News Archive 2009

This lists recent 2009 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 1998-2008.

Note : an item is deleted from the list when a newer related news item is added; e.g., the news item reporting the release of Netscape 6 was deleted when 7 appeared.

2009

This lists 2009 news items which have not been updated.

	Jun 11/2009 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11: Mozilla.org updated Firefox to fix bugs and 9 security issues; it uses Gecko 1.9.0.11. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	Jun 9/2009 - Adobe Reader 7.1.3, 8.1.6, and 9.1.2: Adobe updated its Acrobat Reader to fix 13 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	Jun 9/2009 - Microsoft Windows: Microsoft issued security fixes for Windows, including cummulative security updates for IE 5.01, 6, 7, and 8. Users should update. [more...] [windows update...]
	Jun 8/2009 - Safari 4: Apple issued Safari 4.0, fixing 51 security issues. Warning : the install procedure removes Safari 3, even if you want to keep it for testing; it appears impossible to install both 3 and 4 on a PC without dual-boot or virtualization. [more...] [more...] [more...] [get it...]
	Jun 3/2009 - Konqueror 4.2.4: the KDE Project updated KDE and its Konqueror browser to fix bugs. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	Jun 3/2009 - Opera 10 β1: Opera Software issued its 1st beta of Opera 10. [more...] [get it...]
	Jun 1/2009 - Apple QuickTime 7.6.2 // Windows and OS X: Apple updated its media player to fix bugs and 10 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	May 29/2009 - Sun Java J2SE: Sun Systems updated Java to fix bugs and security issues. Users should update their version. [get 1.6u14...]
	May 27/2009 - Skyfire 1.0: Sky issued version 1.0 of its mobile browser. [more...] [get it...]
	May 19/2009 - Flock 2.5: the Flock group updated its social browser to add features and fix bugs; it uses Gecko 1.9.0.10. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	May 5/2009 - K-Meleon 1.5.3 // Windows: the K-Meleon browser was updated; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.21. Users should get it. [get it...]
	May 3/2009 - 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 6-8 on the same PC as another version of IE; these images expire in Aug 2009. [more...] [more...]
	Apr 23/2009 - CSS 2.1: the W3C updated its candidate recommendation of the Cascading Style Sheets 2.1 Specification. [read it...]
	Apr 21/2009 - AOL 9.5 Busted to Beta: the default version of AOL’s flagship browser has reverted from 9.5 to 9.1. The default became 9.5 when it was released on Feb 13, but 9.1 is now the default again, and 9.5 is labelled a beta.
	Apr 1/2009 - OmniWeb 5.9.2 // OS X: the Omni Group updated its Webkit-based OS X browser. [more...] [get it...]
	Mar 24/2009 - Sun Java J2SE: Sun Systems updated Java to fix bugs and security issues. Users should update their version. [get 1.4.2_19...] [get 1.5u18...] [get 1.6u13...]
	Mar 19/2009 - Internet Explorer 8: Microsoft released IE8. [more...] [more...] [get it...]
	Mar 3/2009 - Opera 9.64: Opera Software fixed bugs and security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	Feb 24/2009 - Adobe Flash 10 Player, Adobe updated its Flash Player to fix security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	Feb 13/2009 - AOL 9.5 // Windows XP and Vista: AOL updated its flagship Windows browser. [get it...]
	Feb 12/2009 - Linux Moonlight 1.0: Moonlight, an open source implementation of Silverlight for Linux, appeared. [get it...]
	Jan 28/2009 - XHTML Media Types (2nd Edition): the W3C updated its document which recommends how to deliver XHTML pages to user agents, including user agents like IE which do not specifically support XHTML. [read it...]