BrowserCheck Plug-In Tester Qualys, the leading provider of IT security risk and compliance management solutions, today launched a free plug-in tester named BrowserCheck. It is aimed at helping both corporate users and consumers handle any security issues in their browsers. Qualys BrowserCheck finds security flaws in the browser and its plug-ins by scanning. Browser-based attacks as well as security flaws in browser plug-ins are on the rise. Most malware attacks target modern web browsers and the problem is that most internet users are not aware of these issues. They happily play browser-based games or ship online with no inkling that ...

Beta 1 of Firefox 4 brought a whole new user interface, but only for Windows users. We hear that the second beta version is due to be released around July 22 (no fixed date is given yet) and is said to take care of Mac users. Earlier this month, Mozilla released the first Firefox 4 Beta and it came with a new feature “tabs on top” which is enabled on Windows-based computers by default. Now Beta 2 will bring the tabs on top feature to the Mac version of the application.  If you are not familiar with this feature, it means the tabs in the browser are placed above the address bar and give a much better look. However, this is...

The latest Opera beta debuted a week ago and along with it a security and stability upgrade. Several security fixes have been incorporated and Opera recommends users to upgrade to the 10.54 version to take advantage of the improvements for both Mac and Windows users. Although, there are a total of five fixes, details of only one fix have been revealed as of now. 10.54 version instead of 10.53? The fix that has been revealed prevents Opera from being used as a vector for a font issue in the underlying operating system. The bug was said to be on Windows systems and Microsoft issued a patch for it, but for users who haven’t patched...

Browser War Earlier this week Mozilla announced plans for Firefox 4.  The free and open source browser maker has promised the new Firefox will be faster, more powerful, and empowering. They also intend to increase support for HTML5, which has become the subject of debate among supporters of just about every major browser. It is perfectly normal for two software companies to have divergent agendas.  The problem that arises with web browsers is that their content is external.  As much as users are dependent on the browsers to access their content, browsers are dependent on web developers and web standards to display the content correc...