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Safari 5 is the first browser victim of this year’s Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest, with Internet Explorer 8 being the second one to fall. Security researchers from French security outfit VUPEN took a swing at Safari 5 on a fully patched Mac OS X Snow Leopard (64-bit) copy running on a MacBook. Exploit... |
10 March 2011
10:56 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 was the second browser to fall at the Pwn2Own hacking contest, but the security researcher responsible for the hack had to chain together three exploits.Pwn2Own 2011 kicked off yesterday at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, with Safari being compromised in five seconds by researchers... |
10 March 2011
04:57 GMT |
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While it’s hard at work developing Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is also focusing on ensuring that Internet Explorer 8 customers get the best browsing experience possible. The Redmond company is now offering a new update designed to kick up a notch the compatibility between IE8 and third-party websites. KB 2... |
24 November 2010
04:51 GMT |
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Internet Explorer is the only browser to receive an Excellence in Online Trust award from Online Trust Alliance, an accolade designed to recognize leaders in innovation, leadership and collaboration in terms of consumer protection and protection of critical infrastructure. Microsoft has continually made comprehensiv... |
8 October 2010
03:11 GMT |
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Microsoft officials advise business users not to postpone their Windows 7 deployments and start testing IE9 beta, despite speculations on the release of the final version of Internet Explorer 9, early in spring 2011.Yesterday, September 21, Rich Reynolds, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Windows Consumer Marketi... |
22 September 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Guidance and resources are available to customers looking to kick off the aging Internet Explorer 6 browser in favor of the latest release of IE. An illustrative example in this regard, is the upcoming Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable titled Migrating from Windows Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP to Internet E... |
6 September 2010
07:15 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a new and improved version of Internet Explorer 8 optimized for two the company’s top Cloud properties, its search/decision engine and its MSN portal. Customers can now download IE8 optimized for Bing and MSN right from the software giant.Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta might be just aroun... |
3 September 2010
09:28 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8’s strong adoption pace means that the predecessor of Internet Explorer 9 continues to be the fastest growing browser worldwide, outpacing rivals such as Chrome 5.0 and Firefox 3.6, even at 18 months after it was initially released. Furthermore, IE8 is helping kill Internet Explorer 6, accor... |
1 September 2010
09:33 GMT |
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UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Jack Pickles announced that his department is considering upgrading to Internet Explorer 8, which seems out of line with the government's position of sticking with IE6 for now."Discussing with my department plans to upgrade staff to IE8 and ditch IE... |
12 August 2010
09:30 GMT |
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No less than six out of the total of 34 vulnerabilities resolved by Microsoft this month affect various releases of Internet Explorer. The Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2183461) is now available to users around the world, as Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-053. The security... |
11 August 2010
09:04 GMT |
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Microsoft’s consistent efforts to bulletproof the latest major iterations of Windows and the Internet Explorer default component are paying off. Internet Explorer 8 managed to come up on top of rivals in the most recent versions of the NSS Labs tests designed to try out the level of protection against socially ... |
9 August 2010
09:23 GMT |
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With the Beta for Internet Explorer 9 due in September 2010, the tide has turned for Internet Explorer. In just the past two months alone, the overall market share of IE has grown by approximately 1%, in the detriment of rivals Firefox and Chrome, according to statistics shared by Internet metrics company Net Applica... |
2 August 2010
03:41 GMT |
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The winners of the 2010 Pwnie Awards were announced yesterday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. There were only seven categories this year and one of the most popular awards, the “Most Epic FAIL” one, went to Internet Explorer 8 for a bug in its XSS protection component, which actually en... |
29 July 2010
06:15 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 is superior to all rival browser in terms of security, revealed Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer, during the company’s recent Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC)2010. “IE9 is going to be not only the most safest and secure browser in the market, which IE8 is today, it wil... |
24 July 2010
06:48 GMT |
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Despite a comprehensive evolution in terms of modern web standards support designed to bring it on par with its rivals, Internet Explorer 9 is still not playing nice with the Chrome Experiments, a project debuted by Google over a year and a half ago. Chrome Experiments is set up as a collaborative effort by web progr... |
12 July 2010
04:27 GMT |
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The generalized public perception seems to be that Internet Explorer 8 is not the best choice for security-concerned users, and that rival browsers do a better job at keeping users safe while online. Still, one security expert is running Internet Explorer 8, and notes that she sees no reason to jump to Firefox or to ... |
8 July 2010
12:19 GMT |
