Security researchers Nicholas Carlini, Adrienne Porter Felt, and Prateek Saxena reviewed 50 popular and 50 random Chrome extensions from the official Chrome Web Store for security vulnerabilities and discovered that 27 of the 100 extensions “leak all of their privileges to a web or WiFi attacker”. These 27 extensions account for a total of 51 [...]
The State of Windows 7 Two Years After Release
Back in October 2009 Microsoft released the long awaited and highly acclaimed Windows 7 operating system. Unlike Windows Vista, the operating system’s immediate predecessor, Windows 7 managed to do what where Vista failed: Snag away market share from Windows XP. Depending on which statistics you look at Windows 7 is installed on 39% (Statcounter), 42% [...]
Relieve Stress With Destroy The Web For Firefox
We have all been in the situation where something on the Internet is not working out as it should. Maybe it is that captcha that you read wrong for the fifth time, the long comment that you wrote that would not post or that darn website that just won’t open at all. While some may [...]
Opera 12 First Look
The last Opera release dates back to the end of August, which seems like ages in times when browser developers push out new versions of their browser in weeks instead of months or even years. News about the next Opera browser version and Opera Software in general have almost come to an halt in that [...]
Using GFI Backup Free Edition to Backup Files to an External Drive
Backing up data on your computer is important and most users know this. Windows features a backup utility that allows you to backup your system and files. This is a useful utility but sometimes you might find that it does not completely backup your files or an error occurs. If you need to backup your [...]
Microsoft Patch Day October 2011 Overview
Microsoft releases Windows updates on the second Tuesday of the month. A total of eight different security bulletins have been released today by Microsoft. They update the operating system Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products such as the .NET Framework, Microsoft Silverlight and Internet Explorer. Two of the eight bulletins have been given the highest [...]
Microsoft Launches Browser Security Website
Microsoft have launched a new website aimed at helping people identify how secure their web browser really is. www.YourBrowserMatters.org will tell visitors in a simple score from 0 to 4 just how secure they are when they go online. In a blog post today, the company said that 24.4% of all web browsers are outdated [...]
Tintii Photo Filter, Picture Highlighter
Sometimes you may want to highlight a specific area of a photo that you have taken with your digital camera. Maybe it is a photo of your family in a garden, a sight at your most recent holiday destination or your dog doing a crazy stunt in the park. Tintii Photo Filter is an Open [...]
Bing Daily Deals Launched In 12 US Cities
While some experts say that daily deals sites are already fading away again others say that their boom will continue in the next years. Microsoft with its Bing search engine certainly thinks that there is money to be made as they have just launched Bing Daily Deals in twelve US cities. Cities included in the [...]