Mumbai: Facebook users, especially those accessing the service on Chrome and Firefox browsers, here's something that you ought to take note of.
On its Technet blog, Microsoft has revealed that it has received reports about a wave of malware-ridden browser extensions attempting to hijack Facebook profiles. This threat, which they have detected as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A., was first discovered in Brazil. It has been found to be specifically targeting Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Detailing on the nature of the malware, Microsoft says that upon installation, the malware tries to update itself using URLs like -
Chrome browser - du-pont.info/updates//BL-chromebrasil.crx ...
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Taipei: Microsoft Corp and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd signed a global patent licensing agreement on Wednesday designed to protect Hon Hai clients from patent claims arising from their use of Google Inc's Android and Chrome operating systems. Google and Microsoft have been locked in patent battles, with Microsoft contending that the systems infringe its software patents. Microsoft has in the past chosen to pursue hardware makers rather than...
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Cambodia: Google's first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine. It feels light and comfortable in my hands and on my lap. Its high-resolution display makes photos look sharp and video come to life. From a hardware standpoint, it's everything I'd want a laptop to be. But the Pixel isn't very practical - at least not yet - for most people. It works well when you have a...
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Google has come out with a high-end laptop running its Chrome OS operating system. The Chromebook Pixel has a high-resolution screen comparable to Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display. Here's how the two laptops stack up: Price: The basic, Wi-Fi model of the Chromebook Pixel costs $1,299. One that can also access the LTE cellular network goes for $1,449. The comparable, 13-inch MacBook Pro with high-resolution display starts at $1,499....
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Google Inc's Chrome and Android operating systems will remain separate products but could have more overlap, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said, a week after the two came under a single boss. ...
06:25 PM, Mar 21, 2013
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06:43 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Extending its PC and workstation portfolio, HP has announced its first Chromebook - Pavilion 14 Chromebook - which boasts a display that is approximately 2 inches wider (diagonally) than any other Chromebook in the market. ...
03:28 PM, Feb 04, 2013
To compete on smartphones and tablets, Opera Software is reportedly working on a new browser dubbed "Ice". Opera is using the WebKit rendering engine - which is the same browser engine that powers Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome - for this new mobile browser. ...
01:23 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Manufacturers are creating ever more intriguing portable computing devices. Graft a tablet onto a thin laptop and we have a strange and wonderful 'tabtop/laptablet' dual-screen device that functions interchangeably. On the high-end of the spectrum are packed-to-the-gills devices like the upcoming Asus Taichi-a Windows 8 Ultrabook with two full HD screens, one on the inside for use as a laptop and the other on the outside for use as a...
11:49 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Boston: Google began selling basic laptop computers to schools at a price of $99, meeting a price point that prominent MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte famously held out in 2005 as key to bringing computing power to the masses. The Internet giant said on Monday that it will be offering the steep educational discount on Series 5 Chromebooks from Samsung Electronics through December 21. They typically retail for $249. Negroponte's One...
02:45 PM, Dec 11, 2012
San Francisco: Google is dangling a low-priced laptop computer in front of consumers as rivals Microsoft and Apple prepare to release their latest gadgets. The lightweight computer unveiled on Thursday will sell for $249 and is being made in a partnership with Samsung Electronics, which also makes smartphones and tablet computers that run on Google's Android software. The laptop will run on an operating system revolving around Google's Chrome Web...
06:47 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Google doodles are fun, more so when they are interactive such as Saturday's 'Star Trek: The Original Series' doodle, posted to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the cult science fiction television series that aired on NBC in the US from September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. It appears that the 'Star Trek: The Original Series' doodle is best experienced on Google's Web browser - Chrome. Is Google...
07:43 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: The story of the battle of the browsers reads like an edge-of-the-seat thriller. The beginnings of the browser wars were murky with many shots taken below the belt. It was a David vs Goliath battle and Goliath, after an initial setback was winning. Netscape put up a brave fight, but could not withstand the might of the Microsoft Corporation. Then in the second round came Mozilla Firefox, which...
06:35 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Atlanta: Two new computers running Google's Chrome operating system are looking to lure people to a browser-based environment. Both target light-duty computer users who don't need the full range of capabilities that traditional Windows and Mac computers provide. The first thing to know about these machines is they lack regular hard drives for storage. There's a small amount of flash memory available, the kind you'd find on a camera memory...
02:27 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Only yesterday did we report about one of the most popular browsers - Google Chrome coming to Apple's iOS platform. Although Google Chrome for iOS had been announced on Tuesday, it was only yesterday that it did get available on the App store. That, however hasn't deterred it from grabbing a viable slot in the store, as CNET now reports that Google Chrome is already the No.1 free...
04:02 PM, Jun 30, 2012
San Francisco: Google's Chrome browser can now be used to surf the Web on the iPhone and iPad. The Chrome application released Thursday is the latest volley in the escalating rivalry between Google Inc. and Apple Inc., which makes those two popular mobile devices. The announcement highlighted the second day of Google I/O, an annual conference that the company hosts in San Francisco for computer programmers around the world. Google's...
06:04 AM, Jun 29, 2012
San Francisco: Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics. Tuesday's release of the next-generation Chromebooks will give Google and Samsung another opportunity to persuade consumers and businesses to buy an unconventional computer instead of machines running on familiar software by industry pioneers Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc....
06:51 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: While you were busy creating new tunes with the Google doodle version of the Moog Synthesizer on your non-Chrome Web browser a little link below the doodle may have missed your eye. It says "Upgrade to a modern browser and see what this doodle can really do" and leads to a Google Chrome download page that suggests that Google doodles are best experienced on Google Chrome. With the...
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