News Archive 2010

This lists recent 2010 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 1998-2009.

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.

2010(anchor)

This lists 2010 news items which have not been updated.

Google Chrome Jul 2/2010 - Google Chrome 5.0.375.99: Google updated Chrome to fix security issues. Users should update. [get it...]
Opera Jul 1/2010 - Opera 10.60: Opera Software updated Opera. Caution: poorer browser sniffers may identify it as 9.80. [caution...] [more...] [get it...]
Flock Jun 30/2010 - Flock 2.6.1: the Flock group updated its social browser; it uses Gecko 1.9.0.19. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
Adobe Reader Jun 29/2010 - Adobe Reader 9.3.3: Adobe updated its Acrobat Reader to fix 17 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
Microsoft Internet Explorer Jun 21/2010 - 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 about 3 months. [more...] [more...]
W3C Jun 17/2010 - User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: the W3C updated this draft recommendation to help make browsers and media players friendlier to the disabled. [read it...]
Adobe Flash ViperwareJun 10/2010 - Adobe Flash 10 Player, Adobe updated its Flash Player to fix 32 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
Microsoft Internet Explorer Jun 8/2010 - Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 7, and 8: Microsoft issued a cumulative security update for IE. Users should update. [more...] [windows update...]
Apple Safari ViperwareJun 7/2010 - Safari 5.0 // Windows, OS X 10.5, and OS X 10.6: Apple updated Safari to add features, fix bugs, and fix security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [more...] [get it...]
Apple Safari ViperwareJun 7/2010 - Safari 4.1 // OS X 10.4: Apple updated Safari to fix bugs and security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
Microsoft Silverlight Jun 3/2010 - Microsoft Silverlight 4: Microsoft updated its Silverlight media player. [get it...]
Mozilla Camino May 26/2010 - Mozilla Camino 2.0.3 // OS X: Mozilla.org updated Camino to fix bugs and security issues; it now uses Gecko 1.9.0.19. [more...] [get it...]
Google May 20/2010 - Google Open Source Fonts: Google issued 18 open source embeddable fonts. [more...]
Sun Java May 18/2010 - Sun Java J2SE // OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Apple updated Java to fix 53 security issues in OS X 10.5. Users should update. [get it...]
Sun Java May 18/2010 - Sun Java J2SE // OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): Apple updated Java to fix 30 security issues in OS X 10.6. Users should update. [get it...]
Adobe Shockwave ViperwareMay 11/2010 - Adobe Shockwave 11.5.7.609: Adobe updated Shockwave to fix many security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
ICANN May 5/2010 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): The first three IDN ccTLDs went live, for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. [list...] [more...]
KDE’s Konqueror May 5/2010 - Konqueror 4.4.3: the KDE Project updated KDE and its Konqueror browser. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
Opera Apr 22/2010 - Opera Mobile 10 Emulator // Windows, OS X, Linux: Opera Software released emulators of its v10 browser for mobile devices. [more...] [get it...]
W3C Apr 1/2010 - XML Entity Definitions for Characters: the W3C released this definitive document of XML entities. [read it...]
Mozilla Firefox Mar 31/2010 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19: Mozilla.org updated Firefox 3.0.x to fix bugs and security issues; it uses Gecko 1.9.0.19. Version 3.0 users should update. [more...] [get it...]
Apple QuickTime Viperware Mar 30/2010 - Apple QuickTime 7.6.6 // Windows: Apple updated its Windows media player to fix bugs and security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
ICANN Mar 23/2010 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): ICANN’s String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLDs is complete. [list...] [more...]
Opera Mar 16/2010 - Opera 10 Mobile: Opera Software issued version 10 of its browser for the better mobile devices. [more...] [get it...]
Mozilla Camino Mar 15/2010 - Mozilla Camino 1.6.11 // OS X: Mozilla.org updated Camino 1 to fix bugs: this is the final version of Camino 1.x. Users should either get it or upgrade to 2.x. [more...] [get it...]
Apple Safari ViperwareMar 11/2010 - Safari 4.0.5: Apple updated Safari, fixing bugs and 16 security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
K-Meleon Mar 5/2010 - K-Meleon 1.5.4 // Windows: the K-Meleon browser was updated; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.24. Users should get it. [get it...]
W3C Mar 5/2010 - HTML 5: the W3C issued a notable update to the draft HTML 5 Specification and the companion draft of HTML5 Differences From HTML4.. These documents are especially relevant today, as many recent browsers support elements of HTML 5.
Mozilla Fennec Jan 29/2010 - Mozilla Firefox for Mobile 1.0 // Nokia N810 & N900: Mozilla.org released Firefox for Mobile 1.0 — also known as Fennec — for the Nokia N810 and 900; it uses Gecko 1.9.2. [more...] [get it...]

 

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