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The Chrome browser may be the new kid on the block but it is fast becoming one of the most popular and now the safest. According to a study by Accuvant, Google’s upstart browser is the safest one on the block. …
Thanks to Dave Sawyer, Technical Director, Microsoft Heartland Division for these interesting and useful links:
Microsoft Security Report http://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/default.aspx
Take your browsers for a test drive and compare the results http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Views/SiteMap/
Your Browser Matters (Shows how your browser protects you) http://www.yourbrowsermatters.org/#/home
Microsoft Home Security Essentials Suite (32 and 64 bit available) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx
Steve Sinofsky, MS Windows Chief, presents Windows 8 Build: http://channel9.msdn.com/events/BUILD/BUILD2011/KEY-0001 …
Windows Secrets is a great free monthly newsletter about all things Windows and, while it can get a bit high tech at times, it also has excellent insight into Microsoft’s key players. This month security expert Susan Bradley is encouraging Vista and Win 7 PC owners to move up boldly to Internet Explorer 9. See if you agree. …
Browser was are the new battle field for tech companies and the new open source FireFox has thrown down the gauntlet to Microsoft’s sleek and speedy IE9. …
“Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in all supported editions of Internet Explorer on all Microsoft Windows editions. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a victim to run malicious scripts when visiting various Web sites, resulting in information disclosure. IE has over 900 million users worldwide. Microsoft has published a one-click “Fix it” workaround for the bug that involved locking down MHTML. This will prevent the launch of script in all zones within an MHTML document. Any application that uses MHTML will be affected by this workaround.” Full Article. …
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Microsoft’s latest attempt at dealing with competing browsers like Firefox and Chrome is surprisingly satisfying because in the past MS has produced a bloated product with lots tools and hidden twists and turns. Taking a note from the competition IE 9 Beta is refreshingly sleek and speedy. Read the full commentary from About Computers and note the link to the official IE 9 Beta download site and the bottom of the article. …
Microsoft’s premier browser commands one in three visits to the Internet but in recent years has steadily lost ground to feisty competitors like Mozilla’s Firefox or Google’s lightning fast Chrome (both of which have Apple flavors while IE doesn’t!) September 15 Microsoft announced the launch of its newest Internet Explorer 9. Catch Ina Fried’s commentary on CNet about the launch and the new feature sets in the upgraded IE 9 Beta. …
You might call the topic for our show this week: Browser Wars. In the past, few people thought about choosing a browser for surfing the Internet because the majority of us used PC’s running Microsoft operating systems equipped with Internet Explorer. Nowadays there are a lot of other options and depending on your point of view, much better options. This week join Gary Baker, Ed Rudel, Cal Carson and Foster Braun as they discuss the pro’s and con’s of the browsers you can use to surf the Internet.
We will start our open lines during the first hour for your computer questions and you will also enjoy our weekly The Mac Minute with Erik Anderson giving you the latest Apple news.
Podcast: July 31, 2010 – Hour 1
Podcast: July 31, 2010 – Hour 2 …