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German Government Recommends Google Chrome for Windows 7 Users
Internet Browsers Overall, this is an excellent move by the German Government to make its users secure. Germany sees a market dominated by Firefox at 51% and IE at 24%, and there are only 14.3% Google Chrome users, currently. Read More »
Mozilla is Working on a Push Notification System for Firefox
Internet Browsers Mozilla has brought anotification system called Push Notification, using a JavaScript API. It has also improved on Google's notification system, and will push notifications for all websites, irrespective of whether they are open in a tab or not. Read More »
Craigslist Charitable Fund Donates $100,000 to the Perl Foundation
Open Source Software Development of Perl has slowed down considerably over the last decade, with new versions primarily resolving bugfixes, and including minor syntax changes. This donation should be a boost for the Perl Foundation, and should help it revamp the development of the "duct tape of the Internet". Read More »
Kelihos Botnet Resurfaces With New Security Measures
Online Security Not only has Kelihos started showing back on the radar, it is using new encryption techniques to hide its communications. A researcher at Kaspersky has also noted that two different RSA keys are being used; indicating that there might be two different groups controlling Kelihos. Read More »
French Court Rules Against Google Maps for Unfair Competition
Tech News While Bottin Cartographers is only a provider of mapping services, Google has both a free Map service, and a map API for use by developers and other mapping services. However, it has recently started charging higher for its API, which gives meaning to Bottin Cartographers' worries. Read More »