Tag: INTERNETEXPLORER

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Google not only dominates the search engine traffic rankings, but the site -- with an overwhelming 69-percent share -- also apparently reigns as the "king of malware." [From: PC World] The Snuggie people are actually welcoming, and openly asking for, continued Internet mockery. The new Snuggie Choice Film Awards will bestow ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple sold 300,000 iPads almost immediately after the device's release, and -- after just two months -- the tablet has reached another noteworthy sales milestone. Consumers have reportedly purchased 2 million iPads, a number that has certainly been aided by the gadget's recent European release. The ability for consumers to pay for the ...

We talk up the security of Firefox quite a bit around here, but don't misunderstand; Firefox is not impenetrable. In fact, a new, particularly devious phishing attack that manipulates browser tabs works best against the second most popular browser in the world. The attack, dubbed "tabnapping" by Firefox creative lead Aza Raskin, uses Javascript to replace the contents of a tab and its label. ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Amazon has been steadily unrolling an impressive arsenal of new Kindle apps, and a sneak preview of an iPad version just appeared today. Details concerning a Barnes & Noble iPad app have also emerged, including news that it will feature customizable color fonts and quick "finger swipe" page turns. [From: Engadget] Another ...

Get ready to say goodbye to an old friend, folks. Due to upgrades and advances, many companies and users are laying Internet Explorer 6 to rest. A simple software update works well enough, but some take it a little further. According to CNN, a Denver, Colorado company called Aten Design Group hosted a mock funeral Thursday for Microsoft's nearly defunct Web browser. About 100 people ...

Share Internet Explorer is no stranger to security vulnerabilities, but a flaw revealed by Microsoft on Wednesday is one of the most stunning we've ever seen. The flaw affects IE6, IE7, and IE8 on Windows XP as well as IE7 and IE8 on Vista and Windows 7 if protected mode has been disabled (though protected mode is turned on by default). The exploit would allow a hacker to access any file on ...

The German government, Web developers, and even Microsoft itself have all pushed the Internet browsing public to ditch Internet Explorer 6. Now Google is getting in on the action and taking drastic (but long overdue) action -- ending support for the browser across its line of productivity tools. Now, to be fair, Google is ceasing official support for several older browsers, including past ...

Share It doesn't seem like the the furor over China's recent cyber attacks on Google will ever die down. Last week, Microsoft patched up the vulnerabilities in its Web browser, Internet Explorer, that allowed the attacks. According to a report from Reuters, a Boston-based security research firm discovered yet more flaws that could leave Internet Explorer users open to similar malicious attacks. ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Under leader Hugo Chavez, Venezuela hasn't exactly developed a stellar reputation for promoting and protecting human rights. Despite that lack of concern for Venezuelans' civil liberties, Chavez is seeking to protect his nation's children from an apparent capitalist tool of the devil: the video game. Chavez (who has banned the sale ...

The German government has decided to hop on the blame-Microsoft bandwagon this week, and is urging citizens to use alternative browsers, instead of Internet Explorer. After the company admitted that security flaws in its Internet Explorer 6 browser were the point of entry for the attacks on Google in China, Germany decided to take the somewhat over-reactive step of warning users off of all ...

While Internet Explorer continues its rapid descent into obscurity, Chrome inched forward, passing Safari as the third most-used Web browser this past December. According to Net Applications, more users now use Chrome for everyday browsing than Safari -- 4.63 to 4.46 percent, to be exact -- an impressive development given Google launched its infant browser just 16 months ago. Chalk it up to ...

Although Microsoft's Internet Explorer usually places a sad, distant last behind more efficient browsers like Safari, Chrome, and even Opera in terms of performance, it has always led the pack when it comes to the all-important market share. Until recently, that is, when Mozilla's Firefox finally nudged IE out of the way and into second place. According to StatCounter, Firefox 3.5 now outranks ...

It's almost impossible to believe that it's been eight long years since Microsoft unleashed Internet Explorer 6 on the world and, according to Net Applications, it is still the most popular browser out there. Apparently, a full 23-percent of users are stumbling around the Interwebs with the creaky, toolbar aggregating, malware-inviting browser that came packaged by default with Windows XP. ...

With Chrome chugging along toward version 4.0 and Firefox 3.6 just around the corner, Microsoft is in danger of falling even further behind in the browser wars. The boys in Redmond released Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) earlier this year, and while it was an improvement over IE7, we were generally disappointed with its stability. Plus, it still was far behind its competitors in raw speed. Turns ...

The War of the Web Browsers mostly takes place on one battlefield: speed. And while Google's Chrome is the clear winner on that front, there are other skirmishes -- like those over add-ons and resource usage -- of which Firefox is the clear victor. Until now the only victories that Internet Explorer could claim were 'Largest Install Base' and 'Most Vulnerable to Hackers.' But tech blog AnandTech ...