Inside Firefox 3.0, Alpha 3: Gran Paradiso
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| If development goes according to plan, this will be the first
| version of Firefox--or of any browser, for that matter--to have
| the three key components needed to support offline Web
| applications: DOM Storage; an offline execution model; and
| synchronization. That critical foundation will let free or
| low-cost Web suites compete with Microsoft software and
| possibly break the company's decades-long domination in
| office productivity apps.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2109401,00.asp
Update: Windows zero-day flaw 'very dangerous,' experts say
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| "It doesn't require a PhD in hacking," Brown said. "The number of people
| who can use this is huge."
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| eEye considered it so dangerous that early this morning it released a
| rare unofficial patch to temporarily plug the dike. This is only the
| second time that eEye has put out an unsanctioned fix for a Microsoft bug.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015138&intsrc=hm_list
http://tinyurl.com/2fxpsu
Solution: just use a secure Web browser such as Mozilla Firefox.
Related:
Microsoft: Attacks on Windows flaw rise
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| Once hackers have access to a computer, they can install any number
| of nasty programs -- ones that steal passwords or record keystrokes,
| which the hackers could then sell to identity thieves.
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| [...]
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| So far, he said, attacks have been limited to Web surfing with
| Internet Explorer versions 6 or 7. Firefox, the open-source
| browser from Mozilla, does not yet seem vulnerable.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vulnerability
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| My previous post on Windows Update disabling FireFox attracted over
| 10k readers and I guess it generated enough noise that Microsoft
| approached me for specifics. Kudos to MS for that! Clearly the
| issue wasn't very widespread, but several users reported experiencing
| it on this reddit thread.
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| [...]
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| My new Microsoft Policy: whatever dies, dies. I won't bother fixing
| it, I will let MS Bugware slowly die, and move on to better
| alternatives. Online, whenever possible.
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http://www.zoliblog.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/18/2816581.html
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