News Archive 2011

This lists recent 2011 news items, with the most recent items first. For current news, see the sidebar on the home page. For older news items, see the news archive for 1998-2010.

Note : a news item is deleted from this list when a newer related news item is added; e.g., the news item reporting the release of Firefox 2 was deleted when Firefox 3 appeared.

2011

This lists 2011 news items which have not been updated:

	Jan 10/2012 - Adobe Reader 10.1.2: Adobe updated (Acrobat) Reader X to fix security issues. v10 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Dec 16/2011 - Adobe Reader 9.4.7: Adobe updated (Acrobat) Reader 9 to fix security issues. v9 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Dec 16/2011 - OmniWeb 5.11.1 // OS X: the Omni Group updated its OS X browser. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Dec 15/2011 - Java SE: Oracle updated Java 7 (alias 1.7) to fix bugs. Users should update. [more…] [get 7u2…]
	Dec 13/2011 - Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9.0.4: Microsoft issued a cumulative security update for IE. Users should update. [more…] [windows update…]
	Dec 12/2011 - Microsoft Silverlight 5.0.61118.0: Microsoft updated its Silverlight media player. Users should update. [get it…]
	Nov 29/2011 - Safari 5.1.2 // Windows, OS X: Apple updated Safari to fix bugs. Version 5 users should get it. [more…] [get it…]
	Nov 10/2011 - Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55, Adobe updated its Flash Player to fix security issues. Caution : it refuses to install on some PCs. Users should update. [get it…]
	Nov 8/2011 - Adobe Shockwave 11.6.3.633: Adobe updated Shockwave to fix security issues. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Nov 8/2011 - Oracle Java SE // OS X 10.7 (Lion): Apple updated Java to fix security issues in OS X 10.7. Users should update. [get it…]
	Nov 8/2011 - Oracle Java SE // OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): Apple updated Java to fix security issues in OS X 10.6. Users should update. [get it…]
	Oct 27/2011 - Apple QuickTime 7.7.1: Apple updated its Windows media player to fix security issues. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Oct 11/2011 - Opera 11.5 Mobile: Opera Software updated its browser for smartphones. [more…] [get it…]
	Oct 11/2011 - Opera 6.5 Mini: Opera Software updated its browser for mobile devices. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 14/2011 - Mozilla Camino 2.0.9 // OS X: Mozilla.org updated Camino to fix bugs. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 13/2011 - Adobe Reader 10.1.1: Adobe updated (Acrobat) Reader X to fix security issues. v10 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Aug 23/2011 - PHP 5.3.8: the PHP Group updated PHP 5. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Aug 16/2011 - Virtual PC Images for Testing with IE6, IE7, and IE8: Microsoft updated its time-limited, pre-activated, Virtual PC images of Windows XP and Vista for those who wish to test with IE 6-9 on the same PC as another version of IE; these images expire in about 3 months. [more…] [more…]
	Aug 9/2011 - HTML 5: the W3C published a draft of HTML 5: Edition for Web Authors. [read it…]
	Jun 30/2011 - ECMAscript: ISO issued a new ECMAscript (JavaScript) standard, ECMA-262 Edition 5.1. [more…] [read it…]
	Jun 20/2011 - Top Level Domain Names: ICANN approved a plan to allow TLDs to be any substring in any language; e.g. IBM could get domain names ending in .ibm. [pdf…]
	Jun 7/2011 - CSS 2.1: the W3C published the Cascading Style Sheets 2.1 Specification. [read it…]
	May 25/2011 - Opera Mobile 11 Emulator: Opera Software released an emulator of its v11 browser for mobile devices. Caution : its userAgent string identifies it as Opera 10. [more…] [get it…]
	May 25/2011 - HTML 5: the W3C issued a notable update to the draft HTML 5 Specification and its companion documents. They are especially relevant today, as many recent browsers support elements of HTML 5. [more…]
	May 14/2011 - Perl 5.14: the Perl Foundation has issued Perl 5.14. [more…] [more…]
	Mar 29/2011 - Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Mobile (Fennec): Mozilla.org issued Firefox 4 for Android phones. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 22/2011 - Microsoft Windows // Windows Vista, Server 2008, and 7: Microsoft has updates, including font updates, to support the new Indian Rupee symbol. [more…]
	Mar 22/2011 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5.18: Mozilla.org updated Firefox to fix a security issue. Version 3.5.x users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 14, 2011 - Internet Explorer 9 // Windows Vista and 7: Microsoft issued IE 9. [more…] [more…] [get it…]
	Feb 3/2011 - IPv4 Addresses: the Number Resource Organization revealed that all IPv4 addresses are now allocated, making the move to IPv6 more urgent. [more…] [more…]