Optimised ITPosts Tagged ‘browser’
Apr 7
Mozilla Crackdown on Slow Add-Ons
In a recent blog post, Mozilla has announced a crackdown on slow Firefox add-ons. Mozilla’s add-ons product manager Justin Scott said: ‘We’ve updated our Performance Best Practices and have begun reaching out to developers of slow add-ons and asking them to work on performance,’ says Scott.… read more
Mar 11
Google Releases Chrome 10
Google has released Chrome version 10, its popular internet browser. While Google offers a fairly regular schedule of Chrome updates; around every six weeks, this version has a number of new features. It is notable for a significant increase in JavaScript performance, and in the V8… read more
Jan 5
Firefox Dominant Browser
According to analytics company StatCounter, Firefox has overtaken Internet Explorer as the number one browser in Europe. Firefox took 38.1% of European market share in December, compared with IE’s 37.5%, the research found. IE has been displaced from the top spot due to the popularity of Google’s… read more
Mar 30
Microsoft Releases Emergency IE Fix
Microsoft has released an emergency fix for a zero-day vulnerability in its Internet Explorer web browser. The flaw allows remote attackers to take full control of a target machine simply by directing users to a malicious website. However, according to CNet, it doesn’t affect users… read more
Mar 12
Microsoft Offers Internet Browser Choice
Microsoft has agreed to let users choose which internet browser they want to use, as part of an agreement to head off anti-trust action aimed at watering down any advantage to be had from its estimated 90% share of the operating system market. As many of you may… read more
Jan 20
Government Warns Over Internet Explorer Use
The French government has advised its public to stop using the Microsoft browser Internet Explorer, over security concerns. The warning comes after the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) expressed concern over the security of the browser. Internet Explorer’s vulnerability could allow hackers to… read more
Jan 12
Firefox Most Popular Web Browser
According to figures released by analytics and site tracking tool StatCounter, Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is now the single most popular web browser currently in use in the world. As reported over on The Next Web, Firefox 3.5 has overtaken Microsoft’s… read more
