Mozilla released two new versions of its browser on Tuesday,Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12, to close 10 critical security vulnerabilities in each and to help website operators block a risk called clickjacking. Read more »
Adobe Reader will soon have an additional layer of protection against the many attacks that target the popular PDF viewer. Read more »
Symbian, the Nokia smartphone operating system that's been languishing outside the limelight hogged by Apple's iOS and Google's Android, announced a significant move on Monday to try to reclaim some of its lost relevance. Read more »
Google has announced DevFest AU, a week of free "mini-conferences" at its offices in Sydney. Read more »
Fewer than three weeks ago we wondered aloud if Opera Software's bid to get its Opera Mini browser into Apple's iPhone App Store was pure folly, or a gamble that Opera could actually win. On late Monday, Opera (and Apple) proved doubters and naysayers wrong (like me, I'll admit) when it approved Opera Mini for iPhone. Read more »
Aiming to keep pace with Microsoft and advance the computing frontier, the group behind OpenGL has announced a new version of its interface designed to make advanced graphics easier for programmers to handle. Read more »
Microsoft is looking into reports that some Windows Live customers may have gotten access to other users' information. Read more »
A disagreement between Google and Mozilla is making a once-obscure debate into a real issue for those who watch web video or host it on their own sites. Read more »
Mozilla debuted Firefox 3.6 on Thursday, introducing significant under-the-hood changes that make it faster, help it render content better and a few visual tweaks, as well. Read more »
Enterprise adoption of netbooks running Google's Chrome OS will follow the path of its hosted apps, in which small businesses were the initial adopters, says a company executive. Read more »
The list of handy browser extensions just keeps growing. Here are a few good choices, including several of the new collections. Read more »
Switching proxy functionality on and off in Firefox can be something of a chore using the default menu interface. The QuickProxy extension eliminates the need to jump through several hoops to get to the goal. Read more »
The author describes how he used the WebBrowser control to parse HTML to extract data from it. Here are some of the issues he faced on this simple project. Read more »
The open source community has a lot to offer, and not just to Linux users. These 10 outstanding Windows tools can make your life easier (for free). Read more »
This article walks you through the easy steps for changing the application defaults associated with certain file types in the GNOME desktop. Read more »
With the release of its Public DNS, Google says it has developed a new way to resolve DNS queries. It could translate into faster web browsing. So, how does it work? Read more »
Compromising websites has become the cybercriminals' favourite method of getting malware installed on computers. Here are 10 ways to beef-up Firefox that will make it more difficult for the bad guys. Read more »
A months-old Microsoft security faux pas rears its ugly head, and Firefox users pay the price. Read more »
How much paranoia you employ in web cookie management determines how much work you must put in, and which strategies you'll use. Read more »
If you've never given your file manager much thought, maybe it's time to look at the wide range of features offered by Linux file management tools. Read more »
We show you Flash-blocking add-ons so you can decide which websites run the Flash plug-in. Read more »
When Google introduced a Web browser earlier this fall, the debut was accompanied by much expectation as well as by much skepticism. But Chrome is starting to win over more converts -- including CNET News' Stephen Shankland, who explains why on today's CNET News Daily Debrief with Charles Cooper. Read more »
We take a quick look at the new Web browser from search giant Google. CNET Webware's Josh Lowensohn takes you through some of its top features including the deeply integrated search, minimalist interface, and smart use of privacy. Read more »
Sun Microsystems demos new JavaFX powered applets at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Danny Coward and Ken Russell of Sun's Java SE team show how the new applets can be deployed within a Web browser or dragged over to the desktop. Read more »
-- The highlights from the Mobile World Congress and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »
-- Google is planning to enter the operating system market with Chrome OS, meanwhile Microsoft believes that the browser should start acting more like an operating system. Read more »
-- Google has announced a new Chrome Operating System, designed for the web and with a browser baked directly into it — so much so that the entire OS is named after it. But the search giant should watch out: this decision seems designed to attract antitrust attention. Read more »
-- In this week's Roundup we look at the launch of Wolfram Alpha, a new file-synchronisation service for Ubuntu and more. Read more »
-- In this edition of the Weekly Roundup we present some of the features coming up in Android 1.5, bring you more news about the next version of Microsoft Office and look at how Google is making its search faster. Read more »
-- In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
-- Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, but are that many people so in love with it? Meanwhile, the Flash player dominates its segment because lots of people find it to be a terrific. So might Adobe one day decide that the next logical step is to try its hand at building its own Web browser? Read more »
-- The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »
-- I still don't fully get the whole Web operating system concept. Why run an OS inside a browser when your browser is running in an OS to begin with? But AjaxWindows, a Web OS and application suite that launched today, makes a very good case for the Web OS. Read more »
-- One way or another, proprietary and open-source companies need an answer to SharePoint. Content is the center of the enterprise ecosystem, when all is said and done. SharePoint is Microsoft's answer for controlling the next decade of IT. Read more »
Yesterday was show and tell day for linux.conf.au with a pavilion full of gadgets, toys and cool stuff Read more »
Ubuntu Lucid Lynx makes a debut
Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Lucid Lynx, Apple slams Flash in an open letter and more in this week's Roundup Read more »
A hack brings Android to iPhone
Apple was put in the spotlight this week, with iPhone news dominating the scene. Read more »
Google Chrome increases printer voodoo
Google today revealed its plans for printing from within cloud-based Chrome OS, and every printer you have ever owned, used or sneered at from afar, has been rendered outmoded. Read more »
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