Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentCompetition in the browser space breeds better performance. And with Google getting into the browser game with Chrome, all of the developers have stepped up their game. With that in mind, we decided to survey the current browser landscape on Mac OS X to see which offers the best JavaScript performance. Given that Chrome for Mac OS X has yet to hit 1.0, we decided to go with the latest nightly builds for both it and Safari (WebKit), as we
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Tag: JavascriptFirefox 3.5 has shipped with location finding turned on: The latest release of Firefox includes by default the option to use a computer's IP address and, if available, a scan of nearby wireless networks to provide a location to Web sites that use appropriate JavaScript to request a position. Users can opt out when asked, disable location requests for a site, or disable location requests entirely. However, "ask for permission" is on by default. Mozilla's location mascot With several t
There is an exploit where another can view the contents of your clip board if you are using an IE browser, because javascript has the rights to paste clipboard contents. If you’re feeling insecure perhaps you would like to follow some steps to make sure your information is not retreieved by some malicious script.
Test out your Internet Explorer here.
?Ǭ†Access your security settings and chand Allow paste operations via script to disabled
Just as the patch for the Windows Genuine Advantages is out, there is another way to by pass the system. The first way was to change some settings of the browsers javascript, the other way is by changing a setting in a Microsoft validation tool called “GenuineCheck.exe”. With this it is possible to generate a code that will validate the Windows software on a machine as genuine even if it is pirated, according to a Web site publicized on Thursday in a posting to the popular Full Disclosure security mailing list.
So far according the Cnet it has not been verified by microsoft.
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