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OS X errors are dangerous for Mac users
Computer science

OS X errors are dangerous for Mac users

A new bug found on OS X (Mac OS) can give hackers the opportunity to hack into and install malicious programs on the computer. This is the third security issue after app…

December 12, 2018
Memory leak is a ... feature of Firefox
Computer science

Memory leak is a ... feature of Firefox

Ben Goodger, one of Firefox's developers, said users' reactions to Firefox's memory usage have been around for a long time. Mostly in the way Firefox uses memory for tem…

December 12, 2018
Next to the browser is the 'battle' toolbar
Computer science

Next to the browser is the 'battle' toolbar

According to Roger Kay, president of Endpoint (USA), in fact, users of computers connected to the Internet all open a browser at least once a day and the toolbar contain…

December 12, 2018
Firefox 21 times safer than IE?
Computer science

Firefox 21 times safer than IE?

The ability of PCs to use Internet Explorer browser to be infected with spyware when surfing the web is 21 times more than the systems running Mozilla's open source Fire…

December 12, 2018
Mozilla launched Firefox 1.5.0.1
Computer science

Mozilla launched Firefox 1.5.0.1

The Mozilla Foundation has just released Firefox 1.5.0.1 - the latest version of this open source browser application. According to developer information, version 1.5.0.…

December 12, 2018
French police abandon Internet Explorer (IE)
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French police abandon Internet Explorer (IE)

France's 70,000 gendarmerie computers will switch to using Firefox and Mozilla's Thunderbird email browser. The gendarmerie chief technology officer, General Christian B…

December 12, 2018
Firefox 2.0 will be born next summer
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Firefox 2.0 will be born next summer

Ben Goodger, chief of Mozilla's Firefox development team, said the next version of the open-source browser will be available around the middle of this year. This informa…

December 12, 2018
Linux and Unix are severely flawed
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Linux and Unix are severely flawed

Over the weekend, security experts discovered a very serious flaw in Linux and Unix operating systems, capable of allowing hackers to remotely attack and hijack the syst…

December 12, 2018
Safari and Firefox invaded IE's market share
Computer science

Safari and Firefox invaded IE's market share

According to the survey conducted by NetApplications, in the past year, two Safari and Firefox web browsers are continuing to take over the market share of Internet Expl…

December 12, 2018
SSL security layer - new phishing tricks
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SSL security layer - new phishing tricks

Online scams have transformed in various ways from exploring browser vulnerabilities to penetrating and creating sites like legitimate web sites. Last year, network secu…

December 12, 2018
AllPeer, peer-to-peer tool for Firefox
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AllPeer, peer-to-peer tool for Firefox

A software company in the UK, AllPeers has developed a new peer-to-peer tool for open source browser Firefox. This is considered as the best thing for Firefox since Fire…

December 12, 2018
2005 signaled the decline of computer viruses
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2005 signaled the decline of computer viruses

Cybercrime now enhances the construction of spyware, in order to collect personal information for sale or self-exploitation later. Previously, virus writers only wanted…

December 12, 2018