Category Archives: Browsers

Google Chrome to Start Labeling Non-HTTPS Sites “Not Secure”

Google Chrome browser version 56 will begin warning users of Non-HTTPS web pages. If you don’t have an SSL certificate for your site, let us help.

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Opera Web Browser Version 10

Opera might be third in the Web Browser wars, but they put out a really good product. Version 10 is the best one yet.

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Adobe Flash Player Clickjacking Vulnerability

The recently reported clickjacking vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player could also allow a hacker to remotely activate a computer’s microphone and webcam (meaning they could see and hear what you were doing). The Adobe Security Blog is reporting that a Flash Player patch should be available by the end of October and until it is […]

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Opera Browser Mouse Gestures

Since my recent Firefox issues, I have switched to using the Opera web browser and I must say that there are several features that have really impressed me. One is what Opera calls Mouse Gestures. By clicking a mouse button and moving the mouse in the prescribed direction at the same time, you can navigate […]

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Firefox Memory Leak

It may just be me, but is Firefox having some memory leak issues? I have noticed it over the past few weeks and today it has finally forced me to exclusively use my second favorite browser – Opera, which is a super browser in its own right. When I fire up Firefox, immediately 50Mb gets […]

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Apple Safari Beta Runs on Windows PCs

Apple is creating the new Safari Web Browser to run on Windows PCs. One can download it directly from Apple’s web site, which I did, with mixed results. I then uninstalled it after hearing about the security holes.

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New Firefox Vulnerability Reported

There has been a vulnerability found in the Firefox web browser that could allow a phishing web site [define Phishing] to appear authentic. This but was posted by Michal Zalewski on Full Disclosure, a security mailing list . A phisher could potentially manipulate authentication cookies and that could cause a malicious web site to appear […]

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Microsoft Patches Six Critical Flaws

When you are the world’s largest maker of software and your software runs on about 95 percent of the world’s computers, you are going to have to fix things on a regular basis. This month’s edition of Patch Tuesday brings us patches for 6 critical flaws in Microsoft software. The patches fixed holes in Windows […]

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Clear Your Web Browser Cache

This is a very basic tip about clearing your browser cache and so most readers already know how to do this. But, there are still some that do not know how to manually clear out the web browser cache so, here is a little how-to. First, your web browser cache stores information about all of […]

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Mozilla Teams Up with Kodak

Mozilla has teamed up with Kodak to create a photo sharing service. It is called “Firefox Companion for KODAK Gallery” (wow that is a long name). This new service will allow users to upload and share photos with other users online. They can also create photo books and calendars. It is a nice drag and […]

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