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Opera: Web standards could eclipse Flash
News Chief executive Jon von Tetzchner says HTML 5 means Adobe's ubiquitous Flash platform will no longer be necessary for delivering rich media.
Tags: Web browsers, Programming languages, Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Media, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards, API, multimedia
Opera: Single-minded about widget development
Insight newsmaker Browser company believes that a single standard for widgets will stop Web users from being locked into one product, according to chief executive Jon von Tetzchner.
Tags: Standards, Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Web Browser, Browser Company, W3C, Standards
Will sharing malware lists help?
News Industry watchers are divided over whether browser companies should make public blacklists of phishing sites to provide better protection for Internet users.
Tags: Web browsers, Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Phishing, Malware, Security, Web Browser, Google Inc., Database
Asian TLDs bide their time on DNSSEC
News update Thailand goes ahead to adopt security protocol for country-code top-level domain, but other countries in region continue testing and may not follow suit yet.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, DNS, Registry, Thailand, Web Browser, CEO
Inventor: SSL not to blame for security woes
Insight newsmaker The Secure Sockets Layer has remained relevant since its release in 1995, says Taher Elgamal, and so-called 'broken' SSL has little to do with protocol.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Web browsers, Certificate, Microsoft Corp., Cookie
Will HTML5 bring about better markup authoring?
Techguide HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address and the features that might be most contentious.
Tags: Web browsers, Feature, Specification, Web Browser, Google Inc., Author, Browser Company, W3C, Web Application, HTML5
Firefox faces browser clone war in China
News Mozilla hosts outreach programs to drive Web standards and has special version of Firefox for China, where browser landscape features IE clones.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, IE-clone, Li, IP Television, Web sites, Web Browser, online banking, Browser Company, Mozilla Corp.
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
News Group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Browser Company, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web Application, co-chair, Web
Mozilla issues first Firefox 3.6 alpha version
News An early version of an update to the browser is starting to emerge. Mozilla touts faster JavaScript, new style features, and more rapid delivery than with Firefox 3.5.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Browser Company, CSS, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, performance, Programming, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, JavaScript
RIM buys Torch Mobile browser company
News BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has picked up Torch Mobile, the company behind the Iris handheld browser.
Tags: Browser, BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Web Browser, Browser Company, Developer, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Dashboard, Web
Chrome's new-tab page gets more interactive
News Google's browser presents new options to try to take better advantage of the time when a person is launching the browser or opening a new tab.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Web services, Protocols and platforms, Tab, Web Page, Web Browser, Browser Company, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft pulls out of EC browser hearing
News While the company says key officials were not going to attend the hearing, the EC claims commissioner Neelie Kroes was set to hear arguments.
Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, software company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, software, Microsoft Windows, European Commission, Opera Software, commission
Mozilla issues Firefox alert
News The problem is a bug rather than a flaw, the open-source browser maker insists, but still warns people about the buffer overflow glitch.
Tags: Web browsers, Open source
Opera patches a critical JavaScript flaw
News A highly critical JavaScript flaw in browser uncovered security vendor Secunia.
Netscape unveils 6.1 beta of browser
News The release comes just as reports are circulating that Netscape Communications is de-emphasizing its involvement in the browser business.
