Firefox 3 Hits 17.3 Million Downloads

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Since launch last week in excess of 17.3 million downloads of Firefox 3 have taken place. The browser saw 8 million downloads within the first 24-hours of its release, more than ever downloaded in a single day before and a statistic currently being considered for inclusion within the Guinness Book of ...

Tweak Firefox to Display Richer Colors

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

If the digital photo you just uploaded looks more washed out in Flickr than it does in your desktop image editor, that's because Firefox 3's advanced color management capability isn't turned on by default. To turn it on, type about:config in Firefox 3's address bar, then click the "I'll ...

Cain & Abel v4.9.15 released

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords ...

Apple defuses Safari “Carpet Bomb”

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Apple has closed four security holes in the Windows version of its Safari browser with the release of version 3.1.2. The fixes include the browser's "Carpet Bomb" behaviour of placing downloaded files on the desktop by default and without asking the user's permission. In association with with Internet Explorer – ...

Desktop virtualisation gets military-grade security

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Tresys Technology has released a desktop virtualisation platform with a difference - it is designed from the ground up for organisations needing tight security, including military bodies. Tresys, which has a track record of providing military systems, said its VM Fortress can cut costs for organisations which would like to implement ...