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Internet Explorer 8 was released at noon on Thursday and users have already flooded the pages of Microsoft’s feedback pages with complaints.  It hasn’t done too hot with Pwn2Own and got hacked easily.  Although many problems were supposed to be resolved during the beta testing phase, it still seems that… Continue Reading »

Wednesday was day one of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest, and the results are in.  Using fully patched copies of Safari, IE8, and Firefox, hackers broke them all.  They each failed to what is called hacker “Nils.” The Pwn2Own contest challenges experts in security to find and exploit vulnerabilities in… Continue Reading »

That is one descriptive title.  It totally explains the content of this post.  Microsoft has recently come out with its IE8 and I’m sure Firefox is shaking in its boots (if Firefox had boots and actually was afraid of Redmond).  Either way, it means that IE6 is even more outdated. … Continue Reading »

And the boys continue to fight over who’s is bigger.  I wonder if they all drive red cars?  This latest round in the Google/Microsoft bru-haha features Google wanting to hop in bed with those battling Microsoft in an effort to prove antitrust charges having to do with the software giant’s… Continue Reading »

After surviving US and European Antitrust lawsuits for bundling their Internet Explorer browser with Windows, Microsoft is finally feeling the hit from a group they never expected — the consumer.  It seems that less and less people are using the built in IE browser and are switching to better browsers,… Continue Reading »

What the?  In an obvious attempt to promote their own Chrome browser, Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 and run Firefox or Chrome instead.  With these other browsers, Google promises that Gmail will run “twice as fast.”  Additional perks of the switch include fast JavaScript… Continue Reading »

Need a toolbar?  No?  I didn’t think so.  MySpace figures you do need a toolbar.  If your life is still on MySpace, the toolbar will let you get updates on your friend’s activities, automatic login, links to MySpace services and is powered by Google. The toolbar works with Firefox 2.0… Continue Reading »

According to a source, you can opt into the new Netflix Watch Instantly movie player.  The source is The Official Netflix Blog, so it’s probably accurate.  This brings Netflix’s movie player to OS X for the first time (without running Windows) by using Microsoft’s Silverlight. If you’re a slider and… Continue Reading »

Walt Mossberg is the personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal who has been a very influential reviewer of tech products for some time.  If you release a tech product and you want it to be successful, a good review from Walt Mossberg is a big step in the… Continue Reading »

Bill Gates promised frequent updates way back when they were doing the final testing of IE7. Yet somehow, it’s been almost two years before they finally released the beta mode of Internet Explorer 8 just today. Some will hurrah, some will cringe, some won’t care one way or the other.… Continue Reading »