Firefox adds new “health” feature
No, Mozilla is not going to diagnose your sinus infection, but it plans to help with the health of your Firefox web browser. It is not currently in the stable build, but the company is testing this new feature for…
First Look At Firefox 4.0 Beta 7
If you are using the Firefox 4 Beta edition then you may have noticed a couple days ago that Beta 7 became available. You may even have received it automatically. If you didn’t then go ahead and download it. I…
Microsoft Urges Users to Uninstall Netscape 8 (as if that were surprising)
Microsoft Corp. is urging Windows XP users to uninstall the new Netscape 8 webbrowser because it can conflict with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is claiming that the problem is with Netscape, rather than their own browser that invades the operating system like kudzu.
Internet Explorer Unsafe 98 Percent of the Time
ScanIT, an Internet security consultancy, reports Microsoft's Internet Explorer was unsafe 98 percent of the time, during 2004. The data were collected from 195,000 internet users who used ScanIT's online security checker. The reported 98 percent unsafe rating is based on security holes being found in fully-patched installations of Internet Explorer on every day of the year 2004, except the week between October 12 and 19.