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Mozilla thinks mobile Firefox will kill app stores - Browsers - News - DMXzone.COM
This is precisely the issue Mozilla feels they can address with their upcoming mobile version of Firefox (aka Fennec). According to an article from PC Pro, Fennec, when it's released, will have the fastest javascript engine of any mobile browser available in the smartphone market. This, according to Mozilla, will allow developers to create their applications to work in the browser, as opposed to running it directly from the phone's platform. Jay Sullivan, VP of mobile at Mozilla, says that Fennec will make it so that "anyone who knows javascript and HTML can develop a great app without having to learn a specific mobile platform." He's also realistic, admitting that it will be a while before developers move away from app stores and embrace the web model.
Chrome OS browser leaks onto the internet
geoken on 16 Oct 2009 - 00:46
All these people reporting on "ChromeOS" leaks are making me realize just how clueless the tech 'blogosphere' has become. If you venture too far outside of sites like Ars or AnandTech all you get is reposted material, mislabeled by people who barely understand it.
If nothing else, the pics themselves should tell you this isn't ChromeOS. How can an OS be running inside another OS un-virtualized? It would be like showing a pic of WMP12 functioning in Vista then claiming you have a screenshot of Win 7.
#9.2 freeeekyyy on 16 Oct 2009 - 01:25
geoken said,
All these people reporting on "ChromeOS" leaks are making me realize just how clueless the tech 'blogosphere' has become. If you venture too far outside of sites like Ars or AnandTech all you get is reposted material, mislabeled by people who barely understand it.
If nothing else, the pics themselves should tell you this isn't ChromeOS. How can an OS be running inside another OS un-virtualized? It would be like showing a pic of WMP12 functioning in Vista then claiming you have a screenshot of Win 7.
this is one of the best things I've read in ages. So many "tech" sites are really just for geek types to complain about visual styles. Neowin is definitely that way. People are much more concerned with things like the appearance of Windows 7 than any new functionality or technical features. An operating system is primarily a utility to run other software, nothing more.
PayPal Suspends Researcher’s Account for Distributing Hacking Tools | Threat Level | Wired.com
“This is a vulnerability that would affect every SSL implementation,” Marlinspike told Threat Level in July, “because almost everybody who has ever tried to implement SSL has made the same mistake.”
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Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller | Zero Day | ZDNet.com
On a scale of 1-10, how impressive was the Nils’ sweep of exploiting all three main browsers?
I was surprised. For IE 8, I’d give him a 9 out of 10. For Safari, maybe a 2. It’s just too easy to pop Safari. For Firefox on Windows, I give him a 10. That was the most impressive of the three. It’s really hard to exploit Firefox on Windows.
Really? What’s the difference between what you can do on IE but can’t do on Firefox?
The technique he used works against IE but not Firefox. It allows you to place code in a specific spot in memory. Mark Dowd and Alex Sotirov talked about this at last year’s Black Hat. You can use a technique to make .net not opt into the mitigations and jump over hurdled easily. With Firefox, you can’t do that.
For all the browsers on operating systems, the hardest target is Firefox on Windows. With Firefox on Mac OS X, you can do whatever you want. There’s nothing in the Mac operating system that will stop you.
You talked earlier about the value of vulnerabilities. Was it a surprise that he (Nils) basically gave up three “high-value” bugs for $5,000 each?
It’s clear he’s incredibly talented. I was shocked when I saw someone sign up to go after IE 8. You can get paid a lot more than $5,000 for one of those bugs. I’ve talked to a lot of smart, knowledgeable people and no one knows exactly how he did it. He could easily get $50,000 for that vulnerability. I’d say $50,000 is a low-end price point.
For the amount of time he spent to do what he did on IE and Firefox, he could have found and exploited five or 10 Safari bugs. With the way they’re paying $5,000 for every verifiable bug, he could have spent that same time and resources and make $25,000 or $30,000 easily just by going after Safari on Mac.
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Opera Sings an Ode to Browsers Everywhere - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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If a supermarket wants to show me a YouTube video when I check out, or my Facebook friend wants to send me something to watch on my television, why should the narrow vision of a hardware company stop me?
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