Browser Security News

Google will suspend Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) support for its Gmail and Calendar services later this year, the company said today. The move will come at some point after March 1, when Google will start scaling back IE6 support for Google Docs and Google Sites.

Google’s closely watched foray into computer operating systems could speed the development of a new class of cheaper laptops and dramatically advance the netbook paradigm of Web-based computing.

Google has been forced to release new security fixes for multiple high severity vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser which could lead to an attacker taking over a victim’s PC remotely.

Back in September, Google launched its Chrome browser. With advanced features like website task managers, visual histories, individual browser memory management, and even the ability to re-open tabs that you accidentally closed, Chrome promised to reshape the browser, offering new abilities and capabilities that went beyond the status quo.

Online scammers are making a lucrative business out of redirecting visitors from legitimate Web sites to sites that try install rogue antivirus software, according to a report due to be released by security firm Finjan on Monday.

You know those annoying ” 1 2 3 4 5 ” pagination buttons at the end of each page of results? This awesome plugin does away with them, making websites one long scrolling result.

Historically, moving from a 1.x to 2.0 version suggests a host of new improvements. Sadly in Google’s case, their Chrome 1.0 moving to 2.0 is just a marketing trick like the one we saw three months ago when Google removed the BETA label and proclaimed Chrome to be a finished product.

I admit it. I am a Firefox user. On my Windows PC at the office and on my Ubuntu Linux personal laptop at home I use the Firefox browser. There, I’ve said it.

Flock, a social-focused browser startup that has raised nearly $30 million in venture funding, has ceased building on top of the open source Firefox browser, say multiple sources. The next version of the Flock browser will be built on Google’s open source Chrome browser platform. The last version of Flock was released in October 2008.

When it comes to browsing the web, the days of being restricted to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) are long gone. Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari and Opera have all been challenging IE’s market dominance. Even Google got in on the act last year when it released its own internet browser, Chrome.