IE Flaws Boost Browser Switching

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Microsoft faces up to browser flaws

Microsoft faces up to browser flaws 07/22/2004 09:40 AM
Mass migration to Windows XP could raise serious security questions for users week, another security patch! Microsoft has been pressed into action to release yet another patch to plug a hole in its Internet Explorer 6 web browser, which has accumulated an impressive record of holes: over 150 since 18 April 2001. What is more, it is not even a final solution to the latest in a catalogue of security compromises and back doors created by what should be a harmless, albeit essential, piece of PC software. At Microsoft's TechEd developer conference in Amsterdam earlier this month, I took time out to have a frank discussion with Detlef Eckert, senior director of trustworthy computing at Microsoft about the continuing security problems that are blighting the world's biggest software developer. Right now the company is almost fanatically committed to completing service pack 2 for Windows XP, the most security-focused update the company has ever released for one of its products. The new service pack will introduce a new, more powerful firewall, with basic predictive scanning capabilities, it will enable almost every security feature by default, including the firewall and will also address many existing security glitches in the operating system through a combined patch install, which providing users actually install the service pack, will address any lax patching over the last year.

Opera fixes browser flaws

Opera fixes browser flaws 06/17/2005 04:29 PM
Several security holes, including ones that could be used in spoofing attacks, are plugged in browser update, company says.

Browser Flaws Spoil Opera Tune

Browser Flaws Spoil Opera Tune 06/17/2005 04:48 PM
The new version of the alternative Web browser fixes several known cross-site scripting and window injection vulnerabilities.

Microsoft patches three critical browser
flaws

Microsoft patches three critical browser
flaws 07/30/2004 03:44 PM
The software giant hopes that the trifecta of fixes will lasso the Download.Ject Trojan horse.

Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws

Drive-by Trojans exploit browser flaws 03/23/2005 12:46 PM
Analysis Is Firefox really more secure than IE?

Infected websites exploit Microsoft
browser flaws

Infected websites exploit Microsoft
browser flaws 06/27/2004 09:35 AM

Browser Wars : Wells Fargo Bans Opera
Browser

Browser Wars : Wells Fargo Bans Opera
Browser 02/05/2005 09:42 PM
As of 8am today - Wells Fargo (one of the largest Banks in the United States) began blocking Opera browser from it's online banking.

The browser is dead! Long live the
browser!

The browser is dead! Long live the
browser! 01/02/2004 07:26 PM

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them 03/13/2003 10:26 AM

Switching. Again.

Switching. Again. 03/06/2004 02:08 AM
I'm dropping Palm and going back to the Pocket PC. I miss it too much. Before I place my excellent-condition Sony Clue UX50 with a 256MB Lexar Memory Stick on eBay (and all the nifty PC software I picked up along the way), anybody care to send me a serious offer or two?...

Why I'm Switching to Gmail

Why I'm Switching to Gmail 05/13/2004 12:54 AM
While I'm boring you with my personal IT, let me tell you why I am switching to Gmail: I want all my personal data accessible anywhere anytime. When getting a passport renewed, I had to get proof of travel and...

I guess he's not switching...

I guess he's not switching... 01/11/2004 03:49 AM
"Crash Different" Well, I think this editor probably isn't going to continue using a Macintosh if he can help it. A decent spoof video, actually, on the "Think Different" / "Switch" campaigns. [via MemeStreams]

FedEx Switching to Mac?

FedEx Switching to Mac? 03/06/2004 02:02 AM
According to one unconfirmed source, Federal Express may be looking to make a significant purchase of Macs to replace their current PCs. Reportedly...

Switching to an iBook

Switching to an iBook 05/10/2004 04:09 PM
Brett Burney writes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “You’ve undoubtedly heard the interminable debate between Windows and Apple users. And while I’m not trying to take sides, I was thoroughly delighted with the iBook and Max OS X. The vast majority of computer users in today’s world work on Windows-based machines, but I see how an Apple can become your primary computer.” [May 10]

Switching to Mailsmith

Switching to Mailsmith 01/07/2004 03:10 PM
I’m finally going to switch to Mailsmith and SpamSieve.

