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Internet Explorer is not what it used to be. Firefox, but also additional rival browser such as Safari and Google Chrome, have eroded Microsoft’s dominance on the browser market. IE is left struggling even after the release of Internet Explorer 8 this year and with no end in sight to its downward trajectory. T... |
20 November 2009
10:02 GMT |
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The browser market is continuing the trend set in recent months with all major browsers moving in the same direction as before. Internet Explorer saw another big loss, dropping to about a 65-percent market share, Firefox got a very small bump and Google Chrome saw a decent amount of growth considering its size, going... |
3 November 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Windows Live Hotmail is no longer amputated as of October 15th, 2009. The Redmond company has revealed that, following the development and implementation of a fix for a security issue related to the image attaching capabilities of its email service, it has restored full functionality to Windows Live Hotmail. In this ... |
16 October 2009
08:54 GMT |
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The Internet Explorer 8 version that ships as the default browser of Windows 7 is affected by three Critical vulnerabilities, Microsoft warned. The Critical security holes could potentially allow an attacker to take over vulnerable computers by tricking victims into visiting a malformed webpage. However, not just use... |
14 October 2009
12:30 GMT |
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Microsoft has been given the green light to test the Browser Ballot Screen in Windows 7, and previous releases of the Windows client in Europe, as a step forward on the company’s path to compliance with EU antitrust regulations. The measure, proposed by the software giant, comes after the European Antitrust Com... |
7 October 2009
07:02 GMT |
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September saw a number of interesting shifts in the browser market with IE plummeting to 65.7 percent, its lowest percentage since Netscape was still a viable option, dropping 1.3 percent in just one month. The decline is also one of the biggest drops in over a year. Meanwhile, Firefox had one of the best months in r... |
3 October 2009
07:15 GMT |
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For a medium as fast moving as the Internet, web standards change very slowly, taking years for new ideas to get traction. Moreover, many new concepts fail to achieve any sort of implementation after the initial hype. One standard that could bring significantly improved graphics in some cases but was close to being a... |
3 October 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Microsoft's proposal for a “ballot screen” that should be included on its operating systems sold within the European Union hasn't been received as well as expected, it seems. According to the Wall Street Journal, the proposal sees a lot of criticism from different parties, while the European Com... |
29 September 2009
05:32 GMT |
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Google just launched a new plugin allowing Chrome to run inside Internet Explorer. This opens up a lot of possibilities but it's unlikely a lot of users will install it by themselves and, even if they do, web developers need to support it as well. So Google took the first step, and a rather bold one at that, by ... |
23 September 2009
03:54 GMT |
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August was an interesting month for the browser market, with all competitors seeing significant changes in their overall share, for better or for worse. According to numbers from Net Applications, Mozilla Firefox saw a big rise of 0.8 percent in August almost matching its highest market share in history, while Intern... |
1 September 2009
11:35 GMT |
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Microsoft is confirming officially what some users of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 have already undoubtedly noticed. The service no longer offers them the option to insert an image into the body of a message. The Redmond company explains that it has disabled the feature due to security concerns. According to the softw... |
21 August 2009
09:36 GMT |
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After years of veiled and even outspoken criticism from browser makers and many web developers, Microsoft has decided to start supporting the proposed HTML 5 standard in its Internet Explorer web browser. While known for its spotty support of even ratified standards, Internet Explorer has been moving in the right dir... |
8 August 2009
07:30 GMT |
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In February 2009, a Norwegian developer launched an aggressive campaign against IE6 usage. Soon after, several big Norwegian websites joined their efforts by ceasing all online support for IE6 users. Recently, the owner of the Weebly website building platform became part of the fight and created the IE6nomo... |
6 August 2009
05:43 GMT |
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Microsoft made an out-of-band security update for Internet Explorer on July 28th, 2009. The move, which is an exception to the Redmond company's monthly patch cycle, is designed to bulletproof IE users against potential attacks designed to exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL). Micro... |
29 July 2009
10:55 GMT |
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Microsoft's efforts to make the Windows client behave in accordance with European antitrust laws are in no way limited to Windows 7. Sure enough, Windows 7 is the only release of the operating system with E editions, designed to offer the platform stripped of Internet Explorer 8. But, at the same time, the Redmo... |
28 July 2009
11:36 GMT |
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A proof-of-concept attack against Internet Explorer demonstrates how a patched vulnerability can be exploited in order to take over the victim's computer. The demo, hosted on Hustlelabs, comes courtesy of three security researchers, Mark Dowd, Ryan Smith, David Dewey, who are scheduled to present the attack in d... |
28 July 2009