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It is simply incredible how easy people will give up the most intimate and sensitive information about themselves once a third-party has earned their trust. It’s no wonder that online scams involving social engineering seem to never fail at producing new victims, and a new campaign Microsoft is running for Inte... |
18 June 2010
09:31 GMT |
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While there isn’t a panacea that can “cure” all security and privacy issues, education plays a critical role when it comes down to preventing customers from transforming themselves into victims. And while vulnerabilities can be patched and malware removed from a computer, phishing attacks and social... |
8 June 2010
07:44 GMT |
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Here is your chance to meet some of the “experts” behind the security and privacy features of Internet Explorer 8. And believe it or not, Microsoft, the Abominable Snowman, The Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot have something in common, namely a passion to make IE8 as secure as possible, and to enable users t... |
1 June 2010
10:10 GMT |
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An event dedicated to Windows and Internet Explorer that Microsoft initially planned to host in Redmond debuted yesterday, May 25th, exclusively online. The Windows Summit 2010 kick-off was marked by comments from Michael Angiulo, general manager, Windows Planning & Ecosystem. The online event is of course available ... |
26 May 2010
06:56 GMT |
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The force is strong with Internet Explorer 8, now the most popular browser worldwide, and benefitting from the support of one of the most iconic characters in Star Wars, Yoda. Microsoft Spain has the Grand Master Jedi at the center of an initiative designed to help end users boost their protection against online-base... |
17 May 2010
10:02 GMT |
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Optimized flavors of Internet Explorer 8 are available for download from Microsoft itself, as well as a variety of third-party sources that have taken it upon themselves to customize the browser. The latest release offered by the Redmond company involves a copy of Internet Explorer 9’s predecessor tailored to B... |
6 May 2010
09:30 GMT |
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At the start of April 2010, Microsoft announced Windows Summit 2010, an event dedicated to software, device and system implementers looking to embrace Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8. Initially, Microsoft was looking to bring not only hardware and software designers, but also technology developers, engineers, teste... |
29 April 2010
09:13 GMT |
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Microsoft plans to release and update to the Internet Explorer 8 XSS Filter that will further bulletproof the browser against attacks. The Redmond company already took measures to address an issue impacting the XSS Filter. In this regard, the January security update to Internet Explorer (MS10-002) was designed to res... |
20 April 2010
07:43 GMT |
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Microsoft has published an excellent resource designed to help users boost the performance of Internet Explorer 8. It does fall on the Redmond company increasing the performance of Internet Explorer, but, at the end of the development process, customers that install the browser need to also fend for themselves. The &... |
9 April 2010
10:15 GMT |
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A game of chess is a simple analogy for software security efforts. Opponents move one at a time, and, as a general rule, one of them is at least a step ahead. There’s a continuous, silent race between hackers and software developers, the first seeking to break protections built into products, the latter aiming ... |
29 March 2010
09:02 GMT |
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One year after Microsoft gave the green light to Internet Explorer 8 downloads, a new release of the proprietary browser is up for grabs. The latest release of IE8 targets the embedded and componentized variant of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), referred to officially as Windows Embedded Standard 2009. “Intern... |
18 March 2010
13:01 GMT |
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More and more websites are fully compatible with Internet Explorer 8, and the list of those that play nice with the latest version of IE grows on a daily basis. After all, as of the start of the year, IE8 has been the browser most used worldwide, according to statistics from Net Application, which credits this specif... |
5 March 2010
03:55 GMT |
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Opera 10.x is the surprising no. 1 choice in terms of users preferences as the Best Major Desktop Browser in a survey performed by About.com at the start of this year. Over 50,000 people voted in the Reader's Choice Awards on a variety of topics including Best Major Desktop Browser, Best Mobile Browser, Best Ov... |
3 March 2010
11:05 GMT |
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As Microsoft is laboring to produce Internet Explorer 9, the company has revealed that, a year after launch, IE8 uses compatibility view for over 2,000 high-traffic websites, or the other way around, although more and more web developers are falling in line. In order to prevent IE8 from breaking the web, Microsoft ha... |
3 March 2010
10:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is kicking up a notch the latest iteration of Internet Explorer running on top of all supported Windows platforms, including Windows 7, in relation to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). The Redmond company has made available for download an update designed to correct problems identified in the native JSON f... |
24 February 2010
03:15 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 running on top of Windows 7 is incompatible with Drive Letter Access. Specifically, the browser fails to play nice with the Drive Letter Access add-on, an exception which becomes obvious as users with the extension installed will click on links in IE8. In such a scenario, users will be presented w... |
22 February 2010
05:55 GMT |
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Hackers will take turns at breaking into computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X Snow Leopard via browser-related security holes at this year’s Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, starting on March 24th 2010. This year, the Pwn2Own organizers have... |
