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Report: IE 8 Leads in Malware Protection

js — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:49 +0000

A Microsoft-funded report found that IE 8 outperformed four other browsers in protecting against socially engineered malware. Link to the original site

Microsoft Says Upgrade To IE8, Even Though It’s Vulnerable

js — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:47:30 +0000

Barence writes “Microsoft has issued a statement urging people to upgrade their browser to IE8, after the zero-day exploit that was used to attack companies such as Google went public. According to Microsoft’s security advisory: ‘the vulnerability exists as an …

Microsoft To Ship Emergency IE Patch

js — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:45:33 +0000

Grotendo writes “Microsoft plans to release an emergency patch for Internet Explorer very soon to counter targeted attacks and the publication of exploit code for a ‘browse and you’re owned’ vulnerability in its flagship Web browser. The out-of-band update will …

New Attack Fells Internet Explorer

js — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:09:38 +0000

alphadogg writes “Attack code has been identified that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an unidentified hacker. According to …

Security fixes, JavaScript update bog down Internet Explorer 8

js — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:11:47 +0000

By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews The final test editions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8, released while Windows 7 was still in the technical preview phase, suggested that its performance could very well triple that of its predecessor, the venerable …

Internet Explorer 8 Developer Series Overview

js — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:18:39 +0000

In this video, Matt Hester describes the main topics covered in the video series, including CSS 2.1 and 3.0 features, HTML 5, native JSON, selectors, AJAX navigation and developer tools. Link to the original site

Google Barks Back At Microsoft Over Chrome Frame Security

js — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:31:04 +0000

CWmike writes “Google hit back at Microsoft on Friday, defending the security of its new Chrome Frame plug-in and claiming that the software actually makes Internet Explorer safer and more secure. ‘Accessing sites using Google Chrome Frame brings Google Chrome’s …

Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure

js — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:18:54 +0000

Mark writes “The release of Google Chrome Frame, a new open source plugin that injects Chrome’s renderer and JavaScript engine into Microsoft’s browser, earlier this week had many web developers happily dancing long through the night. Finally, someone had found …

Google Frame Benchmarks 9x Faster than IE8

js — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:17:37 +0000

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes “Early tests with Google’s Chrome Frame found IE8 runs 9.6 times faster than usual. The testers ran the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark suite.” The other question is what is the performance hit of using the frame plug-in instead of …