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  • Microsoft explains how to avoid IE7 upgrade

    Microsoft has released instructions for administrators who want to avoid a forced upgrade to the latest version of its browser, Internet Explorer 7, which is due to occur on 12 February.

  • Reversal: Next IE update divorced from Windows

    Reversing a longstanding Microsoft policy, Bill Gates said on Tuesday that the company will ship an update to its browser separately from the next version of Windows.

  • Netscape update fixes Firefox bugs

    Netscape on Wednesday released a new version of Netscape 8 to bring the Web browser up to date on security patches with the underlying Firefox software.

  • Third time a charm for IE patch?

    Microsoft has issued a third version of a troubled Internet Explorer patch, aiming to fix a bug in an earlier update that could be exploited to hijack Windows PCs.

  • Microsoft patch can cause IE trouble

    Microsoft's August 8 security update for Internet Explorer is causing browser trouble for some systems.

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  • IE7: Are we right back where we started?

    The long-awaited Internet Explorer 7 debuted recently -- and a brand-new flaw promptly debuted a day later. While Redmond argued that the vulnerability actually comes from Outlook Express, it still affects IE7. But Mike Mullins says it doesn't bode well for the browser update, whose security enhancements Microsoft has been touting.

  • Photos: What's new Windows Mobile 6.1?

    Windows Mobile 6.1 has some useful new features, but is essentially a stop-gap while we wait for version 7.

  • Microsoft releases critical updates for IE, Workstation service

    Nearly all versions of Internet Explorer need to be updated to fix critical flaws released in Security Bulletin MS03-048. Plus, there's bulletin MS03-049, which reveals a new flaw in the Workstation service of two versions of Windows.

  • For Opera, smaller really is better

    Opera CTO Hkon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy that Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.

  • Fixing Firefox

    Since its November 2004 release, the first full version of Firefox has seen more than 25 million downloads in 100 days. But the popular browser has not been free of vulnerabilities.

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