Secure Your Web Browser using BitDefender TrafficLight

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Web browsers are the primary application used to browse the Internet by all users. Hence, it’s attacked the most from various forms of malicious threats. The most common example that we can see is when computer systems are getting infected without user’s knowledge during web browsing.

Even though most security systems are capable of blocking this attacks but, isn’t it a better idea to prevent the infection from the browser itself? BitDefender TrafficLight warns users about malicious websites and filters malicious web traffic.

Although, almost every major antivirus company offers similar solution today, but BitDefender TrafficLight has one key advantage over them: it’s available on all five major browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and Safari. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Security, Windows

Download Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1 Now

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After Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 and found it well accepted among Windows users, the software giant has released the platform preview of the next version. Undoubtedly, Microsoft on 12th April, 2011 has released Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 1 available for download.

Internet Explorer 10 PP1 is an early look at IE web browser where you can test out some of the new features that are being developed for Microsoft though as the company admits, some features aren’t quite ready yet. You can view the release notes here. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet Explorer

Firefox 4 Mobile for Android and Maemo Released

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Mozilla has released Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo devices, after the release of Firefox 4 for desktop users few days back. The mobile web browser delivers an intuitive interface, with customization and support for modern Web technologies like HTML5. To make mobile browsing effortless and fun, it provides seamless and secure access to personal data across desktop and mobile devices, including browsing history, bookmarks, open tabs, form data and passwords.

The mobile web browser minimizes typing with features like tabbed browsing, bookmarks, add-ons and Firefox Sync. With a sleek new look that hides browser controls when not in use, users can now focus on the websites they visit. Sync gives users seamless access to their browsing history, bookmarks, open tabs, form data and passwords across computers and mobile devices. Users can customize the features, functionality and look of mobile Web browsing with Add-ons. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Android, Browsers, Firefox, Mobile

Firefox 4: First 48 Hours, A Tale [Two Infographics]

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Mozilla on March 22 released the Firefox 4 final. After the release, the web browser was downloaded 7.1 million times in its first day and in the first 48 hours of release, Mozilla racked up more than 15.85 million downloads. Mozilla blog has put together an infographic detailing the first 48 hours of activity. Downloads peaked at 10,200 per minute and averaged 91.7 downloads per second.

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You can also view Live Firefox 4 Download Stats : http://glow.mozilla.org.

Royal Pingdom Blog came up with their own version of Firefox infographic. Firefox has more than 400 million users worldwide and has been downloaded more than 1.35 billion times since 2004. [Read more...]

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Mozilla Firefox 4 Released [Downloads]

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Mozilla has finally released Firefox 4 build after 12 beta releases and two Release Candidates. According to Mozilla, Firefox 4 is “faster, easier and more awesome than ever“. Firefox adapted its looks to the minimalist UI trend ushered in by Google Chrome. It eliminates some elements from the default configuration such as the menu, bookmark and status bars while others have been included into multifunctional buttons.

Firefox has a single button in the top left part of the screen that encompasses all options you need, which somewhat has resemblance to the Opera’s button. Tab management has been greatly improved in this release through app tabs and the Panorama feature. App tabs act just like shortcuts to your favorite or frequently used sites, pinning them right next to the Firefox button and reducing their size to the website’s favicon. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Firefox

Internet Explorer 9 to be delivered as Important Windows Update

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Microsoft is planning to push Internet Explorer 9 as an Important Windows Update to existing beta and RC users on March 21. The update will also be offered as Important to normal Windows users. Microsoft revealed that Internet Explorer 9 RTW has been downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours of availability. Internet Explorer 9 was released to the web on Monday March 14 and has clocked up 27 downloads per second, over 250 downloads every 10 seconds. Microsoft revealed earlier this month that users have downloaded 36 million copies of Internet Explorer 9 since its beta release in September.

It was already confirmed earlier by Microsoft’s head of Internet Explorer, Dean Hachamovitch, that Microsoft will upgrade RC users to the final build. “We will automatically update IE9 beta users to the IE9 RC. After the final release, we will automatically update IE9 RC users to the final build,” said Hachamovitch. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet, Internet Explorer, News and Updates, Windows

Internet Explorer 9: Keyboard Shortcuts plus Product Guide [Quick Tip]

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Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 9 few days back with a new interface, advanced features and a variety of improvements. But this new minimalistic interface comes at a price. To help users use IE9 faster, Microsoft has released some keyboard shortcuts. While some of these keyboard shortcuts may be new, but some were already available in earlier versions of IE.

Use the keyboard shortcuts below to streamline repetitive actions in IE9. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks

Firefox 4 RC2 Released [Download]

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Mozilla has released the Release Candidate 2 (RC2) of Firefox 4 web browser. Mozilla has a release date listed for Firefox 4 as March 22nd. The RC 2 build is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Mozilla Firefox 4 is almost here! We updated the Firefox 4 release candidate with some minor security fixes and updates to several localizations, including the addition of a Vietnamese localized version. Firefox will now ship in 80 languages. We’re excited to deliver the new features, look and speed of Firefox 4 to our more than 400 million users worldwide.

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Unlike Internet Explorer 9, FF 4 will support Windows XP, which is a great news for its users. However, FF 4 will not work on Windows editions prior to XP or on Apple Mac OS not running OSX 10.5 or 10.6. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Firefox