Tag: IE
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
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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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.
Take That, EU. Internet Explorer is Optional
The latest Windows 7 Build 7048 offers a pleasant (and not announced) change. You can now actually remove Internet Explorer 8 from Windows.
To uninstall Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7
Go to Control Panel
Open Programs
Click Turn Windows features on or off
Deselect Internet Explorer 8 Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 9 Code Named Triton?
During the old interview on Internet Explorer’s ACID2 pass, interviewer congratulates IE team and mentions “Triton” (3:25), the codename of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). Of course, that could be just a spelling mistake (Trident) or he actually knows something.
Check video here.
What do you think?
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February, 2009 – Internet Explorer, Safari Loses; Firefox, Chrome, Opera Gains
As the new month begins, Net Applications has yet again updated their stats on web browsers market share. Let’s see what had happened in the February, 2009
Internet Explorer has slowed down its market share decrease and fell only by 0.04%, from 67.55% to 67.51%
Firefox continues to climb up and increased its market share by 0.2%, from 21.53% to 21.73% Continue Reading
Safari 4 vs. Firefox 3 vs. Google Chrome vs. Opera 10, 9.6 vs. Internet Explorer 8, 7
Nate Lanxon from CNet UK has benchmarked Safari 4 Beta, Firefox 3, Mozilla’s Minefield, Google Chrome, Opera 9.6 (note on Opera 10 results were added to article later), Internet Explorer 8 and 7 using SunSpider suite. Continue Reading
Google Joins EU, Microsoft Case as a 3rd Party
Well, it looks like Google has joined Mozilla in the Microsoft and EU antitrust case as a 3rd party.
Sundar Pichai said:
“This is because Internet Explorer is tied to Microsoft’s dominant computer operating system, giving it an unfair advantage over other browsers. Compare this to the mobile market, where Microsoft cannot tie Internet Explorer to a dominant operating system, and its browser therefore has a much lower usage”
There are also some interesting comments over there, for instance: Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 64 bit (x64) vs. 32 bit (x86)
After posting Firefox 64 bit vs. 32 bit results, it’s time to check how well does Internet Explorer 7 64 bit compete against its less advanced brother, Internet Explorer 7 32 bit (x86). Continue Reading
