Browser Security News

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.

Microsoft says other browsers are too reliant on add-ons to get the same level of security as its new Internet Explorer 8 browser.

Last week, when Google rolled out its new interest-based advertising behavioral ad targeting operation, it enveloped the world’s web surfers in the sort of cookie conundrum we’ve come to expect from these privacy-hedging ad schemes.

Mobile workers who access the Internet from laptops while traveling can pose a serious security threat to your network. That’s because laptops are more vulnerable to malicious software and hacker attacks when they are not protected by corporate security systems.

A popular Firefox add-on designed to block scripts and plug-ins has been updated to stymie the new "clickjacking" class of attacks, the extension’s developer said today.

A browser by itself is a poor thing, letting you browse the Web, but little else. To get the most out of the Web, you need add-ins that give your browser plenty of extra features.

As a programmer we strive to make our everyday lives easier. The very engine behind all innovation is lazyness, after all, if it weren’t for us being lazy, why would we use – and by that, have a need – for things like automobiles, computers and so forth?
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