Given all the variations of Internet Browsers out there these days, many computer users have more than just one browser installed, complete with differing bookmarks, add-ons, etc. Whether a PC user makes use of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Opera, there should be a tool one could use to backup all [...]
09.17.09 | Computer Tips And Tricks | admin
A study today found that users of the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Web browsers are far more likely to be surfing the Web with the latest, most protected versions of the browsers than users of either Opera or Safari. Researchers at c Switzerland and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology studied through anonymized logs [...]
06.20.09 | Software Review | admin
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 | admin
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 | admin
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 | admin
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 | admin