IDG News Service - Google on Tuesday released a Chrome upgrade that improves how the browser renders 3D applications, including mouse-controlled games. The improvement comes via the inclusion of the Pointer Lock JavaScript API, commonly ...
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IDG News Service - With an eye toward updating the World Wide Web to better accommodate complex and bandwidth-hungry applications, the Internet Engineering Task Force has started work on the next generation of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle is updating its widely used open source MySQL database, and a range of associated products, in order to meet the increasing demands of Web users. In the past decade, "The Web has transitioned from just serving ...
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IDG News Service - Mozilla released Firefox 15.0.1 on Thursday to fix a bug that potentially exposed the websites visited by users while in "Private Browsing" mode. "Private Browsing" mode enables Firefox users to surf the Web without ...
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Computerworld - An elite hacker group targeting defense industry sub-contractors has an inexhaustible supply of zero-days, or vulnerabilities that have yet to be publicized, much less patched, Symantec said today. In a blog post, the ...
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As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday shipped a major preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7, using a moniker that hints at a final release as early as next month. Called IE10 Release Preview, the sneak peek arrived early ...
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A new survey by technical support website FixYa indicates that users of the top five cloud storage services are most concerned about capacity, security and missing files. FixYa asked users of its service about the top five issues cloud ...
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Amazon is providing a way for one of the most popular JavaScript extensions, node.js, to easily access the Amazon Web Service collection of cloud computing capabilities. The AWS Developer Tools Team has released a preview of an SDK ...
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Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration ...
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Mozilla has released a fix for the latest version of its Firefox browser a day after it was withdrawn due to a security flaw. The non-profit organisation said the vulnerability in Firefox 16 could allow a malicious website to capture web ...
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A little more than a year after Mozilla debuted a customized version of Firefox starring Microsoft's Bing search engine, the open-source developer on Tuesday shipped another Microsoft tie-in, Firefox with MSN. MSN is a Microsoft-owned ...
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Google has added indoor floor plans to the Web version of its Maps service, allowing any device with a browser to show the way in airports, rail stations, shopping malls and museums in nine countries. The indoor maps have previously been ...
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A new Flame and Stuxnet-related cyber-threat,dubbed Gauss,is targeting users in the Middle East,security researchers have revealed. Gauss is a complex,state-sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit with online banking Trojan functionality not ...
A hacker is selling a$700 zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail that lets an attacker use a cross-site scripting(XSS)vulnerability to steal cookies and hijack accounts. The hacker,known as"TheHell",created a video to market the exploit on an ...
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SCHAUMBURG, IL, August 25, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The team of energy experts at impactChoice will use eSight's web-based energy management technology to analyze energy usage information, deliver energy efficiency, reduce utility costs, ...
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