news.idg.no - 10/16/2009
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An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves that browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week. One of the 13 security bulletins Microsoft released Tuesday affects not only Internet Explorer (IE), but also Firefox, ...
maximumpc.com - 10/20/2009
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maximumpc.com —
In just a few days, Microsoft at long
last will officially release Windows 7 to an eager...
public ready to put the Vista saga behind them. It's a been a long wait, particularly for those who opted to stick with XP until something better came ...
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hacks.mozilla.org - 10/13/2009
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hacks.mozilla.org —
One new feature that we’re including as part
of Firefox 3.6 is support for web pages to...
access machine orientation information if it’s available. As you can see from the demo above you can use it to figure out if the machine is moving and ...
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new device API for Firefox 3.6: orientation
news.cnet.com - 10/22/2009
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news.cnet.com —
(Credit: CNET News) NEW YORK--In a surprise move,
Microsoft has started selling computers and third-party software via...
its online store. It's part of a broader push to try to give Windows the kind of lift that Apple has gotten from its ...
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Microsoft starts selling PCs online
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Microsoft Plug-In Makes Firefox Vulnerable
I4U News —
... It's so hard to like Microsoft. Whenever I see pictures of the Courier or use Windows 7, I want to sing Redmond's praises from the highest mountain. Unfortunately, MS seems incapable as a company of doing something awesome without doing something else terrible. For example; it's just come out that Microsoft sneakily forced an update on Firefox users that makes them ridiculously vulnerable to being hacked. According to Computerworld, Microsoft released several updates in Febuary that affected both Firefox and IE, and one of the plug-ins MS pushed to Firefox added in a terrible ...
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... Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves that browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week. One of the 13 security bulletins Microsoft released Tuesday affects not only Internet Explorer (IE), but also Firefox, thanks to a Microsoft-made plug-in pushed to Firefox users eight months ago in an update delivered via Windows Update. Computerworld Best Buy loads up for Windows 7 launch I visited a Best Buy Friday night in Southern California ...
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Firefox 3.5: Out Now.
i4u.com 6/30/2009 — If you're reading this on Firefox right now, stop. Go to this website and download the Firefox 3.5 update. I'll wait right here for you.
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Today it is not only 20 years ago since the Berlin Wall fell, it's also the fifth anniversary of Mozilla's Firefox browser. In these five years Firefox has bit by bit eaten away marketshare from IE, according to statistics from Net Application the Firefox browser had a marketshare of 24.07 ...
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techspot.com 7/22/2009 — While 3.5 has brought a boost in speed, Firefox isn't the fastest Web browser around. It isn't the most secure browser either, nor is it the most used. Firefox's entire appeal is based on the fact that you can build it as you care to. More than any ...
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