Opera's eponymously-named desktop Web browser was updated Tuesday with a few new features more popular rivals might take notice of -- in particular its Speed Dial extensions.
Opening the Norwegian company's latest browser release, Opera 11.50, takes users to a landing page with thumbnails of websites a user visits frequently, which Opera calls Speed Dial. But Speed Dial is nothing new. Opera's had this feature for a bit, and Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer 9 each offer similar options.
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Recently, Opera released the new version of web browser. Opera 11.01 comes with additional features and mitigates five vulnerabilities including a recently disclosed critical vulnerability. The critical vulnerability was caused by integer truncation error and allowed remote attackers to execute malicious code. The new version also mitigates vulnerabilities, which allowed clickjacking attacks, allowed high privileges to remote web pages and allowed access to email accounts even after deleting private data. A vulnerability in...
Opera has unveiled the new Opera Mini 6 for the iPhone and iPad on Tuesday and is now available at the Apple App Store for free download.
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Security flaws have long plagued Internet Explorer (IE), the market-dominating web browser from Microsoft. IE won the early browser wars, not only because it was free and bundled with Windows, but because it had some features and capabilities that its only real competitor, Netscape, didn't have. But the behind-the-scenes programming that makes those features possible is the very coding that also leaves wide gaps in IE's defenses against viruses and malicious scripting. Among several browser alternatives for Windows users, the...