Archive for March, 2009
eBay Scammers Work Unpatched Vulns in Firefox, IE
From TheRegister:
“eBay scammers have been exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in the Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers to deliver counterfeit pages that try to dupe people surfing the online auction house to bid on fraudulent listings.”
Continue reading at The Register
Check Hotmail in Safari 3 and 4
If you are a hardcore Hotmail and Safari user, then mail check issue is not a new thing for you. Fortunately, there’s a quick way to fix that.
Preferences > Show Menu Bar
Preferences > Advanced > Check “Show Develop menu in menu bar”
Once developer menu appears, go to:
Developer > User Agent and pick “Opera 9.63 – Windows”
This is it. Enjoy your browsing experience.
Firefox – Buggier but Fixes Issues Faster
During 2008 Firefox reported 115 flaws. That’s more than Safari (32), Opera (30) and Internet Explorer (31) combined. However, Firefox fixes the issues way faster than any other company.
The research was made by Secunia. (see pdf)
Via news.cnet.com
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New Tab Page Proposal for Firefox
After being introduced by Opera in the 2007, most of the other web browsers started to release their own modifications of speed dial. For example: Chrome’s Homepage or Safari’s Top Sites.
Firefox labs has decided to implement a speed dial like feature by default. No, not the on similar to Google’s Chrome home pages. Continue Reading
Firefox Reaches 100% Market Share in Antarctica
According to the latest StatsCounter stats, Firefox now has 100% market share in Antarctica. Continue Reading
Safari Reaches 10% Marketshare Mark for a Day
Despite the deceptive marketing campaign, Safari has reached more than 10% of the browsers marketshare.
That was done with over 11 million downloads and reaching a peak share of 10.91% on February 28, on Net applications.
For te full article at tgdaily.com
Opera Fingertouch + Video
Today Opera Labs introduced a new technology called Opera Fingertouch. As you might already guess from its name, it is a touch based technology.
From Opera Labs:
“Today we introduce Fingertouch, a technology designed to make interacting with the Web easier and simpler on these touch-based devices. Continue Reading
FSFE Engages in the EU Browser Case
From FSFEurope
“Free Software Foundation Europe today announces that it will support the European Commission’s antitrust investigation against Microsoft and to this effect it has formally requested to be admitted as an interested third party.”
Continue reading at FSFEurope
Thanks to mabdul for sending this.
Firefox 3.0.7 Released
As reported yesterday, Firefox 3.0x branch security and stability update 3.0.7 has been released and can be downloaded here.
Firefox 3.0.7 includes 3 new languages: Estonian, Kannada, and Telugu as well as various fixes.
For a complete list of changes, please check “What’s New in Firefox 3.0.7” section.
