It?’s Web News Monday and here’s what shaping our Web world this week.
Microsoft and Mozilla Squabble Over which Browser is Most Secure
According to PC Magazine, last Friday Microsoft Security Strategy Director Jeff Jones released a study “Download: Internet Explorer and Firefox Vulnerability Analysis” that proclaims Internet Explorer 7 is safer than Firefox.
In the study, Jones argues, because Microsoft releases new versions of its Web browsers less frequently and continues to patch older IE browser releases for longer periods of time, IE users are safer from security vulnerabilities than Firefox users.
In other news, Yahoo Announced the availability of Widgets 4.5 Announced to support HTML and Flash.In an apparent move to bolster its relations with the developer community, Yahoo announced today the availability of Widgets 4.5, a newer platform for developers and enhanced gallery for end users.
Widgets are those mini-applications that live on a desktop and the Web to deliver enhanced and more personalized, up-to-date information to help Internet users with cool resources including applications like games, weather forecasts and sport scores and more.
Yahoo previously limited the construction tools to JavaScript, but developers can now incorporate HTML and embed multimedia, such as video and audio with Flash.
For more information about Widgets and similar offers from Microsoft and Google?’s propriety platform called Google Gadgets and of the great links check out the text version of this video cast.
Thanks for listening and watching the WOW Tech Minute. enhanced and more personalized, up-to-date information to help Internet users with cool resources including applications like games, weather forecasts and sport scores and more.
Yahoo previously limited the construction tools to JavaScript, but developers can now incorporate HTML and embed multimedia, such as video and audio with Flash.
For more information about Widgets and similar offers from Microsoft and Google?’s propriety platform called Google Gadgets and of the great links check out the text version of this video cast.
Thanks for listening and watching the WOW Tech Minute.
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/
http://widgets.yahoo.net/blog/