According to NSS Labs latest Web Browser Group Test Socially-Engineered Malware Europe Q2 2011 report IE 9 blocked 92% of the live threats with smartscreen URL reputation and with 8% of application reputation. Internet Explorer 8 blocked 90 percent of malware.Safari 5, Chrome 10, and Firefox 4, each blocking just 13 percent and Opera 11 blocking just 5 percent of malware.
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Microsoft has registered microsoft-sony.com and sony-microsoft.com domains.Maybe this is a domain protection process or some type of Windows Phone partnership with Sony Ericsson in future. To check the whois information click the below two links.
microsoft-sony.com
Hotmail introduce a new feature called My friend’s account was hacked!. It lets you report your friend’s account as compromised.When you get spam messages continuously from your friend, and if you think that this email isn’t really from your friend, it’s from a spammer who has hijacked your friend’s account just click “My friend’s been hacked!” on the “Mark as” menu in Hotmail.
Microsoft will soon be changing its password policy, to increase security of hotmail. Now creating a new Hotmail account or changing the password of an existing account won’t be able to use common passwords. Having a common password makes your account vulnerable to brute force “dictionary” attacks. Common passwords are like “password”,“123456”,”ilovecats”,”gogiants.”
Adobe Flash 11 beta is now available for download. What’s new in Adobe Flash 11 beta?
The availability of 64-bit builds for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
the new Stage3D APIs
improved JSON handling and some technical improvements
hardware-accelerated 3D rendering capabilities in the same vein as WebGL
support for H.264 encoding of real-time video streams
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Wordpress 3.2.1 is now available for download. What’s new in wordpress 3.2.1?
Wordpress 3.2.1 is a maintenance release.
It fixes a server incompatibility related to JSON.
Some fixes in the new dashboard design and the Twenty Eleven theme.
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Mozilla firefox 5.0.1 is now available for download. What’s new in Mozilla firefox 5.0.1?
Fixed an issue in Mac OS X 10.7 that could cause Firefox to crash
Fixed an issue caused by Apple’s “Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5” where the Java plugin would not be loaded
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Today google celebrates 450th anniversary of Saint Basil’s Cathedral with a new Google Doodle on it’s home page. Saint Basil’s is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61. Built on the order of Ivan IV of Russia to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.
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Mozilla firefox 6 beta 1 is now available for download and testing. what’s new in this firefox 6 beta 1 ?
Add-ons Manager with Plugin Check
Improved Panorama Groups
Highlights the domain name of the website you’re visiting
Streamlined site identity block
The Scratchpad: Quickly build and test JavaScript snippets in the browser
Support for Web Sockets with a prefixed API
Moveable Web Console
New Web developer-specific menu
Window.matchMedia API
Support for server-sent events
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Mozilla firefox 7 aurora 2 is now available for download and testing.But Aurora releases may not be as stable as beta or final releases. what’s new in this firefox aurora?
Faster startup time on Mac, Windows, and Linux
memory use is reduced by 30 percent or more, responsiveness is enhanced
The JavaScript garbage collector runs frequently to free up more memory when Firefox is idle
Bookmarks and passwords now sync instantly
Fonts are rendered clear and sharp
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