Microsoft previews Visual Studio 2013 and more at BUILD conference
Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 preview among other major updates relevant to mobile app developers at its BUILD conference.
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Microsoft updates IE10 to enable Flash by default
Microsoft has recently changed its policy regarding the default behaviour of flash player in IE10, which was configured to block websites using the flash plugin until it was in its compatibility list. With the latest update, all websites are now allowed to use the flash plugin on the latest browser.
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 10 Preview for Windows 7
Internet Explorer does not differ radically from Internet Explorer 9, in fact at first glance it is hard to tell that it is a newer version. All the changes are under the hood as it were.
Security Loophole in Internet Explorer found
Microsoft has recognized that a major security loophole has been found in Internet Explorer and it is working to get the issue fixed as soon as it can. Meanwhile it has suggested a list of workarounds. This has forced Germany to suggest using other browsers for the time being.
Google Apps to Stop Supporting IE8 Soon
In continuation with its policy of supporting only the two latest releases of every browser for its Google Apps products, Google has announced that it will stop supporting Internet Explorer 8 on 15 November 2012 after Internet Explorer 10 is launched on 26 October 2012.
Apache Gets Patch to Ignore Internet Explorer 10’s Do Not Track Setting
It might seem like having privacy turned on by default would be a good feature, a major selling point for a browser. This is what Microsoft touted, and though when they enabled Do Not Track (DNT) by default in Internet Explorer 10.
Third Party Browsers Blocked on Windows 8 for ARM?
It seems Microsoft is making it difficult for third parties to create browsers for Windows 8 tablets. A blog post on Mozilla’s website claims that Firefox will not be able to bring a proper version of Firefox to Windows 8 tablets due to restrictions by Microsoft. Since then Google has also chimed in with the …
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