, as the ones corresponding to the owner.
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 provides you various tools and add-ons to improve your browsing experience. The new Accelerators feature introduced in the version 8 of Microsoft Internet Explorer will definitely change the way in which you perform various tasks by removing the need to navigate to specific websites containing the desired web service. Practically, Accelerators are free browser add-ons capable to help you to execute common tasks, like translating a text or sending an email much faster.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
The new Google Toolbar intended for Internet Explorer only will make easier for you to interact with web pages having text content written in foreign languages. It is capable to automatically detect if the language of a web page is different than your default language and will provide you the possibility to automatically translate the page with the help of Google Translate service.
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
The first launched collection of Firefox add-ons in November 2008, Fashion Your Firefox was intended only for beginners, who needed a quick start in customizing their Firefox browser. Now, the concept of Firefox add-ons collection was pushed a step further: even you can create such collections and share with your friends on popular social networks, like Digg and Facebook.
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009
A widget represents a small application capable to run on your desktop. Opera Widgets are cross-platform and cross-device compatible applications that can be built only by using common Web technologies like HTML, JavaScript or CSS. Opera Widgets Software Development Kit (SDK) comes to simplify the widgets development process because it provides tools, libraries, documentation, and examples on how to make Opera Widgets for various devices.
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
The first Alpha version of Fennec browser for Windows Mobile 6 is ready for free download. It was released only for testing purposes. Fennec is a promising web browser based on Mozilla engine and optimized for mobile usage. Since the last release, there were made many progresses in the product development process.
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
In a similar manner as in case of Google Chrome, which provides the possibility to close an unresponsive tab and not the browser, the developers of Internet Explorer 8 created a mechanism that isolates a crashed tab from other opened tabs having various active processes, like a movie playing. Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 Release Candidate uses a timer which monitors the time of response of tabs: if a certain tab does not respond within a given time interval, the user is prompted through a pop-up dialog box to choose one of the following options: recover the page, close the page or wait for the page to respond.
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
As a part of the monthly security updates release plan, Microsoft has made available eight new security updates for various products. According to the Microsoft Security Bulletin articles corresponding to each of the issue patched, the new security updates solve five critical, two important and one moderate vulnerability. The security issues were caused by the possibility of remote code execution, elevation of privilege and denial of service.
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
While performing a Google Search for Windows operating system tweaking utilities and tips, I have found an interesting portable application (Browser Bumpers) which changes the natural way of moving back and forward, while you surf the web with Internet Explorer. The main application functionality will allow you to navigate faster, without the need to use the Internet Explorer browser back and forward buttons. Browser Bumpers provides an enhanced way to navigate the browser history: just touch the left or right screen edge in order to go back or forward in the same browsing session.
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
If you have recently used Google Docs to create presentations, spreadsheets or documents directly from within a web browser, you might have noticed that now there is available the possibility to enhance the edited content with rich drawings having different colors. The addition of various drawings into the documents can be made based on a new feature introduced in Google Docs web service: Insert Drawing.
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