Firefox nieuws week 40
Firefox 2.0 komt steeds dichterbij. Na vorige week de eerste Release Candidate is het deze week tijd voor RC2.
8 oktober
Firefox 2 RC2 Released Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 (RC 2), the latest preview release of the next version of the Firefox browser, is now available for download. ...
Vista and Firefox go RC2 Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK By Dean Pullen: Saturday 07 October 2006, 16:29. WE'VE BEEN PLAYING with Firefox 2 in beta form for some time, and downloaded the RC2 from here yesterday. ... See all stories on this topic
Help me solve my Firefox woes. Atomic - Australia ... Like today. Basically, firefox is a tad retarded when saving files - it seems to get a massive memory perfomance boost - hence slowing things down the system. ...
Mozilla Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 Available MozillaZine - USA Mozilla Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download. Users of Mozilla Firefox 2 Release Candidate 1 can upgrade ...
News for nerds, stuff that matters Slashdot - USA Shining Celebi writes "According to the Mozilla Developer Center, Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2 is available for download. This ...
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 release candidate 2 tweakers.net - Amersfoort,Netherlands De Mozilla Foundation heeft de tweede release candidate de deur uit gedaan van Firefox 2.0, ook wel 'Bon Echo' genoemd. Deze cross ...
7 oktober
Security Bites Podcast: Was the Firefox zero-day a hoax? CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA By CNET News.com Staff. Hackers demo a zero-day attack on Firefox, then admit it was a joke. Also, silence on the Apple Wi-Fi flaw ...
Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, October 6, 2006 ZDNet - USA ... This just came in, but Vladimir Vukicevic of the Firefox team just got back from Redmond on his visit to the Microsoft Open Source Lab. ...
Firefox JavaScript security "a complete mess"? More like a hoax ... Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA The current word: this is a hoax. Firefox is loaded with security flaws, according to a hacker duo that presented at this year's ToorCon. ...
The State of Security Threats on Web Browsers OSWeekly.com - Atlanta,GA,USA ... Of course, with Firefox breathing down their neck, Microsoft has basically been forced to make the product better, and Internet Explorer 7 is aiming to reclaim ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox Set Free in IceWeasel InternetNews.com - USA ... system as Free Software. It is now gearing up to provide a "free" version of Mozilla's (not-so-free) Firefox browser. The GNU version ...
Firefox 2.0 Inches Closer With an RC2 Download PC World - USA Mozilla just came by to talk about Firefox 2.0 and casually mentioned they were making release candidate 2 available today. You ...
Hackers dig into Firefox Computer Crime Research Center - Ukraine The open source Firefox web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said on Saturday afternoon. ... See all stories on this topic
Mozilla Strategizes With Microsoft On Security InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA Mozilla developers trekked to Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., campus this week to pow-wow about security, considering limiting Firefox's ability to install ... See all stories on this topic
TIBCO’s AJAX toolkit now supports Firefox 1.5 ADT Magazine - USA ... So with the “mainstream any day now, you just wait, I’ll show them, so I will!” ascendancy of Firefox, the fact that GI supported only one browser has ...
6 oktober
Open source trickle-down ZDNet - USA ... story. It is possible to build a credible office PC out of Linux, Open Office and Firefox, but only if you're a sophisticated user. ...
The Firefox development team returns from Redmond Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA Back in August, Ars reported that Sam Ramji, Director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, invited members of Firefox's development team to the Microsoft ...
Critical Firefox flaw exposed TG Daily - USA Chicago (IL) - According to media reports, a pair of hackers said on Saturday that the Firefox Web browser, commonly perceived as the safer and more ...
Tech Chronicles San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA ... Well that's front-page Digg material all the way. -- Write about how great Firefox is. When it comes to Firefox, no story is too ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox vulnerability claim was fabricated Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK A HACKER who told the Toorcon conference that Firefox was a complete security mess and couldn't be fixed has admitted that he made it all up. ...
First 13 minutes of Battlestar Galactica are online TV Squad - Santa Monica,CA,USA ... The video played for me in Internet Explorer, but had trouble with it in Firefox. 1. Looks interestting... BTW, it played fine for me in Firefox... ... See all stories on this topic
Don’t worry! Your firefox is safe… Blogger News Network - USA A pair of hackers created a sensation earlier when they announced that the Firefox Web browser, commonly perceived as the safer and more customizable ... See all stories on this topic
5 oktober
Daily News Podcast For Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006 Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA In today's daily news podcast, we present stories on a quad-core processor forecast, a Firefox flaw demo that was itself flawed, and McAfee complaining that by ...
Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE TechWeb - USA For the third consecutive month, Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox has posted a half a percentage point or more gain in market share, a Web metrics company said Wednesday ... See all stories on this topic
Firefox prank 'sploit disclosure (and wordless pancake recipe) Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA Yes, it's IT Blogwatch, in which a couple of self-styled hackers manage to throw the Firefox security team into a flat spin and make monkeys out of the press. ... See all stories on this topic
News -- News of FireFox Security Flaw Spreads (MUST SEE PHOTO!) ... Tablet PC Reviews - Batavia,OH,USA If you were on the web at all this weekend chances are you ran across a story about a potential security flaw in FireFox that could render it less secure than ...
