I had read and have been reporting that IE7 would be pushed as an update as part of the November 14th regular “Patch Day” from Microsoft.
However, some blogs (example) are reporting that IE7 is being pushed out TODAY as an automatic update. I haven’t seen anything from other news sources, but the issues below [...]
In a review published on October 30th, PC Magazine picked Firefox 2.0 as their Editors’ Choice, over Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 9.
Looks like I’m using the “right” browser. Yea!
Read their Firefox 2.0 review.
They also have reviews of IE 7 and Opera 9 .
The bloggers and news sites alike are getting into the Internet Explorer 7 vs Firefox 2.0 war already.
Which is more secure? The questions really should be “should I upgrade from IE6 to IE7″ and “should I upgrade from Firefox 1.5.0.7(or earlier) to Firefox 2.0?”
The answer in either case, in my opinion, is YES.
Both are [...]
Security researchers at Secunia have discovered and reported another vulnerability with the newest version of Internet Explorer – IE7, as reported in heise Security’s blog.
On the day of its release, Secunia reported a vulnerability where phishers were able to spy on the content of other open windows. As usual, the recommendation was to disable [...]
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With the emphasis on IE7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft has announced that the next Service Pack for Windows XP will be delayed until 2008.
2008?
Already some of the press is speculating that this is part of a Microsoft push to get people and businesses to upgrade to Windows Vista.
Like that’s going to happen… Microsoft is [...]
Joris Evers of Tech Republic reports, has a good report on IE7’s first day in his article Minor issues surface after IE 7 launch.
Events for the initial day of IE7 included:
a reported security flaw (Microsoft said — that’s ok, it an Outlook Express bug that we might fix later, not an IE7 bug).web sites that [...]
In the article before this (Computer Running Slowly), I wrote about extra programs running in the background, slowing up your computer.
Sometimes, those programs are malicious. They may want to reroute your searches to their own site. They may want to spy on you. They may want to use your computer to send [...]
Most of the time, when our computers are running slowly, it’s because of all the things we have running in the background. Computer manufacturers seem to delight in loading up computers with 10 to 12 programs that run automatically and put little icons in the Windows Status Bar.
One would hope that these programs didn’t [...]