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Mozilla released yesterday Firefox 3.1 beta 1 to test the changes of the next version of the popular browser.

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After few days since the release of the first beta version, Google released today a new version of Chrome that fix some vulnerabilities recently discovered.

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Today Google released the first beta of its own browsers: Chrome. Considering the success of both Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari, the Big G’s browser will further ignite up the reborn “Browser Wars”.

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Microsoft indicated that Internet Explorer 8, the new and unreleased version of the popular browser, will include new privacy features that will allow users to hide their tracks while surfing the Web.

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Microsoft warned that a previously reported flaw of Apple Safari can be combined with a flaw in Internet Explorer to run unauthorized program on users’ computers.
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Yesterday, Tuesday, 22nd, Microsoft presented “Live Mesh” a Web 2.0 service for synchronizing files, folders, and Web-delivered content across multiple devices.

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PayPal is planning to start blocking users to access its services if they have older versions of their browser that do not support anti-phishing features. This decision is part of the big strategy that the famous on-line payment system provider is pushing in order to protect users from phishing attacks that would compromise their account.

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Adobe released this week the version 9.0.124.0 of its famous Flash Player in order to fix a security hole found during a hacking contest made few days ago.

While the major bug was related to the cross-domain content, the new version included a few other bug fixes as well, like the fix for a streaming content security issue and a “black triangles” issue with full-screen video on ATI video cards.

More information are available on the Security Advisory and the release notes.