08:59 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking a security refresh for Internet Explorer 8, and earlier supported versions of the browser, that will be released tomorrow, July 28th, 2009. According to the Redmond company, the IE update will be accompanied by a security bulletin for Visual Studio. The software giant underlined that, although tw... |
27 July 2009
05:52 GMT |
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The open-source browser from Mozilla has managed to grab a share of the market representing no less than half of the Microsoft proprietary browser, according to StatCounter data. Essentially, the market measuring firm indicates that Internet Explorer's share has dropped to under 60% while Firefox has grown conti... |
6 July 2009
10:07 GMT |
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Firefox 3.5 dropped this week and downloads will soon reach 15 million worldwide. Bringing a lot of improvements, enhanced performance, especially for JavaScript, and some big new features, Mozilla's latest browser is looking like a solid release. If you don't take into account the 60-or-so bugs it was laun... |
6 July 2009
02:59 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available a collection of tests designed to streamline the adoption of the next revision of the JavaScript standard. ECMAScript Fifth Edition, as the evolution of JS is referred to, is expected to be completed later in 2009, with formal uptake starting by the end of this year. In order to facilitat... |
30 June 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Yahoo has released a new browser toolbar today for Internet Explorer and Firefox, which adds a number of new features including the possibility to preview some sites like Yahoo Mail or Weather but also non-Yahoo services like eBay. “Yahoo! Toolbar has always made navigating the web easier – acting as a ... |
18 June 2009
09:43 GMT |
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The European Antitrust Commission has responded officially to Microsoft's plans to cut Internet Explorer from the Windows 7 editions that will be sold in Europe, pointing the finger at the company and accusing it of providing less choice for consumers. On June 11th, 2009, the Redmond company indicated that in or... |
12 June 2009
10:50 GMT |
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The start of June 2009 should have been synonymous for Microsoft with a chance to defend the bundling of Internet Explorer and the Windows operating system, a practice considered monopolistic by EU antitrust regulators. However, the Redmond company won't get a chance to share its view with the Eu Antitrust Commi... |
22 May 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Mobile 6 has been recently spotted on Palm's Treo Pro running under Windows Mobile 6.1, yet the impression that it made was not as great as anticipated. It seems that the application actually needs a few more resources than a WinMo 6.1 handset was able to offer, yet it is expec... |
27 March 2009
06:30 GMT |
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As many of you might already know, the newest version of the Internet Explorer Mobile was expected to come around as soon as the Palm Treo Pro became available on Sprint's airwaves. And, since that day has come and the much-anticipated Windows Mobile-based mobile device is already live with the carrier, IE Mobil... |
16 March 2009
08:57 GMT |
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It is a well-known fact that the team developing and maintaining Google Toolbar has always focused on enhancing their users' web experience. At the beginning, they strove to make search a very accessible function, and this endeavor led to the appearance of Google Bookmarks, search suggestions, Autofill, as well ... |
3 March 2009
01:46 GMT |
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Transmission, one of the most popular BitTorrent clients for Mac OS X, has reached version 1.51, adding support for Internet Explorer, as well as layout fixes when viewed on an iPhone/iPod touch. These are just a few of the platform-specific changes occurring with the software. Read on for the full scoop and the down... |
27 February 2009
06:05 GMT |
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The IE Browser Extension Creator is a project designed to streamline the process of registering browser extensions tailored to Internet Explorer. Hosted on Microsoft's open source repository, CodePlex, the solution automates the otherwise complex tasks associated with producing the registry entries for IE extens... |
27 February 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Google is pointing the finger at Microsoft, accusing its proprietary browser, Internet Explorer, of the fact that it is keeping its own breed of open source browser dubbed Chrome uncompetitive and that it is killing innovation. The Mountain View search giant is blaming the bundling of Internet Explorer with the Windo... |
25 February 2009
07:48 GMT |
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The face off between Firefox and Internet Explorer has evolved to the next level with Mozilla jumping at Microsoft's jugular. In January 2009 the European Antitrust Commission served Microsoft with a Statement of Objections in which it concluded that the bundling of Internet Explorer 8 into Windows was a monopol... |
10 February 2009
10:14 GMT |
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With the launch of the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft made available a tool designed to allow the building of customized installation packages of the browser. The Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8 Release Candidate 1 is tailored to what Jason Upton, test manager – Internet Explorer refe... |
29 January 2009
15:31 GMT |
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On January 15, 2009, the European Antitrust Commission sent a Statement of Objections to Microsoft, informing the company of its preliminary view generated by a 2008 complaint from browser maker Opera that the bundling of Internet Explorer into Windows violated EU anti-monopoly law. The Redmond company confirmed the ... |
27 January 2009
11:00 GMT |
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A beta ROM of the Windows Mobile 6.5 platform is reported to have leaked to the Web recently, and it is stated to work on devices based on HTC Blue Angel, such as O2 XDA Iis, Dopod 700, Siemens SX66, Orange SPV M2000, T-Mobile MDA III and Qtek 9090. According to the news, the leaked OS brings along features like an... |
22 January 2009
04:39 GMT |
