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| Firefox 3.0.1 Drops Tomorrow, July 16, 2008 |  | The first security and stability update for Firefox 3.0 is planned to drop one day short of a month since the general availability of the latest iteration of the open source browser. Mozilla will make available Firefox 3.0.1 tomorrow, July 16, 2008, taking Firefox 3.0 one step further o ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 12:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Ghost in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 |  | Whether you believe in ghosts or not is irrelevant from a browser point of view. The matter is that you'd better start believing because Microsoft's browsers allow "ghosts" to take more than a peek over your shoulder, in fact, it permits them to see and register every move associated with the browsing process. Sec ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Has Slaughtered Internet Explorer |  | June 2008 will go down in history as the month of Firefox 3.0, this despite the fact that Opera 9.5 was also dropped the past month. But while the presence of Opera 9.5 was felt only superficially, and with the Internet Explorer giant lying dormant, Firefox ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 11:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: If You're Going to Skip Vista SP1, at Least Run XP SP3 |  | Windows users are at a juncture in terms of operating system choices at this point in time, caught between Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7. Well, choosing Windows 7 is still selecting between Vista or XP, plus opting to wait at least a year and a half until ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 11:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Free, Pre-Activated Copies of Vista |  | Being the loyal adept of a business model based on proprietary software, a free operating system is not exactly something that Microsoft customers can expect from the company. But of course that there are always exceptions to confirm the rule. And the free copy of Windows Vista up for grabs via Microsoft Download is an illustrative example in this context. That's right, a completely free copy of the latest Windows client, time-bombed ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 13:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nothing but Love from the IE Team for Mozilla and Firefox 3.0 |  | Microsoft's Internet Explorer team had nothing but love for Mozilla, especially on the day that Firefox 3.0 was unleashed. As absurd as this statement might sound, it is actually true. And the Redmond company itself offered illustrative proof of this via a memento that the IE team sent Mozilla to celebrate the launch of Firefox 3.0. Microsoft has gone all out in order to mark the release of the next iteration of the Firefox open sourc ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 13:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Patches Available for IE7 on XP SP3 and Vista SP1 |  | New patches are available from Microsoft via Windows Update, designed to resolve security vulnerabilities in various versions of the Internet Explorer browser. Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, Internet Explorer 6, and Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP and Windows Vista are all affected. The Microsoft Security Bulletin ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SearchTogether Plug-In for IE7 - Collaborative Search Prototype |  | At the intersection between search (but not limited at Live Search) and Windows Live Messenger, SearchTogether is designed to make searching the web no longer an individual task. Developed as a plug-in for Internet Explorer 7, SearchTogether's functionality enables groups of users to perform searches and to share results via common query sessions. This is where Windows Live Messenger comes in. All the people in the friends list of a u ... [read more >>] | | 05 June 2008, 11:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Includes Intel Atom Drivers |  | The June 2008 Community Technology Preview of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 has been made available for download via Microsoft Connect. Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is the successor of Windows XP Embedded and, in this context, it was designed to play well with both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. At the s ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 10:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 to Drop on a Bleeding Internet Explorer |  | As Internet Explorer 8 is by all means not even on the horizon, Firefox 3.0 will drop in just a few weeks and has the potential to bring even more pain to an already hurt and bleeding browser. According to statistics made available by Net Applications, the open source browser is irremediably converting Internet Explorer users, with the existing IE7 managing to do little to help stop the erosion of Microsoft's share of the browser mark ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2008, 11:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IETester - IE8 Beta 1, IE7, IE6 and IE5.5 All into One |  | Having multiple versions of Internet Explorer installed in parallel and running concomitantly on the same Windows operating system is not a scenario supported by Microsoft. It's just one flavor of IE at a time, as far as the Redmond giant is concerned, and while this might bide well with end users who are encouraged to tap the benefits of the latest Internet Explorer iteration, the same cannot be said for developers and desi ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2008, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IE7 on XP Outperforms Safari 3 on Mac OS X |  | On its official website, Apple claims that Safari 3.0 outperforms Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9 in terms of both HTML and JavaScript performance. Of course, as a disclaimer, the Cupertino-based hardware company does state that the actual performance of the browsers depends on different factors including the network connection and system configuration, and that results can vary. This is a good thing because ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 10:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| BitDefender Offers Protection From IE8 Beta 1 Critical Zero-Day |  | Both Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 in its current phase of development, namely Beta 1, are vulnerable to a critical zero-day security flaw with proof-of-concept code available in the wild. The Cross-Zone Scripting vulnerability in the browser's "Print Tab ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IE8 Beta 1 Attack Code Available in the Wild |  | Security researcher Aviv Raff has released an example of attack code for Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 in the wild. According to Raff Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is vulnerable to exploits targeting a Cross-Zone Scripting security flaw that affects the "Print Table of Links" feature. Under no ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 07:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Installing Custom IE7 Optimized Packages on XP SP3 RTM |  | Although Microsoft claims that both Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 play well with Windows XP Service pack 3 RTM, the fact of the matter is that there are a few subtleties that cause the browsers to become permanent components of th ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 02:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 Critical Zero-Day Security Vulnerability Released in the Wild |  | It is just a little over two months since the first public testing milestone for Internet Explorer was made available outside of Redmond, and a critical 0-day security vulnerability impacting the browser has already been released in the wild. Security researcher Aviv Raff has tucked away an exploit somewhere on his blog and is ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 09:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Critical Security Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final |  | Windows XP SP3 was barely out the door, when Microsoft rushed to issue the first critical patch for the service pack. Concomitantly with the general availability of the last service pack for XP, Microsoft dropped the first critical security update designed to patch Internet E ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 ActiveX Security |  | Back at the beginning of March, Microsoft released the first public Beta of its next iteration of Internet Explorer, namely IE8 Beta 1. Designed to deliver an evolution in comparison with IE7, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 brings to the table a range of impr ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Faulty Integration of XP SP3 RTM and IE8 Beta 1 by Design |  | Although the bundle between Microsoft's proprietary operating system and browser products seems nothing short of a match made in Redmond heaven, the fact of the matter is that the ubiquitous Windows-IE couple now experiences problems with the arrival of Service Pack 3 for XP. At this point in time, Microsoft is offering no less than three different versions of Internet Explorer, namely IE6, IE7 and IE8 Beta 1. The intimate c ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 03:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IE8 Beta 1 Fixing What's Wrong with IE7 |  | One error message that plagued Internet Explorer 7, but that won't make it into the final version of Internet Explorer 8 refers to "operation aborted" messages. In IE7, operation aborted errors, marked by the associated dialog box featured in the scr ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 07:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Launches IE 8 Beta 1 and IE7 Tree-Hugging Exclusive Website |  | With Carbon Grove, Microsoft is introducing the first Internet Explorer Beta 1 and IE7 "tree-hugging" exclusive website. The Redmond company, and specifically the Internet Explorer team, have sponsored the project built by the Jackson Fish Market, a web design company that was also involved in building ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IE8 Beta 1 and IE7 Tips and Tricks |  | With approximately 80% of the browser market focused on iterations of Internet Explorer, web content is tailored by default on Microsoft's proprietary browser, even in the detriment of rival products such as Firefox or Opera. The intimate connection between browsers and the operating systems they are associated with is the main reason why content developers have to adapt their materials to both Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explore ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Worldwide: Firefox vs. Internet Explorer |  | Even though the browser market is a multifaceted arena, the fact of the matter is that there are but two dominant players. Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox have pretty much split the vast majority of browser users between them, with IE grabbing the lion's share and Firefox a distant runner-up. Still, the general tendency of the market is favorable not to the leader, but to the underdog. Internet Explorer i ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 12:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IE8 and Firefox 3.0 - the Beginning of the End for IE6 |  | Internet Explorer 6 has long been the most popular choice in terms of web browsers worldwide. IE6 was still holding the lion's share of the browser market as of August 2006 with a share of over 80%, according to data made available by Net Applications. Later that year, ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 13:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 Feature: IE8 Beta 1 Will Be Able to Masquerade as IE7 |  | One of the features that Microsoft is cooking for the Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is the ability of the browser to masquerade as its predecesor, Internet Explorer 7. The move is designed to permit IE8 beta 1 testers to use the browser with websites that fail to offer support for the successor of IE7. But at the same time, Microsoft's goal is to enable web developers to easily introduce support for Internet Explorer 8, even from the upc ... [read more >>] | | 25 February 2008, 13:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 |  | Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 will be synonymous with the first build of the browser available outside of Microsoft. The Redmond company has been dogfooding early pre-alpha and alpha builds of IE8 throughout 2007, and it looks like the successor of Internet Explorer 7 has hit the Beta 1 mile ... [read more >>] | | 25 February 2008, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 – Mission Impossible? |  | The first taste of Internet Explorer 8 is now just around the corner. This year's MIX08 kickoff keynote address on March 5, 2008, will feature Internet Explorer General Manager Dean Hachamovitch and the first presentation of Internet Explorer 8. De ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 11:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft and Mozilla Plug Critical Holes in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 |  | When it comes down to the face-off between Microsoft and Mozilla on the browser market it's not all about the install base, market share percentages and audience converting, but also about security. And one aspect of the security race, of course not relevant onto itself for the entire protection level delivered by the two browsers, is the vulnerability count. In February, both Microsoft and Mozilla tended to their respective products, ... [read more >>] | | 13 February 2008, 07:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) - First Consistent Signs of Life Next Month |  | According to Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8, the next iteration of its proprietary browser, as well as the successor of IE7, is alive and kicking and even standards compliant. But if you are like me, then you'll need some sort of palpable proof, and a hands-on experience in order to ... [read more >>] | | 05 February 2008, 11:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IE7 and Firefox 2.0 Are Slaughtering Internet Explorer 6 |  | Out with the old, in with the new. Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 are virtually slaughtering Internet Explorer 6. There was a time, unfortunately not too long ago, when Internet Explorer 7 ruled the world wide web. Back in October 2006, IE6 still accounted for approximately 80% of the global browser market. October 2006 was a turning point as both Microsoft and Mozilla released new versions of their respective browsers, namely Interne ... [read more >>] | | 05 February 2008, 09:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| So Much More Than Internet Explorer 8 |  | After it launched Internet Explorer 7, in October 2006, for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, and then again in November of the same year and in January as a default component for Windows Vista, Microsoft turned its focus on Internet Explorer 8. Still, 2007 went through for the most part with absolutely no word on the next version of Internet Explorer. At MIX07, the Redmond company did discuss a few details about Internet Explorer 8, ... [read more >>] | | 31 January 2008, 12:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Kill Automatic Installations of Internet Explorer 7 Served Straight from Microsoft |  | On October 18, 2007, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. The browser was subsequently included as a default component in Vista, shipping with the latest client in November 2006 to businesses and to general consumers in January 2007. It was not until mid November 2007 that Microsoft started serving IE7 via Automatic Updates to all Internet Explorer 6 users of XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. At ... [read more >>] | | 25 January 2008, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8, to Be or Not to Be |  | Internet Explorer 8 is still approximately a year before the final version will be released, in fact Microsoft has not even made available the first beta for the browser, but the successor of Internet Explorer 7 has already been taking hits. The fact that IE8 has to face an early barrage ... [read more >>] | | 24 January 2008, 07:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Ships Deleted Files with the Free Copies of Windows XP SP2 |  | Despite the fact that Microsoft's business model is in no way similar to that associated with open source software, the Redmond company does offer free copies of its operating systems. At this point in time, users have available for download no less than two free versions of Windows XP Ser ... [read more >>] | | 23 January 2008, 11:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 8 – the Future |  | Internet Explorer 8 was officially confirmed back in 2006 as the successor of Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft was a little late with the announcement that it would go straight to IE8 from IE7 and would not make available an interim release such as Interne ... [read more >>] | | 23 January 2008, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Offers an Insight on Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility |  | With the first Beta of Internet Explorer 8 scheduled to drop by mid 2008, and with additional details on the successor of Internet Explorer 7 to be offered at MIX08 this March, Microsoft has started opening up on the browser little by little. First, Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager revealed in mid December that IE8 comes with support for a wide range of standards, and now, Chris Wilson, IE Platform Architect, offered an insight into I ... [read more >>] | | 22 January 2008, 11:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kicking Internet Explorer Security Up a Notch |  | Browsers are among the top exploited software products, as they provide the bridge between the users' machine and the Internet. And being one of the main vectors for attacks and exploits makes bulletproofing browsers a critical task in terms of delivering user protection. Microsoft's proprietary In ... [read more >>] | | 21 January 2008, 09:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gmail Problems for Internet Explorer 7 Users |  | A major issue encountered by several Gmail users who tried accessing their accounts while using the latest Internet Explorer in Microsoft’s Windows Vista was reported on the Google Groups forums. Blank login screens are bad news no matter where you’re trying to log in, but when it’s about email, people tend to be really nervous and anxious for a solution.
Fortunately for them, as searchengineland.com’s "rustybrick" r ... [read more >>] | | 17 January 2008, 07:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A New Wave of Internet Explorer 7 Upgrades Is Coming on February 12, 2008 |  | A new wave of Internet Explorer 7 upgrades is planned for release on February 12, 2008. The Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability update will be dropped via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) early next month under the form of an Update Rollup package. Essentially, the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update will upgrade computers that are currently still running Internet Explorer 6 to the l ... [read more >>] | | 15 January 2008, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Deploying Internet Explorer 7 |  | Internet Explorer 7 is currently the most used browser worldwide, according to statistics made available by Net Applications. Released over a year ago for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, the browser has grown as of December 2007 to a market share of 40.61%. With the end of 2007 al ... [read more >>] | | 07 January 2008, 09:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 7 Is the Most Used Browser Worldwide |  | January 2008 marks the month when Internet Explorer 7 has made the first definitive move designed to kill Internet Explorer 6 for good. Microsoft made IE7 available in October 2006 for Windows SP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, and as a component of Windows Vista in November 2006 and January ... [read more >>] | | 04 January 2008, 11:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Internet Explorer 7 a Disappointment as Big as Windows Vista? |  | Is Internet Explorer 7 matching Windows Vista in the level of disappointment delivered to end users? Well, such an answer lies ultimately within you. But at the same time, IE7 has not been submitted to the same barrage of fire that Vista had to face throughout 2007. Still, users are failing to take a shine to the latest version of Microsoft’s proprietary browser, and this scenario is a clear indication that Microsoft is not quite there wit ... [read more >>] | | 28 December 2007, 11:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Thou Shall Trust in Internet Explorer 7! |  | According to Microsoft, Internet Explorer 7 is the best solution available to browser users that are looking to steer clear of phishing attacks. Unlike IE6 which is virtually barefoot when it comes down to shielding users from the risks associated with spoofed websites, IE7 packs a tad more firepower via the dynamic Phishing protection and Extended Validation SSL Certificate support. Data released by the Redmond company point out that iE7 ... [read more >>] | | 20 December 2007, 06:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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