A new switching vessel

A new switching vessel 09/18/2004 12:52 PM
When Apple unveiled the iPod three years ago, no one (besides possibly Steve Jobs) could have foreseen the tremendous impact it would have on music, technology and, well, life itself. It has already secured its place in history, will likely find its way into the Oxford English Dictionary and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has seen more celebrity pockets than Justin Timberlake’s cell phone number. What used to elicit stares of wonder is now as commonplace as a Dell Dimension. So commonplace, in fact, that the Celebrity cruise I recently took offered its guests an opportunity to rent an iPod. Considering the average age of a cruise-goer, it's certainly an interesting sell. But what's even more interesting is the implications — the concept of music for rent has been slow to take off, but what about iPods for rent? Picture it: Christmas music playing, Santa posing for pictures, cash registers ringing up eager sales … and you’re above it all, listening to Steriogram with your rented iPod. Or maybe your father is. Or your mother. Or your girlfriend or boyfriend, all looking for that perfect gift in the weeks leading up to Christmas. If they tried an iPod — one that wasn’t attached to the Apple Store's dock — perhaps they’d consider buying one. The formula is relatively simply: For $25, a renter could get an iPod for four hours, get a $5 iTunes Music Store credit, and receive a 10-percent off coupon (valid for 30 days, of course). The woman on the ship that I spoke to about the iPod rentals was fairly new to the gig, so she didn't have much information. She did, however, say that the six iPods available were "proprietary," in that they only worked with the ship's computers. Whether this is true or not, I'm quite sure Apple could find a way. And to dissuade stealing, a credit card imprint would be required. Of course, if Apple is content to let other companies sell its products <A HREF="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=32645 63">for them</A>, so be it.

Run applications as another user without
switching

Run applications as another user without
switching 05/21/2004 10:05 AM
This is regurgitating a hint I got from the comments section of another hint about Apache (I think). What this does is allow you to keep a program within the constraints of another user, without having that user logged in via...

Linux: Switching for Free

Linux: Switching for Free 06/22/2005 01:48 AM
Newer tools look promising.

Mac OS X Tip of the Week: App Switcher:
Not Just for Switching

Mac OS X Tip of the Week: App Switcher:
Not Just for Switching 01/04/2005 11:25 PM
In an earlier tip, you learned that by pressing the Tab key while holding down the Command key, you get a giant Dock-like window that lets you quickly cycle through your open apps. But there’s much more to this handy Mac OS X feature than that. Read this week’s tip to find out what else you can do with the application switcher. [Jan 05, 2005]

Cisco to Buy Switching Co. Topspin for
$250 Mln

Cisco to Buy Switching Co. Topspin for
$250 Mln 04/14/2005 05:02 PM
Cisco is acquiring privately held Topspin Communications, a maker of switching technology for data centers, for $250 million in cash and options.

Apple Switching to Intel?

Apple Switching to Intel? 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
According to this CNET News.com article, Apple plans to slowly phase out their partnership with IBM and switch to Intel-based microprocessors. Is this simply a move to a better microprocessor...

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10.3: X11 and fast user switching

10.3: X11 and fast user switching 11/18/2003 01:59 PM
I think I read somewhere that X11 could work for only one logged-in user. Actually, when fast user switching, several people can have access to X11. The first one gets display 0 (the default), the second one gets display one ...

10 Things I Think I Think I Feel About
Switching

10 Things I Think I Think I Feel About
Switching 12/16/2003 08:54 PM
I think after less than a year as a Mac owner, I've seen more quality software than I did in 15 years working with PC's. (Tim Verpoorten via MyAppleMenu)

Switching to Mac: More Real Stories

Switching to Mac: More Real Stories 01/07/2004 02:07 PM
A happy father-in-law and a BMX pro. A geek in heaven and a family conversion. An iPod meets a cochlear implant. A biomedical image analysis study and an Icelandic iPod story. These are some new Real Stories from people who have upgraded from PC to Mac. [Dec 29]

Switching Overture Listings On & Off

Switching Overture Listings On & Off 03/31/2005 02:59 PM

Mac OS X enable fast user switching

Mac OS X enable fast user switching 09/23/2004 03:00 AM
Tech-Recipes Sep 23 2004 5:47AM GMT

"Switching to the Mac: The Missing
Manual" released

"Switching to the Mac: The Missing
Manual" released 03/13/2003 10:20 AM
O'Reilly and Pogue Press today announced the release of "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual," authored by David Pogue...

