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Mozilla temporarily disables Flash Player interactivity within Firefox, cites recently discovered exploits

If you haven’t updated your version of Adobe Flash Player lately, now might be the time to do it. The developers at Mozilla, having noticed that the staff at Hacking Team had three working exploits for Adobe Flash, decided to block all versions of the Flash Player plugin up to version 18.0.0.203 on Windows. Mozilla […]

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Intel Core M processor reviewed, results look favorable

If you’re curious as to the specs and benchmarks of Intel’s new Core M processor, which will be finding its way into the new 12-inch MacBook, the cool cats at AnandTech have gone bananas with a series of tests. The Core M processor, which runs on 4.5 watts of power, features two cores and hyperthreading. […]

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Firefox could be headed to iOS devices in the near future

At long last, Firefox may be headed to your iOS device. Per 9to5Mac and TechCrunch, Mozilla, the developers of the Firefox web browser, may be headed in a new direction under the leadership of new chief executive Chris Beard. With rapidly declining market share in the web browser race since Google Chrome was released in […]

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Firefox updated to 25.0

Firefox is now old enough to make foolish mistakes but get a lower insurance rates when it goes to rent a car. On Wednesday, Mozilla.org released version 25.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 47.1 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes: – [New] Web Audio support. – [New] […]

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Apple, Adobe sandbox Flash Player development for OS X versions

When in doubt, sandbox the sucker. Per Mac|Life, Adobe announced on Wednesday that the latest version of the Safari web browser included with OS X Mavericks now features app sandboxing for Flash Player, following similar moves with browsers from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. Although Flash Player has been sandboxed for some time, for whatever reason […]