In as much as Java and Adobe Flash Player have taken recent beatings where security is concerned, apparently no platform is safe. Per the BBC, a recently discovered flaw in the HTML 5 coding language could allow websites to bombard users with gigabytes of junk data, with a number of popular browsers being open to […]
Tag: HTML 5
You can’t knock a solid update. On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 18.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 38.4 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes: New: – Faster JavaScript performance via IonMonkey compiler. – Support for Retina Display on OS X 10.7 and up. – Preliminary support for WebRTC. […]
Apple on Monday afternoon released the 4th beta of iOS 6 to developers and in the process appears to have nixed the inclusion of the once-standard YouTube app in what appears to be an escalation of tensions between the company and rival Google. Per AppleInsider, upon installing the release, sources familiar with the software confirm […]
This could be nifty. Graphics chip maker Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series graphics cards for notebooks, which could provide parallel-processing capabilities to accelerate Web browsing and 3D image rendering. Per Macworld, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome have either implemented or will soon include the capability to offload tasks […]
Late Thursday, Opera Software released version 10.60 of its web browser. The new version, a 22.7 megabyte download, boasts the following fixes and changes: – Our further-optimized JavaScript engine is over 50% faster than in Opera 10.50. – Enhanced support for advanced Web standards such as HTML5 and WebM video is now included. – Opera […]