Sometimes you are interested in changes on a certain web page, instead of all of the contents that are posted on it. This can be helpful to monitor forum posts, website updates, new blog comments or any other webpage that may get updated. Diff-IE is a prototype add-on developed by Microsoft Research that adds capabilities [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Google have released the 8th version of their lightweight web browser, Chrome.  The new build 8.0.552.215 has a built-in PDF viewer and over 800 bug fixes.  There is also additional sandboxing that will add welcome security for Internet users. In a statement on their website they said… The Chrome team is happy to announce our [...]

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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer uses zones for security reasons. A total of four zones are available in the Internet Options that have their own distinct security settings. Why? Because security depends on lot on the connection the browser makes. The four zones that are available are Internet, for all connections to Internet sites and services, Local [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released a recommended update for its Internet Explorer 9 Beta browser via Windows Update. As you may recall, Internet Explorer 9 Beta is the only IE9 release with a full graphical user interface. The Internet Explorer 9 Previews come without full user interface but are on the other hand updated more regularly. These [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

Sometimes when you visit websites in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer you may be prompted to install an ActiveX Control to use some functionality on the site. It is usually described in the appearing prompt. ActiveX Controls are little add-on programs for Internet Explorer that add capabilities to the browser. Many ActiveX Controls add plugin-like features to [...]

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Neowin is reporting that new beta of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser has leaked to the web.  The new build, version 9.0.8027.6000 apparently began circulating on the weekend which meant, as it was apparently compiled on Friday 19th October, it must have leaked almost immediately having been finalised. Apparently there are new features including a download [...]

Categories: Internet Explorer, Microsoft

A report compiled by security company Bit9 has named the “dirty dozen” web browsers with the most discovered vulnerabilities, and the results, which have been posted by NeoWin come as something of a, well let’s face it, a major surprise. Bit9′s CEO, Harry Sverdlove said “A variety of vulnerability types – including buffer-overflow and cross-site [...]

Categories: Google, Microsoft

Vulnerabilities have moved into the focus of many Internet users. This time it is a new 0-day vulnerability for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that could allow remote code execution on the target system. The critical vulnerability affects all versions of the browser from Internet Explorer 6 to 8, but mitigating factors exist that protect the system [...]

Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer, Security

Microsoft has for years been accused of being shy about standard’s compliance.  For many years they said they could do the web better and, for many years the web went along with it. Recently though the company has taken a more pragmatic approach and has moved, slowly admittedly, towards full standards compliance.  With their next [...]

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