Wikio - Browsers

637 million people use unsafe browsers (DV Hardware)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:15:35 GMT

A group of security researchers claim 637 million web users surf the web with outdated Internet browsers: Using data collected from Google Web searches and security firm Secunia, the researchers, Stefan Frei (of ETH, Zurich), Thomas Dübendorfer (Google), Gunter Ollmann (IBM ISS), and Martin May (ETH, Zurich), analyzed the browsers used in a new report (PDF). They did so in an effort to...

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Google Talk for iPhone in Firefox & other browsers (iPod Reviews Blog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:00:33 GMT

Google launched a version of Google Talk for iPhone and iPod Touch. New Version looks more like the regular Flash based Google Talk gadget.

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Firefox claims a 19% market share in the browser wars (Gadgetell)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:17:57 GMT

Section: Web , Downloads , Web Browsers Mozilla is growing, and it seems that in addition to the recent world record , which was set for the software downloads in a 24 hour time period, they have also risen to 19.03% of the market share. Mozilla saw an increase from 18.41% up to 19.03% from the end of May to the end of June. Of course, Firefox may be seeing an increase, which is at least partially...

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WTF! I need a new web browser!!!! (Fedora Planet)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:47:49 GMT

Today my computer’s browsers played termonuclear war. I’m frustrating! Firefox 3 Firefox is the most famous web browser on Linux system. IMHO is amost too weight and too much instable. Mozilla Foundation seems Ubuntu: great and effective marketing (made by a company) but poor development. It’s a great vaporware. I got any type of problems with Firefox 3 on my Fedora 9 (my user configuration...

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Operating systems and browsers on vowe dot net (vowe dot net)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:30:54 GMT

Stats for last week. Just a few thoughts: Mac OS X is much higher than market share suggests. More than four in five visitors are on Intel Macs. A lot more Mac visitors than Linux. A year after the release, Vista has not made much progress into the installed ...

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Explore : Blogs, OS X, Software, System Administration, Technology

Browsers need best-before date (QBS PC Help Blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:43:45 GMT

Internet browsers need a best-before date to prevent surfers using unsafe older versions, claims a group of security researchers. Over 600 million people are still using an older browser, leaving themselves open to malicious code and phishing attacks, claims a paper from the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory in Zurich. “Almost all users are familiar with the [...]

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Firefox grabs bigger slice of browser pie (the INQUIRER)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:23:52 GMT

Egan Orion the Inquirer , Friday 4 July 2008. 13:08:00 Internet Explorer losing its stranglehold MOZILLA FIREFOX now holds 19 per cent of the web browser market, according to web survey company Net Applications. Less than one per cent of Firefox's increase in popularity can be attributed to the release of Firefox 3.0, however....

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The Ultimate Tweaker's Guide To Firefox3 (IndianPad - Popular Stories)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:17:17 GMT

One of the main reason why Firefox has been so successful, is that you can tweak it to match your needs. Though there are another 12 million Firefox users out there, still you can make your Firefox installation unique, matching your personality. This short guide gives you a myriad of options that can be tweaked in Firefox 3. Read along.

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ScribeFire Firefox Add On is Blog Posting Tool (sellsius° real estate blog)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:07:01 GMT

How ScribeFire Works ScribeFire, an extension of Firefox, enables users to easily drag and drop formatted text from the Web into their blog(s), post entries, take notes, and optimize their ad inventory, directly through the Firefox browser. click the ScribeFire icon to open the editor(see below) You simply highlight the text you want and send it to [...]

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We're Number Two: Firefox Grabs More Market Share (Computerworld Blogs)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:59:51 GMT

Mozilla's successful attempt to set a world record for downloads of a single program, Firefox 3 was dumb. read more

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Opera 9.5.1 (Technibble)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:44:59 GMT

An update has been released for the Opera web browser. Its latest version is now 9.5.1 and it’s available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Lixux operating systems. A statement in the 9.5.1 change log states, “Fixed an issue that could be used to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Billy Rios. Details will be disclosed [...]

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Mozilla FireFox 3.0.1 build 1 (http://8download.blogspot.com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:34:00 GMT

Firefox is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and is based on the Mozilla codebase. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over Internet Explorer, such as the ability to block pop-up windows. Features in Firefox include : - Easy migration: Switching to Firefox has never been easier now that Firefox imports data like Favorites, history, settings, cookies...

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On blogging (Stranger Fruit)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:29:06 GMT

Regular browsers will note that things have gone very quiet here over the past few weeks. Truth be told, I'm a little burned out with the whole blogging thing and need time to re-evaluate and decide whether this is something I want to keep doing (either here at Scienceblogs or elsewhere). Hopefully, I'll figure things out sooner rather than later. Read the comments on this post...

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Invalid File Hash When Installing a Firefox Extension (CyberNet)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:02:28 GMT

Ever since we launched the CyberSearch extension I’ve been getting a ton of emails with recommendations on what I can do to make it better, and alongside those emails are also a few dozen from people who are having troubles trying to install it. What happens to them, and I’ve had this happen to me [...]

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Media player stream on Wii (BwT)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:42:27 GMT

hey guys i downloaded the internet channel on wii. i wanted to watch movies on stream using on the opera browser. but it wont let me play movies on windows media player? is there away to download some kind of addon or plugin?

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Firefox Mobile - Interview With Mozilla’s CEO (Linux and Open Source Blog)

E@zyVG™ — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:44:37 GMT

Mozilla’s chairman explains why mobile devices need an open-source browser. There’s no doubt that it’s getting easier to access the Web on a mobile device. Thanks to the iPhone and Apple’s Web browser, Safari, millions of people feel as though they finally have the Internet in their pocket. But there’s still a lot of work that [...]

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Google Talk for iPhone (USA) (Wireless Federation)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:25:12 GMT

After having created iPhone-focused versions of nearly all Google applications, Google has finally come out with a Google Talk application for iPhone. Google Talk for iPhone, designed specifically for Apple’s Safari browser on iPhone and iPod Touch, requires no installation. Prior to this, third-party instant messaging service providers like eBuddy offered Google Talk Mobile for the [...]

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Super charge your Firefox for faster web browsing (D' Technology Weblog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:41:16 GMT

Fast loading web pages while surfing the internet may have more to do with your web browser settings and preferences than your Internet connection speed. Try these easy Firefox tweaks and you’ll see that you’re surfing the Internet from 3 to 30 times faster! To get started, open your Firefox web browser. In the address/location bar [...]

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Mozilla and Opera issue security updates (BwT)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:05:05 GMT

, Posts: Two of the most well-known alternative browsers received security updates recently. On Thursday, Opera released version 9.51 , focusing mainly on stability and security issues. The latest version of the browser resolves problems with search engines when upgrading from Opera 9.2x and a stability issue when printing. It also fixes a previously undisclosed arbitrary code execution vulnerability...

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How To Use Firefox to Quickly Search In Google (Google Tutor)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:26:24 GMT

How to use Firefox search keywords to make searching from the location bar simple.

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