Apple *is* switching to Intel chips

Apple *is* switching to Intel chips 06/17/2005 03:29 PM

The WWDC keynote just ended (notes here and here) and the news is pretty big in Apple land: Apple is switching to Intel chips (press release). A few notes:

• As speculated here and on Slashdot, Intel will not be making PowerPC chips for Apple.
• Intel will be making x486 chips for Apple.
• For the last 5 years, every copy of OS X has been compiled on both PowerPC and Intel platforms. This apparently is the long-rumored Marklar project.
• Jobs says developing apps to run on Intel Macs is easy...there's a checkbox in the developer tools that "makes a cross-platform single binary". Demo of Mathematica running on an Intel Mac from a guy from Wolfram...it only took them two days [some sources are now saying two hours, not days] to port it to Intel.
• Running PowerPC-compiled programs on an Intel Mac will be handled through emulation. Gold star to John Gruber for guessing this one.

I'm sure there's more, but those are the important bits. And I know this is Steve Jobs talking to us here, but from where I'm sitting (across the country, reading paraphrase transcripts), the transition has been well prepared for by Apple for a number of years and looks like it will happen a lot more smoothly than all the over-the-weekend hand-wringing indicated that it would.

Update: Dave Winer is reporting that:

1. Apple is not going into the software business, their operating system will not run on other vendor's hardware. So you won't be running the Mac OS on Dell, HP or IBM, for example. and 2. While Windows is not explicitly supported, they won't do anything to prevent Windows from running on their hardware.

Update #2: From news.com:

After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs, saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do anything to preclude that." However, Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac," he said.

Wi-Fi, wide area switching arrives

Wi-Fi, wide area switching arrives 04/21/2004 10:04 AM
After two years of promises from the wireless industry, Broadbeam appears to be the first player to deliver seamless switching between wide area and wireless local area (Wi-Fi) networks.

Help: Windows task switching is horrible

Help: Windows task switching is horrible 03/30/2005 05:26 PM
Windows task switching sucks. Why aren't there more alternatives to the built in switcher?

Few Extra Programs Needed If Switching

Few Extra Programs Needed If Switching 08/18/2004 04:38 AM
If you're considering switching to a Mac, you're probably wondering if you'll need to buy a lot of new software. Maybe not. Apple's OS X computers might not need extra software to do the tasks you want. By Al Fasoldt, Syracuse Post-Standard (via MyAppleMenu)

Reports Say Apple Switching to Intel

Reports Say Apple Switching to Intel 06/05/2005 11:59 PM
Reports on CNET News.com and The Wall Street Journal claim that Apple will announce a switch to Intel x86 processors on Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference - a move that has been rumored for years yet never materialized. According to the report, the switch would start with Apple's low-end computers by the middle of next year. But many remain skeptical due to a number of unanswered questions.

Retooling Expose and Cmd-Tab switching
on Panther

Retooling Expose and Cmd-Tab switching
on Panther 10/29/2003 11:33 PM
Apple's new OS X update, Panther, has been out for a few days now, and many are cooing over the Exposé feature which allows the...

Switching Careers From Windows To Mac
Administration

Switching Careers From Windows To Mac
Administration 08/27/2004 11:13 PM

Card switching costs £1bn a year

Card switching costs £1bn a year 04/12/2005 01:41 AM
People who switch credit cards to take advantage of interest free deals are costing the industry more than £80m a month.

Switching threat yields new features

Switching threat yields new features 05/16/2004 11:52 PM
Boston Globe May 17 2004 4:17AM GMT

FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching

FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching 11/17/2003 08:55 PM
FUS++ is a free open source utility that enhances Panther's Fast User Switching feature.

Cisco to Buy Switching Co. Topspin for
$250 Million

Cisco to Buy Switching Co. Topspin for
$250 Million 04/14/2005 10:15 AM
Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of gear for directing traffic over the Internet, on Thursday said it would acquire privately held Topspin Communications, a maker of server networking equipment, for $250 million in cash and options.

Topspin, based in Mountain View, California, is the leading provider of server fabric switches. Cisco said in a statement that the acquisition will strengthen its ability to provide customers with specialized networking technology and services so they can build data centers in a flexible, grid-like fashion.

News source: Reuters

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FCC: Number-switching rules apply to all

FCC: Number-switching rules apply to all 11/10/2003 11:20 PM
The agency issues an order that requires all landline phone companies to allow customers to transfer their numbers to cell phones when signing up for new services.
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