By Robert, on March 22nd, 2010%
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Microsoft has seen market-share for Internet Explorer decline in certain European markets following the March release of a “Web browser choice screen” designed to give Windows users in the EU a selection of browsers other than Internet Explorer, according to Web analysis firm StatCounter.
The ballot screen was introduced as an automatic download to European . . . → Read More: Microsoft has seen market-share for Internet Explorer decline in certain European
By Robert, on March 17th, 2010%
If you’re thinking about running the IE9 Platform Preview, don’t try installing it on any nearly-decade-old operating systems (I’m looking at you, XP): If you do, you’ll get to a dialog stating “Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview does not support any operating system earlier than Windows Vista SP2.” And of course, don’t even think about versions . . . → Read More: IE9 Platform Preview won’t run on XP
By Robert, on March 15th, 2010%
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If you’re on Facebook you’ve probably gotten a notification or two that a friend can now see who is looking at their profile “and it really works!” Actually, “and it really works” is usually “AND IT REALLY WORKS,” because everything is more convincing when shouted!
So, can your friends tell if you’ve been stalking them? Facebook says . . . → Read More: Facebook stalking?
By Robert, on March 13th, 2010%
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In the face of ongoing attacks, Microsoft updates its security advisory for an Internet Explorer vulnerability a day after a security researcher published exploit code for the vulnerability on the Internet.
Ongoing attacks targeting a new zero-day bug in Internet Explorer and the presence of exploit code on the Web prompted Microsoft March 12 to update . . . → Read More: Microsoft updates its security advisory for an Internet Explorer vulnerability
By Robert, on March 3rd, 2010%
Open-source software is one of the great success stories of the past few decades. The Apache HTTP Server is the world’s most popular Web server, Linux has more than held its own against Unix and other proprietary operating systems, and Mozilla’s Firefox browser has given Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer strong competition over the years.
Could the same philosophy . . . → Read More: Open Source solutions