Software Blog » Browsers http://www.eftikasa.net/site Download Free Software As You Can ! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook to Investors: You Like What You See? http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/facebook-to-investors-you-like-what-you-see http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/facebook-to-investors-you-like-what-you-see#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.eftikasa.net/site/programs/facebook-to-investors-you-like-what-you-see


Facebook’s finally decided to take a head-first dive into the mountain of cash it’s been standing on for years. Following several days of heated rumors and years of speculation about when CEO Mark Zuckerberg was finally going to cash in his chips, the company filed an S-1 statement with the SEC, paving the way for an IPO as early as this May. Facebook has its sights set on hauling in $5 billion, making it the biggest Internet IPO in history. The move will likely make hundreds of Facebook staffers millionaires overnight.

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Antivirus vendor Symantec announced recently that up to 5 million Android devices may have been infected with a particular type of malware. Multiple publishers were pushing out apps — some of which were found in the official Android Market — containing malware known as “Counterclank,” according to the AV company. This is a minor modification of Android Tonclank, a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions as well as steal information from the device.

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Lately I’ve found myself more frequently irritated and dissatisfied with my Mac than ever before. This is a weird feeling, made all the more powerful by the fact that Mac OS X Lion is the most useful operating system ever. With a simple two-fingered swipe on my Magic Mouse, I can flick my entire screen to a whole new desktop view, and with a swipe in the other direction, go back. This feature alone is freakishly powerful for people who have a lot of different kinds of content on their Macs.

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Google will consolidate about 60 of its privacy policies across its products in March, creating one overarching policy and leaving only about another 10 unchanged for legal and other reasons. The company is also changing its terms of service. It may combine information on Google account holders across all the company’s services the account holder uses. This will provide a simpler, more intuitive Google experience and also let the company serve users better, it claims.

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Google will consolidate about 60 of its privacy policies across its products in March, creating one overarching policy and leaving only about another 10 unchanged for legal and other reasons. The company is also changing its terms of service. It may combine information on Google account holders across all the company’s services the account holder uses. This will provide a simpler, more intuitive Google experience and also let the company serve users better, it claims.

]]> http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/privacy-advocates-fiercely-furrow-brows-at-google/feed 0 The Surprisingly Juicy Desktop Linux Market Share Report http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/the-surprisingly-juicy-desktop-linux-market-share-report http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/the-surprisingly-juicy-desktop-linux-market-share-report#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.eftikasa.net/site/programs/the-surprisingly-juicy-desktop-linux-market-share-report
There’s no doubt the Linux world has seen its share of good news over the past year or so, but every once in a while a tidbit comes along that calls for a little extra fanfare. Case in point: Recent data from research firm Net Applications suggests that desktop Linux’s market share has jumped considerably over the past few months. Want specifics? Here goes: The company’s NetMarketShare service just recently reported that Linux’s market share on the desktop has steadily increased since the summer, going from 0.97 percent in July to a new high of 1.41 percent last month.

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Linux bloggers’ New Year’s resolutions tend to be many and varied in any given year, but one most can surely agree upon is the desire to outfit a new PC with nothing but free software. That sentiment, indeed, is just the one that was anticipated over at Computeractive UK, which published a compelling little story along those lines back in December. “I want to use only free software on my new PC. Where do I start?” the piece began. Of course, as any good Linux geek knows, there’s a wide world of FOSS out there.

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Microsoft celebrated the demise of Internet Explorer 6 on Tuesday after usage estimates put the Web browser’s marketshare at under 1 percent in the U.S. Microsoft was as happy as anyone to see the browser go. The company has been running a kill campaign for IE6 for years, with Microsoft executive Amy Bazdukas stating in 2009 that “friends don’t let friends use IE6,” and launching a deathwatch website for the browser last March. A blog post Tuesday announcing the browser’s death ran with picture of a cake that read, “Goodbye, IE6!”

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If Google’s Zeitgeist 2011 — the company’s 11th annual list of the most popular and fastest-rising Internet searches — truly reflects the spirit of the times, then we must be living in a world of whiffle heads. In a year when the U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq, the Congress almost brought the government to a financial standstill, and the nation’s sovereign credit was downgraded by Standard & Poor, the top search term was “Rebecca Black.” The Web celeb was the No. 1 fastest-rising query globally.

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Google has been awarded a United States patent for what, in legalese, is “transitioning a mixed-mode vehicle to autonomous mode” — essentially a self-driving car. To be more precise, U.S. Patent 8,078,349 covers a car being driven by a human that transitions to being autonomously driven. This transition may include stopping a vehicle on a predefined “landing strip” and detecting a reference indicator which tells the vehicle its exact position and provides an URL that links to an instruction to go autonomous.

]]> http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/google-patents-driverless-car-tech-for-sliding-in-and-out-of-tight-spots/feed 0 Power Grid Cybersecurity: Who’s In Charge? http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/power-grid-cybersecurity-whos-in-charge http://www.eftikasa.net/site/browsers/power-grid-cybersecurity-whos-in-charge#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.eftikasa.net/site/programs/power-grid-cybersecurity-whos-in-charge
Cybersecurity experts have been murmuring for some time that the United States’ power supply is open to cyberattacks. “If someone were to think about attacking another nation, the first thing they’d do is take out the power grid, since it’s the hub around which other infrastructure spokes revolve,” said Patrick Miller, president and CEO of NESCO. An MIT study released recently by MIT seems to be bringing matters to a head. Among other things, the report calls for the establishment of one organization to head cybersecurity efforts for the U.S. power infrastructure.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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Microsoft will automatically upgrade earlier versions of its Internet Explorer browser beginning in January. The updates will be for PCs running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, Redmond said. Users in Australia and Brazil who have turned on the automatic update feature in Windows Update will be the first to have their browsers automatically updated, and Microsoft will roll out this capability elsewhere over time. Customers will be given the ability to opt out of the automatic browser updates.

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