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Microsoft says IE updates possible
News Hedging slightly on its vow not to update browser before releasing Longhorn, Microsoft says it could release add-ons to freshen up IE.
Tags: Web browsers
Symantec buys antiphishing firm WholeSecurity
News Acquisition brings Symantec new technology to fight online scams and detect malicious code attacks.
Tags: Business security, Data security, Acquisitions
Researchers: 637 million browser users at risk
News Researchers find that Internet Explorer users are less likely to update their browser to the latest version than users of Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, software, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, ETH Zurich, Microsoft Internet Explorer, food
Yahoo to shut down Xoopit for Gmail users
News Company announces plans to make the media file aggregation service inaccessible to Gmail users next month, as it focuses on Xoopit development for Yahoo Mail.
Tags: Business applications, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Browser Add-on, Business applications, Xoopit, Web Browser, data retention, Server, Mozilla Firefox
Novell to ship Linux-monitoring tool for Microsoft
News Novell is to release a product allowing Microsoft management tools to monitor Novell's Suse Linux, as part of the companies' interoperability alliance.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Microsoft Silverlight, Tool, Novell Inc., Hypervisor, content delivery, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, enterprise server, SuSE
Google spreads labs approach to toolbar
News In the latest example of Google's labs philosophy, the company releases new variations of its toolbar with location features and better Chinese support.
Tags: Software, Google Inc., Web Browser, Yahoo! Inc., Real Estate, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Software, Google Toolbar, toolbar, blog
Google introduces ad-services referral program
News Web sites can earn US$100 per AdSense sign-up and US$1 for every Firefox browser download that includes the Google Toolbar.
Tags: Web services, Internet advertising
Privacy group shines light on Web bugs
News The Privacy Foundation releases free software that helps consumers detect when a site or email contains a Web bug.
Privacy group pushes Web bug finder
News The Privacy Foundation released free software last week that helps consumers detect when a site or email contains a Web bug--a barely visible tracking tag, also known as clear GIFs, used mainly by marketers to monitor consumer habits online.
Morpheus gives Web surfers a detour
News StreamCast Networks, distributor of the popular software, is quietly counting the number of times its file swappers visit high-profile shopping sites.
How SP2 affects Internet Explorer
Insight The Windows XP SP2 buzz has centered on security enhancements, but it also brings several key changes to IE, like a built-in pop-up blocker and Add-on Manager. A look at IE's new features.
Tags: Windows XP, Web browsers
Report: Yahoo joins OneRiot for real-time search
News Partnership between Yahoo and OneRiot could pave the way for real-time search in Yahoo results, a week after Microsoft and Google announced their own plans.
Tags: Search, Web services, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Twitter Inc., search engine, partnership, Web Browser, Search Result, TechCrunch
Manipulate Web pages with Greasemonkey
Techguide Discover how you can use Greasemonkey to tweak a page to make it more accessible, fix errors, or pull data from another Web site--to enhance the browsing experience.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites
Firefox to get phishing shield
News With possible assistance from Google, new version of the popular browser aims to cut down on online scams.
Tags: Data security, Spam and phishing, Web browsers
Mozilla takes on Microsoft in China
News Internet Explorer has held a virtual monopoly on the mainland, home to 160 million Internet users. Now, Firefox is pushing for more market share.
Tags: Web sites, Browser, Web browsers
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