{"id":424047,"date":"2010-03-13T13:30:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=20494"},"modified":"2010-04-27T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:43:29","slug":"browser-saturday-browser-security-woes-firefox-account-manager-opera-mini-for-android-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/424047","title":{"rendered":"Browser Saturday: Browser Security Woes, Firefox Account Manager, Opera Mini for Android and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another edition of Browser Saturday &#8211; the weekly roundup of all major browser related news. Without further ado let us get started.<\/p>\n<h3>Internet Explorer<\/h3>\n<p>This was a particularly rough week for Internet Explorer users. Early in the week, Microsoft released a security advisory warning users about a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, which could result in the execution of malicious code. Soon, multiple security product vendors confirmed that the vulnerability was indeed being exploited by hackers to attack unsuspecting users. To make matters worse Israeli researcher Moshe Ben Abu published the exploit code. Check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ie-0-day-vulnerability-code-published.html\" title=\"Things Just Got Worse For Internet Explorer Users: Unpatched Exploit Code Released\">original article<\/a> to learn more about this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.favbrowser.com\/microsoft-tweaks-browser-ballot-screen\/\" title=\"Microsoft Tweaks Browser Ballot Screen\">tweaked<\/a> the browser ballot screen &#8211; which has already given a boost to alternate browsers, to remove any inherent bias.<\/p>\n<h3>Firefox<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/posts\/rock-firefox.png\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Rock-Your-Firefox\" \/>Mozilla publically launched <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/rock-your-firefox.html\" title=\"Rock Your Firefox\">RockYourFirefox<\/a> &#8211; a central repository for users looking to enhance their browsing experience. RockYourFirefox would regularly feature some of the best Firefox extensions along with reviews, feedback and insights from Firefox users around the web.<\/p>\n<p>However, the most exciting development of the week was the announcement of Mozilla Account Manager. It is a new Mozilla Labs project, which aims to make managing accounts on different websites simpler by allowing users to sign-in\/sign-out from the toolbar itself. Check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/innovations\/mozilla-online-account-manager-concept.html\" title=\"Mozilla Account Manager May Simplify Online Identity Management\">in-depth coverage<\/a> to get an idea about this possibly revolutionary product.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla also started pushing <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/firefox35-upgrade-to-firefox36.html\" title=\"Firefox 3.5 Users Will Get Upgrade Prompt for Firefox 3.6\">Firefox 3.6<\/a> more proactively to users, while continuing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiercecio.com\/techwatch\/story\/firefox-previews-new-feature-protect-against-flash-crashes\/2010-03-12\" title=\"Firefox previews new feature to protect against Flash crashes\">impressive work<\/a> on the latest development builds. <\/p>\n<h3>Chrome<\/h3>\n<p>This was a comparatively quiet week for Google Chrome. The most significant development was Google deciding to do away with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadsquad.com\/2010\/03\/12\/google-to-strip-unique-client-id-from-future-google-chrome-insta\/\" title=\"Google to strip unique client ID from future Google Chrome installs\">unique client ID<\/a> present in all installations of the browser. In the future, Chrome will be getting rid of the unique identifier after the first automatic update check. <\/p>\n<p>Although there weren&#8217;t a lot of new stuff from Google, there were plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/extensions\/list\/newest\" title=\"Newest Chrome Extensions\">new extensions<\/a>. If you are a cricket fan, go ahead and install the <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/extensions\/detail\/mbokimfhdpcbbpphjbiaeihkeknmcbjg\" title=\"IPL on YouTube for Google Chrome\">IPL on YouTube<\/a> extension for Chrome to get lives scores, commentary and match reminders.<\/p>\n<h3>Opera<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/posts\/pallab\/opera_10.jpg\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Opera\" \/>Opera Software had a fairly dramatic week thanks to all the hoopla about the <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/opera\/opera-security-content-length-header.html\" title=\"Opera Comes Clean On the Malformed Content-Length Header Security Issue\">malformed Content-Length header<\/a> security issue. The initial proof of concept code turned out to be non-exploitable. However, a modified scenario presented by Secunia was (at least theoretically) revealed to be a security risk.<\/p>\n<p>However, things were not all gloomy for Opera. Carakan JavaScript engine continued its impressive showing &#8211; it proved itself to be not only the fastest but also the <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/latest-news\/sputnik-javascript-test.html\" title=\"Does Your Browser Behave? Find Out With Sputnik JavaScript Conformance Test Suite\">best behaved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Opera Software kept churning out releases for various platforms. <a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2010\/03\/11\/getting-prettier\" title=\"New Opera 10.5 UNIX Snapshot\">UNIX<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2010\/03\/12\/new-mac-snapshot\" title=\"New Opera 10.5 MAC Snapshot\">MAC<\/a> users received new 10.50 snapshots while Windows users got a chance to try out a <a href=\"http:\/\/my.opera.com\/desktopteam\/blog\/2010\/03\/11\/10-51-snapshot-for-windows\" title=\"Opera 10.51 for Windows\">10.51 build<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/opera\/opera-mini-5-beta-for-android.html\" title=\"Opera Mini 5 Beta For Android Released\">Opera Mini 5 beta for Android<\/a> was also released this week.<\/p>\n<h3>Safari<\/h3>\n<p>Apple pushed through as many as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/c\/a\/Security\/Apple-Safari-Update-Patches-16-Vulnerabilities-Ahead-of-Hacking-Contest-416251\/\" title=\"Apple Safari Update Patches 16 Vulnerabilities Ahead of Hacking Contest\">16 security updates<\/a> for Safari, ahead of the Pwn2Own hacking contest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px\">\n<strong>Share:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html#commentrespond\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Comment on This Post<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?source=techiebuzz&#038;status=Browser%20Saturday:%20Browser%20Security%20Woes,%20Firefox%20Account%20Manager,%20Opera%20Mini%20for%20Android%20and%20More%20http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fdc4mig%20via%20@techiebuzzer\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Tweet This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Share on Facebook<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html&#038;title=Browser%20Saturday:%20Browser%20Security%20Woes,%20Firefox%20Account%20Manager,%20Opera%20Mini%20for%20Android%20and%20More\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Save to Delicious<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Stumble This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&#038;url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html&#038;title=Browser%20Saturday:%20Browser%20Security%20Woes,%20Firefox%20Account%20Manager,%20Opera%20Mini%20for%20Android%20and%20More\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Digg This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html&#038;title=Browser%20Saturday:%20Browser%20Security%20Woes,%20Firefox%20Account%20Manager,%20Opera%20Mini%20for%20Android%20and%20More\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Reddit This<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong style=\"font-size:11px;\">TAGS:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-transform:uppercase;font-size:11px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/firefox\" rel=\"tag\">Firefox<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/google-chrome\" rel=\"tag\">Google Chrome<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/internet-browsers\" rel=\"tag\">Internet Browsers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/internet-explorer\" rel=\"tag\">Internet Explorer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/opera\" rel=\"tag\">Opera<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/safari\" rel=\"tag\">Safari<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#E1E1E1; border: dotted 1px; padding:5px; margin-top:5px;font-size:11px\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/security-account-manager-android-browser-saturday.html\" title=\"Browser Saturday: Browser Security Woes, Firefox Account Manager, Opera Mini for Android and More\">Browser Saturday: Browser Security Woes, Firefox Account Manager, Opera Mini for Android and More<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\" title=\"Techie Buzz\">Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Pallab De on Saturday 13th March 2010 12:30:11 PM. 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