May 18, 2012

Firefox Beta Tests Add-on Hotfix Feature

Starting with Firefox 10, Mozilla will start delivering hotfixes for its web browser, via an add-on, in order to have fewer full updates pushed to users. Firefox beta users are the first testers of the feature, as Mozilla pushes today an automatically

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Download Avant Browser 2012 build 21

The latest development of Avant Browser 2012, build 21, brings to the table a small set of fixes. These attend to issues affecting both the inherent functionality of the application and the layout engines it integrates.

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Imperva Warns of XSS Vulnerability in IE

Microsoft says the problem is not considered a vulnerability. Share Imperva researchers are warning of a problem with the way double quotes are encoded by Internet Explorer that can allow hackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks

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IE URI encoding behavior facilitates XSS attacks, researchers say

An inconsistency in how Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) encodes double quotes in URIs (uniform resource identifiers) can facilitate cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, researchers from security firm Imperva claim. “Internet Explorer (IE) doesn’t

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Google’s protest today: Now that’s a way to send a message

If you pulled up Google today, you got a black banner a across the top portion of the search page — a protest against a controversial Internet piracy law, which I late last month. And the more I l andi ts implications, I say Go Goggle et al. The

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Frugalware 1.6 RC1 Has Firefox 9.0.1

Frugalware, a general purpose Linux distribution, designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode), is now at version 1.6 RC1. Frugalware 1.6 RC1, codename Fermus, has just a few important updates and hundred of smaller fixes

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Google’s Guide on How to Take Down Your Site Correctly, for SOPA or Maintenance

SOPA has been put aside for now, or so it seems, but several major websites are still going through with the blackout protest. Smaller websites have joined in as well

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Google’s Guide on How to Take Down Your Site Correctly, for SOPA or Maintenance

Facebook and Google’s Delhi HC hearing adjourned till January 19

Google and Facebook attended the hearing of their petition at the Delhi High Court today, which they’d filed to challenge the court’s order to prosecute them for hosting objectionable content. The hearing was adjourned till January 19, with the two

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User Data Privacy Is a Top Concern as Mozilla Branches Out Beyond Firefox

Mozilla has always been more than Firefox, but the organization is about to spread out even more this year. Mozilla is working on several things that should make the web better for users, but they are not strictly related to Firefox. What’s more, they

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Flickr Drops Support for Google’s Picnik, IE7 and Firefox 3.6

Flickr has big plans this year, at least that’s what it’s saying in its “New Year’s Cleaning” blog post. Big and wonderful new features are coming this year, but it’s got to get rid of some of the older and rarely used ones first, it says. Flickr has

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Flickr Drops Support for Google’s Picnik, IE7 and Firefox 3.6