Hype Surrounds Alleged Firefox Flaw NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA ... The discovery of vulnerabilities in the Firefox Web browser might not be as critical as they were made out to be by a pair of hackers who presented their ...
4 oktober
Firefox hack fraudster. Great. Let's talk about his name instead Mobile Digest - London,England,UK New reports claim that the Firefox hack discovery I reported yesterday is not entirely factual. Mischa Spiegelmock (I'm still not ...
Firefox Zero Day flaw a hoax HardwareGeeks.com - USA Yesterday the internet world was suckered into believing that FireFox had a serious flaw that could allow a users computer to be hi-jacked. ...
Hype Surrounds Alleged Firefox Flaw Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA Firefox, one of the most popular browsers on the planet, has its drawbacks but to have two hackers present overblown findings at a security gathering is pretty ...
Firefox critical flaw AME Info - United Arab Emirates Two hackers claim they have found a critical flaw in Firefox that is impossible to patch, according to Pocket Lint. The flaw would ...
Taiwan-based PChome becomes Mozilla Firefox's first portal partner ... DigiTimes - Taiwan ... with Mozilla Corporation, a global leading provider of open-source technologies and products, to facilitate Internet use by offering "Firefox for Portal 2.0 ... See all stories on this topic
MTB set to witness Firefox action Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India What has actually added thrill to this year’s action is the decision of Firefox, a leading manufacterer of spectacular bikes in the UK, to send its team to ...
Firefox Flaw a Hoax, Admits Speaker BetaNews - USA ... at a Toorcon security conference session last weekend has admitted that claims he and an accomplice made regarding an "unfixable" flaw in Firefox, and a video ... See all stories on this topic
Platform Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP Computeractive - London,UK ... that drives the code in Internet Explorer is pretty good, it's the user interface that's lacking compared to modern browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera. ... See all stories on this topic
3 oktober
Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox DigitalJournal.com - Canada The great thing about Firefox, it seems, is that a lot of people monitor flaws rather than exploit them. ... I use Firefox, and won't be switching anytime soon.
Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox Slashdot - USA An anonymous reader writes "The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon. ...
JavaScript security flaw potentially affects Firefox for Mac OS X MacFixIt (subscription) - Portland,OR,USA CNET reports on the presentation of a JavaScript security flaw -- which is really a variation of an old issue -- that potentially affects Firefox when running ...
Safari, Firefox Usage on the Rise, Hit High Point The Mac Observer - USA Safari and Firefox took back a little of the Web browser market form Internet Explorer in September, and are showing their highest numbers of the year. ...
Javascript vulnerability threatens Firefox VNUNet.com - UK Researchers have detected a potentially serious flaw in the way that Mozilla's Firefox browser handles Javascript. Two independant ... See all stories on this topic
ToorCon ("Firefox security is a mess") sponsored by Microsoft LXer - Kerrville,TX,USA Lately, I read the headline: "Open Source browser Firefox is so critically flawed that it is impossible to fix, according to two hackers." Further on, in the ...
Alleged 'unfixable' exploit in Firefox Help Net Security - Croatia An overflow of stories concerning an alleged Firefox 1.5 exploit hit the Web over the weekend, emerging from an underground users' conference in San Diego. ...
Tibco Offers Open-Source License For Ajax Toolkit InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA ... statement. In addition to the new licensing option, Tibco added new functionality to the toolkit, including support for Firefox 1.5. ... See all stories on this topic
IE More Secure Than Firefox? eWeek - New York, NY By Jim Rapoza. "Firefox has more security problems than IE!" screamed the headlines of several technology news stories recently. ... Firefox" headlines. ...
2 oktober
First release Firefox 2 up for grabs Silicon.com - UK The Mozilla Foundation announced on Tuesday the availability of Release Candidate 1 of its Firefox 2 browser but warned that its free, open source browser ...
Vista, as seen by a Mac buff – part two PC Advisor - London,UK ... Microsoft has slapped on its browser, you can add a folder of links to the links toolbar, just as you can with Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and a host of ... See all stories on this topic
Wallpaper Calendar for October 2006 Harry Potter's Page - Milton,FL,USA ... I hope you like it! Right click on the calendar, and click 'set as background' for IE, or 'set as desktop background' for Firefox.
Firefox Hits 25% Usage on PCWorld.com PC World - USA Time for another one of my periodic reports on how many PCWorld.com users are running Firefox. The news is what it's been for awhile ...
Firefox 2.0 draws closer ITP.net - Dubai,United Arab Emirates by Jason Saundalkar. Mozilla has unveiled ‘Release Candidate 1’ (RC1) of its Firefox 2.0 web browser, bringing its final ‘gold’ launch one step closer. ...
Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA Mozilla is investigating claims by hackers that the Firefox Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript. By Joris Evers. ... See all stories on this topic
Hackers Claim Zero-Day Flaw in Firefox Hard OCP - Plano,TX,USA Today’s exploit comes to us from the JavaScript handlers in FireFox which could allow a hacker to get a hold of your precious data, steal all your food, run ...