During the Pwn20wn contest at CanSecWest, three of the most used web browsers, Apple’s Safari version 3.2.1, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 8 and Mozilla’s Firefox version 3.0.7 were found to be vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution. One of the authors of these vulnerabilities is Nils, a computer science student, who discovered the vulnerability in [...]
04.18.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Mozilla has announced the first official release of its mobile Firefox web browser, codenamed Fennec. The release includes significant performance improvements that speed up rendering and increase the responsiveness of the user interface. Fennec’s user interface is designed to be finger-friendly and easy to use on touchscreen devices. It’s built with XUL, an XML-based user [...]
04.17.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Mozilla wants to speed up tasks in Firefox that typically start with a blank tab, i.e. searching, reading Web mail or navigating to a new site. Mozilla has come up with an extension, called “New Tab”. This puts likely destinations in a column down the side of the screen. Unlike other browsers
03.18.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Mozilla’s enjoyed one of the most successful launches in software history, with a record-setting 8.2 million downloads the first day it was available. 1. Minimize the toolbar Right-click the toolbar, choose Customize, and select Use small icons.
03.1.09 | Computer Tips And Tricks | Computerexpert
Going through Google’s search logs reveals that end users are generally unaware to security alerts, and largely update to secure browser versions based on the convenience of doing so. There have been important public debates about the morals of openly discussing unpatched vulnerabilities, and coders will happily boast about their ability to have a fix [...]
02.13.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
The main contenders continue to be Internet Explorer and Firefox with the recent addition of Google Chrome. Apple’s Safari browser continues to be a strong component in the Mac world. With Internet Explorer’s security history came the trustworthy Firefox browser and that too suffered from a few minor attacks. Recently IE has gained some credibility [...]
02.13.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Microsoft is rushing out an emergency patch, while other browser makers are releasing their own updates as well as people worldwide go online to do their shopping. Opera released version 9.63 of their browser, fixing several security issues. The most significant ones allow arbitrary code execution, making these just as critical as the Internet Explorer [...]
01.23.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
We never heard about security flaws in rival browsers to Internet Explorer, but this past week Firefox, Opera, and Safari all got patched as well, leaving only Google’s Chrome as the safer alternative after Microsoft released yet another critical update to IE. Firefox patched up four serious flaws in Version 2.0 and three in Version [...]
01.7.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
We never heard about security flaws in rival browsers to Internet Explorer, but this past week Firefox, Opera, and Safari all got patched as well, leaving only Google’s Chrome as the safer alternative after Microsoft released yet another critical update to IE. Firefox patched up four serious flaws in Version 2.0 and three in Version [...]
01.1.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
Mozilla has rushed out updates to plug a few serious holes in versions 2 and 3 of its popular source Firefox browser. Firefox 3.0.5. fixes three critical security flaws in the browser, while 2.0.0.19 stitches four critical vulns. The vulnerabilities in SessionStore, XSS and so-called JavaScript”privilege escalation” and crashes that could cause memory corruption have [...]
01.1.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