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The seeds of divorce have been planted in the marriage of Internet Explorer and Windows by the European Union's antitrust regulators. Sparked by a complaint filed by Opera in 2008, the European Commission debuted investigations into whether Microsoft illegally bundled IE into Windows, in a move designed to give ... |
19 January 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Throughout 2008, Internet Explorer has been in a free-fall feeding the growth of rivals such as Firefox and, towards the end of the year, that of Google Chrome. Internet Explorer 8 cannot come any faster for Microsoft, as the Redmond company is seeing its share of the browser market eroded continually, with Mozilla, ... |
5 January 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Windows 7 is not the only software product benefiting from a strong focus on accessibility, as far as Microsoft is concerned. The next iteration of Internet Explorer will bring to the table both graphical user interface and platform enhancements designed to make IE8 the most accessible browser on the market, accordin... |
12 December 2008
06:49 GMT |
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Lunascape 5.0 Alpha Genesis provides a shortcut to jumping between Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox, without running any of the actual browsers. In all fairness, the Lunascape browser does not deliver Google Chrome Beta, Internet Explorer 8, or Firefox 3.1, but its does manage to bring to the table the ne... |
25 November 2008
03:57 GMT |
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Following an overhyped post-launch download frenzy, reality is setting in for Google Chrome. Google launched its own breed of open-source browser at the start of September 2008, and managed to cause strong reverberations across the market, only to settle in the cozy under 1% usage share segment two months later, wher... |
24 November 2008
04:10 GMT |
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In just the first months of availability, Google Chrome Beta has made consistent inroads into the territory of Internet Explorer and Firefox. Both Microsoft’s IE and Mozilla's Firefox started to see their audiences slip a little and ended up losing market share to the new browser from Google. In fact, so ... |
1 October 2008
13:44 GMT |
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For some time now, alongside Opera and even Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox has been one of the favorite Internet browsers used on most PCs. Unfortunately, until now, only Internet Explorer and Opera could be used on mobile phones, while Firefox remained available for PCs alone. So here is the good news for all Fi... |
22 September 2008
08:56 GMT |
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On September 2, 2008 Google released its own breed of open source browser, a marriage between Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox, dubbed Google Chrome. Of course, Google Chrome is first and foremost a new competitor for Internet Explorer on the browser market. But in Google's own perspective, it is s... |
3 September 2008
13:39 GMT |
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If Microsoft is moving into the Cloud, Google is expanding to the Desktop and to the Windows client. The Mountain-View search giant is on the verge of making available a beta version of Google Chrome, a browser initially designed to integrate only with the Windows platform, but which is set to be tailored to addition... |
2 September 2008
04:07 GMT |
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A detailed XSS filter architecture and implementation article has been published on the Security Vulnerability Research & Defense blog. The main goal of the XSS filter integrated in IE8 is to prevent exploitation of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities without breaking the web.Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of ... |
21 August 2008
06:08 GMT |
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A security researcher with Core Security Technologies is responsible for the discovery of a URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure vulnerability in Outlook Express and Windows Mail, which directly impacts Internet Explorer. According to Core Security Technologies, all supported versions of IE, including IE 5... |
14 August 2008
03:58 GMT |
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Internet Explorer users are vulnerable to attacks targeting ActiveX, even when ActiveX is vulnerability-free, claims security company Symantec. According to Symantec's Sean Hittel, attackers have found a way to essentially serve users the vulnerability prior to exploiting it. Targeted is a critical security flaw... |
11 August 2008
10:51 GMT |
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Because being safe while browsing the Internet is vital for all of us, security companies around the world bring out more and more applications supposed to help us. Check Point Software, the developer of the famous ZoneAlarm suite, rolled out a few days ago ZoneAlarm ForceField, a new "virtualized browser security so... |
22 May 2008
06:12 GMT |
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The pseudo-release of Windows XP Service Pack 3, because Microsoft's game of now you see it, now you don't, cannot be called otherwise, has managed to produce some rather interesting side-effects. In this context, one of the collateral victims of the introduction of XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 is not Windows Vist... |
5 May 2008
09:41 GMT |
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Phishing scams and Facebook are two of the most popular web-related things these days although they have pretty different meanings and purposes. Phishing scams are extremely dangerous attacks, usually launched via email addresses, which attempt to steal users' private information through a fake website which loo... |
24 April 2008
03:17 GMT |
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On March 5 2008, at the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft permitted the first public tasting of Internet Explorer 8. Designed as the successor of Internet Explorer 7, IE8 debuted into beta at the end of the past month with a build aimed at web content developers and designers. Microsoft is currently building ... |
22 April 2008
09:41 GMT |
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