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

This lists 2010 news items which have not been updated.

	Jul 2/2010 - Google Chrome 5.0.375.99: Google updated Chrome to fix security issues. Users should update. [get it...]
	Jul 1/2010 - Opera 10.60: Opera Software updated Opera. Caution: poorer browser sniffers may identify it as 9.80. [caution...] [more...] [get it...]
	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...]
	Jun 29/2010 - Adobe Reader 9.3.3: Adobe updated its Acrobat Reader to fix 17 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	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...]
	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...]
	Jun 10/2010 - Adobe Flash 10 Player, Adobe updated its Flash Player to fix 32 security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	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...]
	Jun 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...]
	Jun 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...]
	Jun 3/2010 - Microsoft Silverlight 4: Microsoft updated its Silverlight media player. [get it...]
	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...]
	May 20/2010 - Google Open Source Fonts: Google issued 18 open source embeddable fonts. [more...]
	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...]
	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...]
	May 11/2010 - Adobe Shockwave 11.5.7.609: Adobe updated Shockwave to fix many security issues. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	May 5/2010 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): The first three IDN ccTLDs went live, for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. [list...] [more...]
	May 5/2010 - Konqueror 4.4.3: the KDE Project updated KDE and its Konqueror browser. Users should update. [more...] [get it...]
	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...]
	Apr 1/2010 - XML Entity Definitions for Characters: the W3C released this definitive document of XML entities. [read it...]
	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...]
	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...]
	Mar 23/2010 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): ICANN’s String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLDs is complete. [list...] [more...]
	Mar 16/2010 - Opera 10 Mobile: Opera Software issued version 10 of its browser for the better mobile devices. [more...] [get it...]
	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...]
	Mar 11/2010 - Safari 4.0.5: Apple updated Safari, fixing bugs and 16 security issues. Users should get it. [more...] [get it...]
	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...]
	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.
	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...]