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  • More security hiccups for IE

    Microsoft's Internet Explorer has become a turkey shoot for flaw finders.

  • Netscape aims beyond Firefox

    Once chided for jumping the gun with its Mozilla-based browser, Netscape is gunning to surpass the original with its next release.

  • Microsoft says IE updates possible

    Microsoft, under pressure to add new features to Internet Explorer, said it might do so by way of the browser's add-on mechanism.

  • Firefox fans to take campaign to NY Times

    The Mozilla Foundation has called on its supporters to chip in on a full-page advertisement in The New York Times for the launch of its Firefox 1.0 browser in November.

  • Security chief quits Microsoft

    Stuart Okin, the public face of Microsoft UK's security work, has resigned from the software giant.

  • Microsoft: Firewalls are failing to keep out hackers

    Speaking in London on Monday at a technical briefing on the need for next generation firewalls, Microsoft security technology architect Fred Baumhardt outlined some of the gaps that traditional firewalls are leaving open.

  • Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs

    Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software's handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable.

  • Drag-and-drop flaw mars Microsoft's latest update

    An independent researcher warned that an Internet Explorer vulnerability could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect, even on computers updated with Microsoft's latest security patch.

  • IE is evolving, but is it enough?

    Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser is in the process of getting its first significant update in two years this week, as part of the company's overhaul of its operating system.

  • MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

    A 19-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Wednesday to unleashing part of the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the Internet last summer.

  • IE flaws used to spread pop-up toolbar

    An adware purveyor has apparently used two previously unknown security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to install a toolbar on victims' computers that triggers pop-up ads, researchers said this week.

  • Microsoft lays out server road map

    Microsoft on Wednesday laid out its server road map, outlining a series of releases including Longhorn Server, the next major OS edition, targeted to arrive in 2007.

  • Google plays down Microsoft search plans

    Google has downplayed the looming threat of search competition from Microsoft, saying his company doesn't expect to see a credible product from the software giant for years.

  • Microsoft releases early IE fix

    Microsoft broke its once-a-month schedule on Monday to fix a critical flaw in Internet Explorer that could allow malicious coders to take control of an unwary user's PC.

  • Security group tackles vulnerability disclosure

    A security coalition has published draft guidelines for issuing bug alerts, a bid to temper a hot debate over when and how alerts should be released.

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