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  • No HTML5 crown for IE9 yet, W3C says

    Following the flurry of reports early this week that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 had bested key competitors in the browser arena on early HTML5 compatibility tests, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has cautioned that the results of those tests are far too preliminary to form any kind of basis for conclusions.

    Written by Katherine Noyes05 Nov. 10 06:05
  • What you need to know about new IE zero-day

    Internet Explorer is under attack again. Microsoft has issued a security advisory explaining a newly-discovered exploit impacting most versions of the Internet Explorer Web browser. The security advisory contains details about the threat, as well as some guidance to protect vulnerable browsers pending a patch from Microsoft to fix the hole.

    Written by Tony Bradley04 Nov. 10 04:04
  • Hackers exploit unpatched IE bug with drive-by attacks

    Microsoft today warned that attackers are targeting Internet Explorer (IE) with an exploit of a critical unpatched vulnerability in all current versions of the browser.

    Written by Gregg Keizer04 Nov. 10 05:11
  • Firesheep not evil, says snooping tool's maker

    The security researcher who created the Firesheep snooping tool defended his work today, saying it's no one's business what software people run on their computers.

    Written by Gregg Keizer03 Nov. 10 07:16
  • IE9 and Chrome 7 top early HTML5 tests

    The newly released sixth preview of Internet Explorer 9 best handles the forthcoming HTML5 standard, followed by Google's Chrome 7 Web browser, according to recent early tests by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

    Written by Katherine Noyes03 Nov. 10 04:28
  • Chrome: Switch to new tab

    When you right-click a link in Chrome and select Open link in a new tab -- or if you point to the link and click the wheel rather than one of the buttons--the browser will open that link in a new tab.

    Written by Lincoln Spector29 Oct. 10 02:05
  • Mozilla: No 'kill switch' for Firesheep add-on

    Mozilla today said it wouldn't -- or couldn't -- pull a "kill switch" to disable the Firesheep add-on that lets anyone steal log-on and account access information to Facebook, Twitter and other major Web services.

    Written by Gregg Keizer28 Oct. 10 06:09
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