16 February 2010
10:53 GMT |
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft introduced a feature designed to allow end users to easily hide their browsing history from people sharing the same computer. However, even though IE8 came with the promise of complete browsing privacy, components intimately connected with the browser, such as Adobe F... |
12 February 2010
05:05 GMT |
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Microsoft is permitting a high degree of flexibility when it comes down to building custom Internet Explorer 8 browser packages. By leveraging the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8, the latest version of IE can be personalized in accordance with specific preferences, the resource offering various options, includ... |
9 February 2010
09:44 GMT |
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Believe or not, but Microsoft is right in line with companies and governmental organizations that advice Internet Explorer 6 users to dump the decade-old browser. In fact, the Redmond company has always labored to convince customers to embrace the latest iterations of its products, and with the latest move the softwa... |
3 February 2010
10:33 GMT |
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Some customers that will attempt to view media files using default Windows 7 components such as Internet Explorer 8 and Windows media Player, will find, that in certain scenarios they will be unable to do so. Microsoft explained that the improper configuration of IE8 and Windows Media Player could prevent end users ... |
3 February 2010
08:57 GMT |
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Microsoft recommends that users of older releases of its browser upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 in order to leverage the version’s advanced security features and mitigations and be better protected against exploits targeting a new 0-day security vulnerability in IE. In addition, the Redmond company notes that u... |
19 January 2010
10:05 GMT |
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In addition to the plain vanilla flavor of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft and company partners are also offering for download versions of the browser tailored to specific websites. In the past, Softpedia users have been able to read about a variety of custom IE8 releases offered either by the software giant or by var... |
8 January 2010
11:18 GMT |
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There’s a limit to how much users are able to reduce the size of Internet Explorer windows, and the browser will simply not go any smaller. Both Internet Explorer 7 and IE8, including the default browser of Windows 7 are restricted to a minimum window of 250 pixels in width. When it comes down to height however... |
29 December 2009
10:28 GMT |
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Microsoft has patched no less than three security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 8 running on the latest iteration of the Windows client. But in addition to resolving security issues for Windows 7’s IE8, the Redmond company has also plugged additional IE security holes on supported versions of the ... |
9 December 2009
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft has readied a security bulletin designed to address a Critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, including the latest iteration of the browser running in Windows 7. The IE patch will, in fact, be the only one that will impact the successor of Windows Vista, as Windows 7 RTM is not affected by any of the s... |
4 December 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to beat the drum of Internet Explorer 8’s superiority in terms of security compared to rival browser. The Redmond company has used the Black Friday and Cyber Monday days, and the boost in online shopping associated with the two post-Thanksgiving dates, to stress the importance of running a s... |
2 December 2009
04:42 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of Internet Explorer comes with enhanced security features compared to its predecessor, helping users stay secure while browsing. In both Windows Vista and Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8 is designed to run by default with low privileges, in the context in which User Account Control... |
27 November 2009
04:58 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 is an excellent tool for online shoppers to stay on top of the best offerings from eBay this holiday season. Via a partnership between Microsoft and eBay, online shoppers can leverage the latest version of the Internet Explorer browser in order to make sure that they are updated constantly on the ... |
26 November 2009
07:20 GMT |
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It’s unlikely the Internet Explorer 9 will natively support mouse gestures, since Microsoft hasn’t really warmed up to such functionality with the existing iteration of its proprietary browser. However, while users could certainly put mouse gestures support for IE9 on their wish list, there is already an ... |
18 November 2009
06:16 GMT |
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Later today, November 18th, 2009, Microsoft will deliver the first taste of the next iteration of its proprietary browser. The Redmond company is looking to share plans about the successor of IE8, namely Internet Explorer 9 on the second day of the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles. It was Ray Oz... |
18 November 2009
02:56 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 little shy of praising the latest version of the AVG Security Toolbar for Internet Explorer as a “great example of the Guidelines for add-on developers in action.” According to Paul Cutsinger and Herman Ng, from the IE team, the AVG Security Toolbar team is setting a new standard in ter... |
7 October 2009
05:55 GMT |
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Google announced only a few days ago that users of Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8 could try an improved functionality of their browser, with a Chrome Frame that basically enables them to run Chrome within Microsoft's IE. Through this plug-in, advanced features like HTML 5 will be available for those who are stuck w... |
24 September 2009
13:12 GMT |
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