Category Archives: browser

Security Update to Google Chrome 63.0.3239.108

Posted on 2017-12-19 by guenni

Google's Chrome developers has released a security update for this browser that changes the version to 63.0.3239.108. Here are a few details about this update.

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Internet Explorer 11: Enable ActiveX controls

Posted on 2017-12-14 by guenni

[German]This blog post shows, how to define compatibility lists for ActiveX components in Internet Explorer 11. This is mandatory to allow ActiveX component execution within the browser. This topic has been raised a few days ago during fixing the broken … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 11 crashes after installing updates?

Posted on 2017-12-04 by guenni

[German]In connection with the latest Windows updates there is (possibly) a problem with Internet Explorer 11 that can cause crashes. In my opinion, this problem occurs in all versions of Windows and it's available since September 2017 patchday.

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Ups, Microsoft’s presentation needs help from Google Chrome

Posted on 2017-11-01 by guenni

[German]Embarrassing or funny incident during a presentation at Microsoft's Ignite conference: Because the Edge browser crashed, a Microsoft employee had to quickly install the Google Chrome browser during a presentation at Ignite in order to complete his demo.

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Chrome version 62.0.3202.75

Posted on 2017-10-28 by guenni

On October 26, 2017 Chrome developers released the security update Chrome 62.0.3202.75 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It closes a critical vulnerability CVE-2017-15396 in the V8 video component (stack overflow). If Google Chrome is installed, the update shall be installed … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Firefox 56.0.2 released

Posted on 2017-10-27 by guenni

Mozilla's developers has released Firefox version 56.0.2 on October 26, 2017 in Release Channel. The changelog lists only minor bug fixes. The Firefox installer may be downloaded from this Firefox page. (via)

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Firefox 56.0.1 released

Posted on 2017-10-10 by guenni

Mozilla developers have released Firefox 56.0.1. This browser update is available for Windows, Linux and macOS. There are new functions and a change.

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Tor Browser 7.0.6 released

Posted on 2017-09-29 by guenni

[German]The Tor project has released Tor browser 7.0.6 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X on September 26, 2017. An Update is recommended.

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Firefox 56 released – IndexDB bug fixed, new screenshot tool

Posted on 2017-09-29 by guenni

[German]Mozilla developers has released Firefox browser version 56 for Windows, Linux and macOS. Beside a screenshot tool there are many improvements and also fixes under the hood.

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Google Chrome 61.0.3163.100 fixes vulnerabilities

Posted on 2017-09-27 by guenni

Google will release Chrome 61.0.3163.100 during automatic update, to fix several vulnerabilities found in this browser.

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