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The problem with the Prefetch function in Firefox and Chrome
Did you know that Firefox and Chrome both have a feature that fetches pages and links that it thinks you might be going to click on? This can slow down your computer and browsing dramatically. The majority of problems come up when using a search engine, particularly Google with its “preview function”. The pre-fetch function [… Read More]
Beware of fake shopping sites
With the seasonal shopping season well underway, watch out for fake shopping sites and phishing emails trying to get your identity & credit card details. A slightly different approach came into my inbox today which asked me to confirm the item in my shopping basket. Now I haven’t shopped with Littlewoods online but you can [… Read More]
Mozilla fixes 16 flaws with Firefox 3.5.4:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox35.html#firefox3.5.4 Mozilla fixes 16 flaws with Firefox 3.5.4: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140008/Mozilla_fixes_16_flaws_with_Firefox_3.5.4 Mozilla today patched 16 vulnerabilities in Firefox, 11 of them critical, as it updated the open-source browser to version 3.5.4. The 11 critical Firefox 3.5 vulnerabilities were located in a variety ofn components, including Web worker calls, the GIF color map parser, the string-to-number converter, a [… Read More]