A year ago, Google announced Chrome Frame, a project intended to bring the standards support, HTML5 features, and speed of Google’s Chrome Web browser to Internet Explorer as a plug-in, rather than requiring users to download a separate application. Now, Google has taken the “beta” tag off and announced Chrome Frame’s first stable release, bringing Chrome’s features—and speed—to Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8, without requiring users to replace their existing browsers.
We’ll have more information about this story as soon as it is available.
For most people, surfing the internet has become synonymous with clicking on the ‘e’ icon on their computers to launch Internet Explorer (IE). And while it is by far the most popular browser in the world, of late, IE had seen increasing threat from others such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera that claim to be faster, have more features, and more secure. Microsoft’s answer to all these criticisms has been to unveil a new version of the browser: Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). Read the rest of this entry »
SpywareBlaster is a popular tool for protecting your computer against the various nasties that lurk on the internet, ready to spread to and cause havoc on your computer. Unlike Malware Scanners, which clean and protect you from existing infections, SpywareBlaster is designed to prevent new Malware infections from ever getting installed from the moment it’s active. As Javacool Software, the parent company of the software, explain it:
SpywareBlaster focuses on prevention and protection. Removal deals with threats after they’ve already had a chance to wreak havoc and compromise your data. There are plenty of freely-available spyware removal tools. But few of them do anything to help keep your system secure. That’s why we initially released SpywareBlaster, and that’s why we’ve continued to strengthen its already powerful protection – to stop potentially unwanted software before it has a chance to get on your machine.
Recently, JavaCool Software updated the entire software package, bumping up its version number to 4.4. Those who have an older version should already have been notified to download the new version from the website, but if you haven’t been yet and didn’t know, or just needed a reminder, then I thought I’d just post this to remind you. Unfortunately JavaCool doesn’t post changelogs for its software, so I don’t actually know what the new version brings.