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Tag: Firefox

Web Browsers Suck

Posted on March 26, 2010March 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Web Browsers Suck

Coming off the heels of IE, Firefox and Safari getting hacked at the recent Pwn conference this week, I have to sit back and wonder what has happened to the browsers out there. Why must they all be hunks of junk? IE has more security holes than swiss cheese, we all know that. Even IE8…

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Tricksy Microsoft lessens Firefox security

Posted on June 1, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Tricksy Microsoft lessens Firefox security

Those that use Firefox love how it works. They know that it does not install software without your permission, and it tends to bee more secure overall. Well that is not always so true when using Firefox on a Windows based machine anymore. See with some recent security updates to the .Net framework, Microsoft also…

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Google Chrome: Whats the big deal?

Posted on May 8, 2009 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on Google Chrome: Whats the big deal?

So I finally decided to check out Chrome for myself. With all the hype and talk about it, I figured I better at least see what it is like. The install took far longer than what I had expected for a “streamlined” installation. Once installed, it was never able to finish copying settings from my…

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