Browser Wars, take two

various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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FireFox Burns Internet Explorer’s Market Share

 An extended explanation on why Internet Explorer is insecure

 

  How Spyware Took The Next-Gen Threat Crown (On The Internet's No #1 Threat Today MUST READ!!!) -- My own opinion is that anything that takes over your private computer without your informed consent should be illegal and that anyone distributing such programs and those paying to have it distributed (the engine that drives this train) should be held criminally responsible. A politician who would undertake such legislation would have an instantaneous, nation-wide following... a political hero (are you listening out there?)

 

 Browser Wars -- Broadband Firefox users should try ForecastFox 0.5.8. It will put the Weather Channel forecast of your choice in the taskbar. Completely customizeable (I selected the three-day, day-and-night forecast for my ZIP) and totally cool.

 

 Safe Personal Computing

 

  New IE hole could helpperfect phishing scams [GET FIREFOX]

 

 The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating)

 

 Firefox is hot; Thunderbird's not — for good reason -- Since Version 1.0 of Firefox went public about a month ago, about 10 million Internet Explorer users have seen the white-hot light and switched...

 

 

 Massive IE phishing exploit discovered 

Now that you have changed to Firefox, go to this thread to help you out.... if you are on a Broadband Internet connection.

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

 

 Safe Personal Computing

 

 Spyware Is the Scourge of Microsoft Windows Users

 

 New search engines let you find Web videos

 

 Five important fixes in MS December patch batch

 

 

Zafi Worm Hides Behind Christmas Cheer (Don't Click!)

 

 Top 10 "Most Unwanted" Spyware Named -- Router with firewall is a must these-days (extra firewall layer, and use multiple comps...)

Free Help here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1301552/posts?page=99#99

 Currently I'm running pretty safely  with Adaware, Spybot, Firefox, AVG, Sun Java (people forget this upgrade) Zone Alarm and a router. And I deactivated ActiveX for all but Windows update.

 

 Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware,

 

 

 Google Worm Shows Bad Guys Want Efficiency, Too

 

 Google desktop search flawed

 

  Anti Spywear

 

 Apple's iPod Leads the Way in the Fledgling Digital Music World -- I've had an iPod since early September and I must honestly say that it is life-altering. My massive 1000+ CD collection is now boxed up in the attic, serving as backup only.

 

 Samsung Claims Largest Plasma Display [102 inches diagonally] -- Sony is the canary in the mine here. When they
stop selling CRTs, you'll know cross-over is at hand. Sony
has already stopped selling all CRT computer monitors
except for one high-end color-reference 21-inch.

 

  Americans Lured to Look at Digital Cameras

 

 It's aimed more at the business organization than the individual user, but IBM published a very nice Linux Client Migration Cookbook.

Some recommend Xandros 3.0. Windows like and the easiest Debian Linux distro for newbies to install and maintain. Even all the names have been changed to make getting around the operating system as painless and familiar as possible. In addition, with the Deluxe Version, you can run Windows applications with Crossover Office. http://www.xandros.com

 

 Need a method/utility to access backup FAT32 - VANITY

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Firefox gains on IE in June

 

 ONLINE DATABASES-The Dissolution of Privacy In America

 

 Public Broadband Hits Speed Bumps

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Corrupted PC's Find New Home In the Dumpster

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 Spam Slayer: Bringing Spammers to Their Knees -- In a novel if potentially controversial effort to fight spam, a firm called Blue Security this week begins distributing the beta of a free program that, once installed on your PC, makes it part of a community that works to cripple Web sites run by spammers.

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Windows flaw reaches beyond XP [Remote crash attack.]

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Spyware Phishing Now a World-Wide Epidemic

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WORSE THAN DEATH Executing computer hackers might be the only deterrent to the mischief and damage..

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 Mozilla Releases Firefox and Thunderbird Version 1.0.6

 

 

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Microsoft to buy company that filters, secures e-mail

 

 FTC targets porn e-mail operators -- "electronic flashing"

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Apple making big inroads in business with OS X

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Chinese Take Out: It's stealing industrial secrets by taking over corporate computers using spyware.

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SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SEVERELY POWERFUL 8-WAY SERVER PLATFORM AND SYSTEM

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INFORMATION WARFARE: Preparations for a Digital Pearl Harbor

[Steve Van Doorn]

good info thank you.

[backhoe]

Thanks for looking.

[Figment]

I downloaded Firefox update to 1.0.6 twice but it doesn't work. Has anyone else had this problem?

[hmmmmm]

In what way does it not work?

[backhoe]

I downloaded Firefox update to 1.0.6 twice but it doesn't work. Has anyone else had this problem?

Can't say, because I have not tried it yet- I usually let new releases age for a while before trying them.

Have you cleaned your registry and defragged the drive?

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 Wireless World: Mobile WiMax coming soon

 

 

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New "key" mandatory in Windows for updates--They seem bound and determined to force me to teach myself Linux...

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Firefox downloaded 75 million times