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Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug 19 March 2010 at 4:41 pm by admin

Mozilla confirmed yesterday a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox, and said it would plug the hole by the end of the month. Although the patch won’t be added to Firefox before next week’s Pwn2Own browser hacking challenge, researchers won’t be allowed to use the flaw, according to the contest’s organizer.

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+ Google patches 11 vulnerabilities in Chrome days before hacking contest By admin 19 March 2010 at 7:43 am and have No Comments

Google has patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows version of Chrome , including one that earned its finder the first $1,337 check from the company’s new bug bounty program.

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+ IT’s ‘love affair’ with Windows XP coming to an end, says survey By admin 17 March 2010 at 5:54 pm and have No Comments

Businesses are finally prying their hands from Windows XP as they warm to Windows 7, a research company said today. “Over the years, IT has had a real love affair with XP,” said Diane Hagglund, a senior analyst at Dimensional Research and the author of a poll that surveyed over 900 IT professionals in January.

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+ Mac computer sales jump nearly 40% By admin 16 March 2010 at 6:56 am and have No Comments

Retail sales of Apple ’s Mac computers jumped 43 percent last month compared with the same month in 2009, and 36 percent year-over-year in January, research company NPD Group said Tuesday.

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+ Mac computer sales jump nearly 40 percent By admin 16 March 2010 at 6:56 am and have No Comments

Retail sales of Apple ’s Mac computers jumped 43 percent last month compared with the same month in 2009, and 36 percent year over year in January, research company NPD Group said Tuesday.

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+ Microsoft testing fix for critical IE bug By admin 15 March 2010 at 6:25 am and have No Comments

Microsoft said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) , but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which is April 13, more than four weeks away.

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+ Apple plugs 16 holes in Safari as Pwn2Own looms By admin 12 March 2010 at 9:18 am and have No Comments

Two weeks before a browser hacking contest is to kick off in Vancouver, British Columbia, Apple on Thursday patched 16 vulnerabilities in Safari , 12 of them critical bugs that could be used to hijack a machine.

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+ IBM stops disclosing U.S. headcount data By admin 12 March 2010 at 7:38 am and have No Comments

IBM says it is the No.

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+ IE zero-day exploit code goes public By admin 11 March 2010 at 7:13 am and have No Comments

Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.

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+ Google still tops, but Bing inches ahead in search market By admin 10 March 2010 at 4:55 pm and have No Comments

Microsoft in recent months has slowly boosted its share of the search business, but still remains far behind a so-far unbeatable foe in its battle with Google. Hitwise, an online traffic monitor, today reported that Google last month remained firmly at the head of the search pack while its rival’s well regarded Microsoft Bing product gradually picks up a little traction.

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