Pwn2Own … IE8, Firefox and Safari (x2) … Hacked on day one.

Written by geekE Management | Published on March 25, 2010
Hackers exploited the 3 major browsers on day one of Pwn2Own.  As expected,  IE8, FireFox and Safari were all penetrated within minutes of the competition starting. Most impressively, Peter Vreugdenhil, was able to exploit a vulnerability in IE8 on Windows 7 allowing him to bypass  the operating systems DEP (Data Execution System) security mechinism designed to [...]
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Firefox 3.6 Gets Accelerometer Support

Written by geekE Management | Published on October 14, 2009
This video demonstrates a new orientation feature in Firefox 3.6.  Right now it’s only supported on some new Macs and Thinkpads that have the hardware and drivers to expose the information. I’m sure it won’t be long before other systems with Accelerometers, like HP laptops with “ProtectSmart”, will get some support.
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Microsoft Drops Windows 7E

Written by geekE Management | Published on August 3, 2009
Rather than ship a stripped down version of Windows to European users, Microsoft has opted to go the “ballot” route.  The ballot screen in Windows 7 will offer information and download links to many IE rivals such as FireFox, Safari, Chrome, Opera and others. In the wake of last week’s developments, as well as continuing [...]
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