Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.12 which they are calling a security and stability update. The update patches ten known vulnerabilities three of which are listed as critical. The three critical vulnerabilities patched are:
MFSA 2008-06 Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing
MFSA 2008-03 Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution
MFSA 2008-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption [...]
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When I upgraded to Leopard I kept Safari as my default browser so it would open whenever I clicked a link. But I kept using Firefox for almost everything. I liked how fast Safari was when I did fire it up. So this morning I decided to switch over and start using Safari as my [...]
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[Last updated: Nov. 1st] [Oct. 29th: Now includes a sentence about my experience when using the app. Keep in mind I did fresh installs of everything and restored data.]
It’s time to start going through my apps and seeing which are ready for OS X 10.5 Leopard and which aren’t. I’ll start with my most used [...]
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This weeks quest was almost all Wordpress and website updates. It was a pretty complete makeover, from the foundation to the window dressing. As I previously mentioned, I wanted to explore Wordpress and web theme design. I really liked my previous theme, Redoable by Dean Robinson, but it needed to be changed to handle Wordpress [...]
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During the ramp-up to Leopard I’ve been reviewing the apps I use and why. So I headed out to my Wakoopa profile to see what it says I use the most.
These are the top 10 apps based on how much I use them according to Wakoopa.
1. Firefox 2.0.0.x - Used almost 10 times more than [...]
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http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.5/releasenotes/
Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.5 which is primarily a security update. It patches eight security vulnerabilities including the one where IE would pass a malformed URL to it. The update is available from the Firefox website or through Firefox’s auto update feature. You can force an update check by selecting Help -> Check for Updates [...]
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