Browser Security News

It’s long past time to bother telling anyone how much better than IE Firefox is. Faster, smaller, more responsive, with tabbed browsing and useful extensions galore. It’s also lot more secure than IE, partly because it’s open source, and particularly because it’s not integrated with the underlying OS. Firefox’s security bugs involve the browser only, […]

Browser usage numbers for 2006 are beginning to appear on the Web, and for the first time in many moons the market share of Microsoft’s dominant offering, Internet Explorer, has dipped below 80 percent. While Explorer’s star was sinking, its chief competitor’s, Mozilla Firefox, was ascending. Its market share climbed from 9.50 percent in January […]

The success of the open-source Firefox browser, which first appeared in 2002 under the guise of Phoenix, is something of an Internet phenomenon. We’re very fond of it in the TR offices; so fond in fact that Internet Explorer is relegated to the not so taxing task of downloading Firefox and thereafter is ignored. And […]

Internet Explorer 7, the first major overhaul of Microsoft’s Web browser since 2001, may knock your socks off if you’ve been using its predecessor exclusively. But if you’re among the millions who’ve switched to Opera or Firefox, IE7’s new features may strike you as about as fresh as the remote control. Been there, done that.

People may be passionate about their favorite sports team, but if you really want to get them fired up, ask what Web browser they use. There’s the "if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" crowd who tend to stick with the browser that’s included with their operating system — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on Windows and […]

If you’re a technical support person whose clients include individuals and/or small businesses - or if you’re simply the official support resource for family, friends, and neighbors - then you’ll know that one of the most vital (and neglected) applications is a solid security suite. More often than not, those whose technical know-how is limited […]

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the browser market, with Microsoft finally “shipping” Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla making its Firefox 2.0 final.
Of course, both browsers have been around for a long time in beta versions, but it’s good to see them finally considered ready for everyone. I’ve been using both […]

The last few weeks have been packed with browser action and the two market leaders, Internet Explorer and Firefox, have launched major new versions. So to round out our recent browser coverage, we present the Web Browser Faceoff - looking at how all the main browsers compare with each other in terms of features and […]

Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its popular Internet Explorer browser last week. IE7, the first overhaul for the application since 2001, is now available for download, and improves on usability and security by employing tabbed browsing and adding security features such as a phishing filter…IE7 has to compete with a couple of other free […]

Not to be outdone by the debut of Internet Explorer 7 last week, the Mozilla team has released Firefox 2.0 with a minor makeover, a few new features, and a number of enhancements to existing features. It’s not a drastic change from the 1.5 series, but Firefox 2.0 bring enough improvements to make the upgrade […]