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Netscape patches one-day-old browser

Netscape patches one-day-old browserYes, because the FireFox guys yelled at them..Open Source people looking out for one another..Nothing to see here, nice try ZDNet..Bwahahahaha!!!Oh the irony! You got PHISHED!!Ahhhh, poor little Netscape,still an AOL product seemingly. Something to see, focus."Pride goeth before a fall..."And an AOL-managed codebase precedeth destruction.I...

Tags: Web browsers, Kewl, Obviously IT, Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Firefox crew, patch management, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2005-05-20

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The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)

In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesn't use a Java...

Tags: Apple II, Apple Inc., Emulator, ActiveX, Sheesley, Virtual Apple, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug

Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bugThanks for the heads upUpgrading to Opera 9.6 now.RE: Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bugDid that yesterday when they released it. However I wish that they could patch the "Clickjecking" vulnerability. I know this "Clickjacking" vulnerability is part of the older HTML spec...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software, browser bug, administrative right, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

HipHop Toolbar for Firefox (xpi)

Get instant access to the latest hiphop news, play radio stations an multiplayer games in your browser. Stay up to date in real time. Easy editable to suit your needs. Fully customizable. Turn on/off seperate options at any time. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Rapsearch, Web Browsers, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-09

AdSense for Games: Could RIAs be next?

AdSense for Games: Could RIAs be next?Where do they cook up these numbers?25% of internet users play games. Okay, does that mean they play the little cutesy web games, or the massive online games like WoW, or multiplayer PC games, or any kind of game at all? Does it count...

Tags: Games, game, Google AdSense, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

$236m judgment against spammer couple

$236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...

Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick

Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClickRequires Firefox pluginAre you afraid of offending Microsoft or just being unhelpful hurried?To use the only available cure right now requires adding the plugin you mention -- NoScript 1.8.2.1 -- to your Firefox browser. There is no fix for Internet Explorer, Opera,...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, NoScript, ClearClick, flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Web browser, Opera Software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Open source in a time of recession

Open source in a time of recessionWhen the water hole shrinks,the kangaroo mice flourish.HistoryYes, the end of the dot-com bubble killed a number of illusions. The most prominent lesson was, Don't give away your main product. So at that time pure Linux and other open source plays disappeared.What was...

Tags: Rewriting History, recession, open source, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

RS Tool (xpi)

Firefox Rapidshare Toolbar detecting and checking rapidshare files availability on currently browsed Web page. User can see all links in the list, select, copy, and download them using favourite download manager. All detected links are marked with small icon which shows, if file is available for download or not.This version...

Tags: Link, BRapid, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat

[ UPDATE: The details are out. Lots of unresolved clickjacking issues] A security researcher in Israel has released a demo of a "clickjacking" attack, using an JavaScript game to turn every browser into a surveillance zombie. The release of the demo follows last month's...

Tags: Webcam, Click, Web Browser, Twitter, Raff, Games, Web Browsers, Security, Personal Technology, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we are

Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we areand then in 2015...after a generation of high school leavers are very familiar with Linux and other FOSS apps, businesses will be able to start switching to Linux without the need to retrain new starters.Then in 2020 when this generation are...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Free Market, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

sBOOKs - Charles Dickens Vol 1 (exe)

See 11 ebooks from Charles Dickens in one easy to use application. Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812. He was the second of eight children. His mother had been in service to Lord Crew, and his father worked as a clerk for the Naval Pay...

Tags: Mother, SmartSolutions, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Kool-Fox Web Browser (exe)

Kool-Fox is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight Web browser for the Win32 Windows. Platform based on the Gecko Layout Engine the rendering engine of Mozilla. Kool-Fox is based on and uses the FireFox 3 Engine. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Hardy Creations, Kool-Fox, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Microsoft reveals buyer for Greenfield Online's survey business

Microsoft reveals buyer for Greenfield Online's survey businesshmmmThis explains a whole lot. I've been using Greenfield Online for several years, and about a month ago, I started having trouble accessing surveys. I run Linux, and I've been using Iceweasel ("Firefox") to take the surveys. Now suddenly the surveys refuse to...

Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Corp., survey, Greenfield Online, survey business

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

MobileTechRoundup show #149, Netbook talk, WiMAX available, new phones in the house

While we were recording MobileTechRoundup show #149 Kevin was able to swap out internal parts on his MSI Wind and is trying out for the Netbook pit crew. We chatted about the long-awaited release of WiMAX in Baltimore, my Palm Treo Pro, the N96 devices that James and I are...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Freeware, Phone, Memory Card, James, WiMAX, Memory, Flash Memory, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

The cloud finally comes to education

Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...

Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!Wrong title, MurphIt should be "IT N00bs at large in Canada" or something along those lines :)Also funny they switched to a windows server. "Oh, we understand windows, cause we use it at home! let's try that! Oh no use! Oh no, what...

Tags: Operating systems, data-processing, Murph, Linux, big success, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Google releases Chrome 0.3.154

Google releases Chrome 0.3.154Anyone else tired of version 0.0.0.0.1?I've had it with companies that "release" software with version numbers of less than 1.If you are doing a limited beta of a few thousand users, a version number of less than 1 is maybe understandable.Once you release something to the general...

Tags: Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome 0.3.154

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Sony Bravia Internet Video Link (DMX-NV1)

The moment Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link (also known as the BIVL or DMX-NV1) was announced last year, we knew the product would face an uphill battle. What could Sony's proprietary video streamer offer that you can't already get from Apple TV, Xbox 360, Sony PS3, Vudu, or the Netflix...

Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Broadband Internet, BIVL, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-10-02