News Archive 2008

This lists recent 2008 news items. The most recent items appear first. For old news items, see the news archive for 1998-2007.

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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.

2008

This lists 2008 news items which have not been updated.

	Apr 9/2008 - OmniWeb 5.7 // OS X: the Omni Group upgraded its browser suite, fixing bugs, making it work better with Leopard, using a newer browser engine based on the Safari 3.0 engine. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	Apr 8/2008 - Adobe Flash 9 Player, Adobe updated its v9 Flash Player to fix 7 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	Apr 8/2008 - Internet Explorer 6 and 7: having had made an agreement with Eolas, Microsoft’s latest security update to IE 6 and 7 also removed a feature whereby users have to click on “click to activate” to make some controls work. [more...] Designers should ignore this change at this time: other brower makers have not made such agreements, so some browsers will continue to require the user to click on controls; also, not all IE users will update their browsers.
	Apr 8/2008 - K-Meleon 1.1.5 // Windows: the Gecko browser K-Meleon was updated to fix security issues; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.14. Users should get it. [get it...]
	Apr 8/2008 - Microsoft Windows: Microsoft issued security fixes for Windows and other products, including a cumulative update for IE 5.01, 6, and 7. Users should update. [more...] [more...] [windows update...]
	Apr 4/2008 - Unicode 5.1: the Unicode Consortium updated the Unicode standard; the HTML character set is essentially Unicode. [more...]
	Apr 3/2008 - Digital Video Ad Format Guidelines: the IAB updated its guidelines for digital video ads, adding 4 new standard ad sizes — 300x50, 300x60, 400x20, and 450x50 — therefore making these sizes no longer safe for graphics which are not ads. [more...] [more...]
	Apr 3/2008 - Opera 9.27: Opera Software updated its browser suite to fix bugs and 3 security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	Apr 2/2008 - Apple QuickTime 7.4.5 // OS X and Windows: Apple updated its media player to fix numerous security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	Apr 2/2008 - Konqueror 4.0.3: the KDE Project updated KDE and its Konqueror browser to fix bugs. [more...] [get it...]
	Apr 2/2008 - Mozilla Firefox 3 β5: Mozilla.org updated its beta of Firefox 3. [more...] [get it...]
	Mar 28/2008 - Flock 1.1.1: the Flock group updated its social browser to fix security issues; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.13. Users should get it. [get it...]
	Mar 26/2008 - SeaMonkey 1.1.9: the SeaMonkey Council updated the SeaMonkey browser suite to fix security issues; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.13. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	Mar 25/2008 - Adobe Shockwave 11: Adobe released Shockwave 11. [get it...]
	Mar 5/2008 - Internet Explorer 8β1: Microsoft its first beta of IE8; it has many rendering bugs. [more...] [get it...] Microsoft has also issued an important document discussing the various IE8 compatibility modes.
	Mar 5/2008 - Sun Java J2SE: Sun Systems updated Java to fix bugs. Users should update their version. [get 1.4.2_17...] [get 1.5.0_15...] [get 1.6u5...]
	Mar 5/2008 - Virtual PC for Testing with IE6, IE7, and IE8 β1: Microsoft released new versions of its time-limited, pre-activated, Virtual PC image of Windows XP or Vista, for those who wish to test with IE6, IE7, and IE8 β1 on the same PC; it expires Jul 3, 2008. [more...] [more...]
	Feb 26, 2008 - Amaya 10: the W3C updated its test-bed browser, to fix bugs and make enhancements. [more...] [get it...]
	Feb 20/2008 - AOL Netscape 9.0.0.6: AOL updated Netscape 9 to fix security issues and to make it easier to migrate to Firefox or Flock; support for Netscape ends Mar 1, so this may be the last version. [more...] [get it...]
	Feb 20/2008 - .asia Domain Names: .asia TLDs are now available to the general public. [more...]
	Feb 19/2008 - Konqueror 3.5.9: the KDE Project updated KDE 3 and its Konqueror browser to fix bugs, for those who have not updated to KDE 4.0x. [more...] [get it...]
	Feb 17/2008 - iCab 4.0.1: iCab updated its Mac browser for OS X 10.3.9 and newer. Users should get it. [get it...]
	Feb 11/2008 - OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Apple has many OS X security updates, some affecting the Safari browser. Users should update. [update...]
	Feb 5/2008 - Adobe Reader 8.1.2: Adobe silently updated Acrobat Reader to fix a security issue. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	Feb 5/2008 - Opera Mobile 9.5: Opera Software updated its browser for mobile devices. [more...] [more...]
	Jan 30/2008 - AOL Netscape’s Demise Delayed: AOL is delaying Netscape’s death to Mar 1, 2008. [more...]
	Jan 1/2008 - iCab 3.0.5: iCab updated its Mac browser for the Mac Classic O/S, and for OS X 10.3.8 or older. Users should get it if their PCs do not support v4.0.0. [get it...]