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YouTube Parts With Internet Explorer 6

February 24, 2010

Google means business and soon end support for old browsers on YouTube, despite millions of users still surfing the ‘net with Internet Explorer 6 or other outdated browsers.
Back in 2009, Google announced how they intend to end support for old browsers because it slows down evolution (is that even the right word to use here?), [...]

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Internet Explorer 8 Now The Most Used Browser

February 2, 2010

Google recently announced how they plan to stop supporting Internet Explorer 6 as well as other older browsers from Firefox and Safari when it comes to Google products like Gmail, Calendar etc., during 2010.
Now, updated numbers from Net Applications show that IE 6, which was released 9 years ago, no longer is the most used [...]

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France Joins Germany In I.E. Warning – Opera Downloads Increases

January 20, 2010

BBC News reports that France has now joined Germany in their warning against web users browsing with Internet Explorer and also recommends users to find an alternative Internet browser until Microsoft has issued a patch to fix the security hole in the three Internet Explorer browsers.
While a switch to an alternative browser, such as Firefox, [...]

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Internet Explorer 8 Extends Laptop Battery Life

November 21, 2009

Who would have thought, there’s actually something that Internet Explorer 8 does better than the other browsers
When it comes to battery life on your laptop, surfing with Internet Explorer 8 is likely to provide you with 8% more minutes for surfing than if using Firefox 3.5.2. Safari 4 in Windows is the worst [...]

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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Available After Two Week Delay

November 2, 2009

Firefox 3.6 beta was supposed to be released around mid-October, but it took until now to have the first beta available for the public.
The new beta is based on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, coming to you with several new features and enhancements:

One-click change of browser appearance.
Now warns user if a plugin is too [...]

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Mozilla Raindrop – An Alternative To Google Wave?

October 26, 2009

Google Wave has been getting a lot of buzz in the world of tech lately, as more and more people are getting invitations and access to join Google Wave and try out the preview version.
Mozilla, the team behind applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird, now introduced their “alternative” to Google Wave. It’s called Raindrop. I’m [...]

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Firefox 3.6 Will Support Accelerometers – Beta Release Tomorrow?

October 14, 2009

Firefox 3.6 beta was supposed to be made available for download today or yesterday, but so far I haven’t been able to find a download link for it – I can only assume that it might come out tomorrow instead?
Firefox 3.6 comes with bug fixes as well as some interesting improvements such as a 22.8% [...]

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Upgrade Your IE 6 to Internet Explorer 8 And Feed 16 People

September 1, 2009

Microsoft wants more people to use their latest browser, Internet Explorer 8, and so far several TV commercials for the browser has aired.
Microsoft has since June elected to donate food for eight people for each time a person downloads Internet Explorer 8 via their Browser For The Better campaign. During September, they double that to [...]

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Vulnerability in Microsoft ActiveX Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution

July 8, 2009

Yesterday Microsoft announced that they are investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. If an attacker success in exploiting this vulnerability, he could gain the same rights as the local user. And now to the “sad” (and some what expected) part: When using Internet Explorer it could all happen without you knowing [...]

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