by certifiedbug on September 2, 2008
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A few first impressions, Chrome on a Vista machine.
The Incognito window is interesting, although businesses may not take to employees surfing without leaving a browsing history.
The UI is clean and compact. This beta does not give the option to set a master password to hide passwords from other users.
Opening a tab shows the nine most recently opened tabs and on the right-hand side, “Recent bookmarks” and “Recently closed tabs”.
As this is Google I’d expect contextual sponsored search items may be placed on the page at some point.
Chrome uses a “powerful engine” built for handling Javascript, named ‘V8′, which sandboxes the code running in each tab and prevents one tab from crashing another. Each tab opens a page that is self contained.
Installed on Vista, Chrome is a whopping 46.5 MB.
In contrast, my Firefox is 23.7 MB and Opera-5.61 MB.
Google’s Comic book. Chrome Download
by certifiedbug on August 22, 2008
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Opera 9.52 is a recommended security and stability upgrade.
The patch closes 7 holes in Opera for Windows, 5 holes in Opera for Mac OS X, and 6 holes in the Linux version.
Extremely Severe Advisory, Opera for Microsoft Windows.
When Opera is registered as a handler for a given protocol, it can be started by external applications. In some cases, being started in this way can cause Opera to crash. To inject code, additional techniques will have to be employed.
This vulnerability is fixed by upgrading to Opera 9.52.
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Changelog for Windows
by certifiedbug on July 28, 2008
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Cuil (pronounced kewl)
Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil.
http://www.cuil.com/
http://www.cuil.com/info/
The layout is very different from Google, Live Search and Yahoo’s, it’s a magazine style popular with bloggers, complete with tabs.
Typed spyware into the search box.
We didn’t find any results for “spyware”
Some reasons might be…
* a typo. Please check your spelling.
* your search includes a term that is very rare. Try to find a more common substitute.
* too many search terms. Please try fewer terms.
Finally, try to think of different words to describe your search.
Update
A few hours later Cuil produced 317,325,062 results for spyware.
Google produced results 1 - 10 of about 94,900,000 for spyware. But Cuil was just launched and looks promising, especially with the founders’ credentials.
The super-stealth search project was founded by highly respected search experts. Husband and wife team Tom Costello (CEO) and Anna Patterson (VP Engineering) were joined by Russell Power. Patterson and Power are also ex-Google employees, and the company has been the subject of intense speculation over the last couple of years.
TechCrunch.com: Cuil Exits Stealth Mode With A Massive Search Engine
by certifiedbug on July 16, 2008
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Release Notes
Upgrading Firefox
Automatic updates
By default, Firefox is configured to automatically check for updates for itself.
1. When an update is available, the Software Update dialog is automatically displayed. It contains a list of updates for Firefox components that are installed on your system. To begin updating your software, click OK. The new versions of any selected updates are downloaded and installed.
2. When the install process is complete, you must restart Firefox. To close Firefox and re-open it, click Done.
3. After Firefox restarts, all updated versions of Firefox components are available.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
by certifiedbug on July 3, 2008
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Opera 9.51 is a recommended security and stability upgrade
Fixed an issue where functions could reveal data from random places in memory, as reported by Philip Taylor. See our advisory.
Fixed an issue that could be used to execute arbitrary code, as reported by Billy Rios. Details will be disclosed at a later date.
Security status is now correctly set when navigating from HTTP to HTTPS.
Corrected an issue related to OCSP and CRLs that would lower security.
Note: This will take effect with the weekly update, or when checking manually for an update
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by certifiedbug on June 24, 2008
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Based on a Google blacklist, Firefox 3 blocks sites known to spread malware.
Firefox in action.
by certifiedbug on June 21, 2008
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by certifiedbug on June 18, 2008
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According to Tipping Point’s Zero Day Initiative, the vulnerability was reported within the first five hours of Firefox 3’s release.
While Mozilla is working on a fix, we wont be divulging anything else until a patch is available, adhering to our vulnerability disclosure policy. Once the issue is patched, we’ll be publishing an advisory here. Working with Mozilla on past security issues, we’ve found them to have a good track record and expect a reasonable turnaround on this issue as well.
by certifiedbug on June 17, 2008
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3.0 does not show on Mozilla as of writing, and my browser’s internal updater did not find a new version.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
I downloaded Firefox 3.0 from File Hippo:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/
Most of my add-ons worked after installation, a couple were updated shortly thereafter.
If you like to use duplicate tabs and the add-on is not yet compatible with the latest upgrade, Firefox 3.0 allows Ctrl+Drag Tab for placement.
by certifiedbug on June 15, 2008
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http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/security/
In Opera 9.5, Fraud Protection is enabled by default, automatically detecting and warning you about fraudulent Web sites. Fraud Protection is powered with phishing information from Netcraft and PhishTank, and Malware protection from Haute Secure.
Opera now supports EV Certificates. Issued under stricter criteria, they provide added assurance for EV enabled web sites, that they are who they claim to be.
http://www.opera.com/download/
