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June 18, 2008

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Vulnerability Found

Less than a day after the Firefox 3 has been launched, a zero day vulnerability has been found that not only affects Firefox 3.0 but also earlier versions such as Firefox 2.0.x. The vulnerability was verified at TippingPoint labs and then it was reported to the Mozilla security team. The exact details of the vulnerability are not known yet but we only know that the vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the exploited computer. Mozilla is

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June 12, 2008

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Firefox 3 releases on June 17th

The much awaited release of the next version of Firefox browser has been announced – June 17th. Firefox 3 will be officially released on June 17th and an attempt will be made, on the same day, to set a Guinness world record for software downloads. Currently Firefox 3.0 RC3 is available for download and Mozilla is most likely going to make RC3 available on the download day. If you are a Firefox fan who would like to help them set

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September 10, 2007

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Blocking Ads: The dark side of ad blocking and its consequences

As Internet continues to evolve from just a concept more than a decade ago to it being called a network of networks, it has come a long way. Many years ago, companies used to be confined to a small geographical area for selling their products and when Internet came into picture, companies found that just by having a website, they could start selling their products on a global basis, but that’s a different story. As of today there are over

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May 30, 2007

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Customize the look and feel of your GMail with this Firefox extension

Who doesn’t want to make her/his GMail interface look pretty and better? I know, most of us do! Gmailskins is an excellent extension for Firefox browser that will let you change the look and feel of your GMail interface by completely integrating with your GMail account and also make it look much better than how it is now. A simple installation of the add-on will do lot of things for you and it’s very easy. Here is a quick run

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May 15, 2007

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Are Firefox Addons and Plugins Safe to Use?

Are you a fan of Firefox and other Mozilla products and enjoying every bit of what they offer? This will be an interesting question for you – Would you know if the add-ons or the plugins that you use for Firefox and other Mozilla products are safe to use? What is that’s not so safe about them, you might ask. Here is a quick run down of some points worth considering that will tell you why those plugins and add-ons

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Posted in: Firefox | Security

May 10, 2007

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Secure Your Firefox Browser with Firekeeper Intrusion Detection System

Firekeeper is an IDS, Intrusion Detection System, for Firefox browser that can detect, warn and block the websites that are malicious in nature. Firekeeper has the ability to scan the incoming traffic, including HTTPS, and analyze URL, body and response headers to cancel further processing of suspicious looking websites. Firekeeper uses rules that are similar to Snort to identify the malicious websites and attack attempts. The pattern matching algorithm is very fast as it’s taken directly from Snort. It also

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Posted in: Firefox | Internet

April 1, 2007

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linkify: A Great Bookmarklet Tool for Blogging

If you are a blogger who does lot of linking to other blogs and websites, linkify, by Laurence, is a must to have tool for you to ease the task of creating links in your posts. After you add linkify to your browser, all you have to do is highlight the text in the textarea that you want to create a link for and click on linkify in your browser. It will then pop-up a small window (see the snapshot

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