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Article | 29/09/2011 Firefox 7 seekers warned to beware of bogus website
If you're using a search engine today to find a download of Firefox 7, be careful about the results you click on. That's because a dubious website cal...
Article | 29/09/2011 Mozilla puts Firefox 7 on memory diet, patches 11 bugs
Mozilla yesterday patched 11 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Firefox as it upgraded the browser to version 7.
Article | 29/09/2011 Amazon announces $199 tablet, new Kindle E-readers
After months of hype, Amazon today announced the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch tablet with a $199 price tag. Amazon also refreshed its line of e-readers with ...
Article | 29/09/2011 Amazon's new Silk redefines browser tech
While the Kindle Fire tablet consumed much of the focus at Amazon's launch event Wednesday in New York, the company also showed off a bit of potential...
Article | 28/09/2011 Seven good reasons to upgrade to Firefox 7
Six weeks to the day after the official release of Firefox 6, Mozilla on Tuesday rolled out Firefox 7, the next version of its popular Web browser for...
Article | 28/09/2011 Microsoft promises patch to block BEAST attacks
Microsoft today said it will issue a Windows security update to plug a long-known hole in the protocol that secures websites.
Article | 27/09/2011 Consumers can opt for fewer Firefox releases
Although Mozilla will urge users to stick with Firefox's rapid release schedule, there's nothing in a current proposal to prevent them from adopting t...
Article | 22/09/2011 Adobe patches Flash bug hackers are already exploiting
Adobe on Wednesday patched six vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including one it admitted is already being exploited by attackers.
Article | 22/09/2011 DigiNotar dies from certificate hack caper
The Dutch company that was hacked earlier this summer by certificate thieves has gone bust and shut down, its U.S.-based owner said Tuesday.
Article | 22/09/2011 Mozilla ponders, rejects even faster Firefox release pace
A pitch to accelerate Firefox's rapid-release schedule even more -- cutting a week to ship a new version every five weeks -- was rejected by Mozilla, ...
Article | 16/09/2011 Windows 8 update: The end of Adobe Flash?
Microsoft appears to be taking a page out of Apple's play book saying it will dump plug-ins such as Adobe Flash from Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8...
Article | 9/09/2011 After digital certificate hack, Mozilla seeks reassurances
Following the high-profile hack of DigiNotar, the makers of the Firefox browser are asking issuers of digital certificates to take a hard look at thei...
Article | 26/08/2011 Mozilla: We won't ditch Firefox version numbers
Mozilla will not scrub the version number from Firefox's "About" box after all, putting an end to a often-heated debate that first surfaced two weeks ...
Article | 26/08/2011 Mozilla defends "rapid release" of Firefox versions
The release of a version of the Firefox browser every six weeks is found to be disconcerting, and at times potentially unmanageable by enterprises, th...
Article | 26/08/2011 Google Maps adds voice search to Chrome Desktop
If you talk to your desktop PC, it's probably for all the wrong reasons -- usually to hurl expletives at the machine for not working properly. Well, u...