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Google To Discontinue Support For Internet Explorer 6

Google To Discontinue Support For Internet Explorer 6

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Search engine giant Google has announced that it will not continue to provide support for its Google Docs and Google Sites on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 web browser. The company mentioned in a post on its official blog that IE6 users will have to upgrade to higher versions of IE, such as IE7 or IE8 in order to utilise Google’s free online products (ed : or use another browser brand altogether). According to the blog post, the phasing out of support for...



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Microsoft Internet Explorer Market Share Drops In Europe

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Microsoft saw a small but significant plunge in Internet Explorer's market share in some particular European countries since it rolled out the browser ballot screen. This solution is tailored to offer Windows users in the EU...


Microsoft Announces Brand New Zero-day Internet Explorer Flaw

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Microsoft has warned that there is a new weakness in Internet Explorer decidedly porous armour, one for which there are currently no solutions, possibly until next Tuesday when Microsoft goes ahead with its Patch Tuesday...


Microsoft Internet Explorer Still Has A Few Holes Says Security Outfit

Microsoft Internet Explorer Still Has A Few Holes Says Security Outfit

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With reports of severe security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) still floating around on the blogosphere, a recent revelation by the US-based security firm has worsened the situation for the troubled...


Microsoft Issues Out Of Cycle Patch For Internet Explorer

Microsoft Issues Out Of Cycle Patch For Internet Explorer

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Microsoft has hurriedly released a cumulative critical patch for Internet Explorer that irons out eight vulnerabilities including the one that was apparently used by Chinese hackers to attack Google and a number of other...


Microsoft Out Of Cycle Patch Highlights Anachronism Of Internet Explorer 6

Microsoft Out Of Cycle Patch Highlights Anachronism Of Internet Explorer 6

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Ask any webmasters working on fairly large projects what their biggest bug bear is and it is likely that they will come up with the words, IE6, short for Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft's long obsolete web browser. The software...


Microsoft Set To Launch Patch For Critical Internet Explorer Vulnerability

Microsoft Set To Launch Patch For Critical Internet Explorer Vulnerability

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Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing a security patch for a specific vulnerability in its antiquated web browser, Internet Explorer, that allowed Chinese hackers to access Gmail accounts of some Chinese human rights...


France Become Second European Country To Call For Stop On Internet Explorer

France Become Second European Country To Call For Stop On Internet Explorer

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France has joined Germany into recommending that its citizens give up Internet Explorer 6 and move either to IE8 or another alternative.  Earlier today we reported how the German government warned computer users across the...


Microsoft Internet Explorer Used By Chinese Hackers To Break Into Google, Adobe

Microsoft Internet Explorer Used By Chinese Hackers To Break Into Google, Adobe

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In a candid admission, Microsoft Corp has said that the security vulnerabilities in its browser were indeed exploited by the cybercriminals to hack the networks of Adobe Inc., Google, and several other companies. Earlier, the...


Old Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browsers Hit By Dormant Vulnerability

Old Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browsers Hit By Dormant Vulnerability

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Certain versions of the hugely popular Internet Explorer browser have been reported to be under a new threat by a previously undiscovered flaw. The users of IE6 and IE7 have been told to keep their anti-virus updated and block...


ActiveX Vulnerability Prompts Microsoft To Issue Security Warning

ActiveX Vulnerability Prompts Microsoft To Issue Security Warning

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Microsoft Corp. is alerting its users to update their systems following reports of attacks exploiting a critical vulnerability in its Internet Explorer’s video ActiveX component emerged. In a security advisory, the software...


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A report published by security vulnerability specialists Secunia purports that open source browser Firefox is far more vulnerable than any other mainstream browser on the market. Secunia compared Opera, Safari, Internet Explorer...


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Internet Explorer 8 Browser Already Hacked

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Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 8, has officially suffered its first security breach since its launch, during a hacking contest held at the 10th annual CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada. A hacker, who...


9 Things You Should Know About Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 Browser

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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 Non-Beta browser has been out for a few hours now and we have had the opportunity to test the beast and we have to say, we were impressed. (1) Internet Explorer 8 requires a PC restart That was...


Microsoft Set To Release Internet Explorer 8 Today

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Microsoft will make the next version of its browser, Internet Explorer 8, available as from 4PM this afternoon as the company finally embarks in its own long march. The newly released application will feature improved privacy...


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Now that Internet Explorer 8 RC1 is available for download from Microsoft's servers, it is time to have a closer look at the security improvements that the company's programmers have integrated. One of the main differences...

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