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  Oracle updates Java two weeks early to address more security vulnerabilities

  By Kimber Streams on February 4, 2013 10:32 am + 17 comments

  Two weeks ahead of schedule, Oracle has released another update addressing a number of active Java Continue reading…

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  Firefox adding click-to-play for Silverlight, Java, Adobe Reader, and outdated versions of Flash

  By Kimber Streams on January 30, 2013 01:42 pm + 22 comments

  Firefox will begin blocking plugins like Microsoft Silverlight, Java, Adobe Reader, and all but the Continue reading…

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  BitTorrent releases Surf, an in-browser torrent client for Chrome

  By Ben Kersey on January 11, 2013 10:17 am + 67 comments

  BitTorrent Inc is still determined to bring its file sharing protocol to the masses for legitimate Continue reading…

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  Google brings more secure, sandboxed Flash plugin to Chrome for Mac

  By Chris Welch on November 13, 2012 03:42 pm + 22 comments

  Nearly three months after delivering a more secure, modernized Flash plugin to Chrome users on Continue reading…

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  OS X update removes Java from Mac web browsers, Apple points users to Oracle instead

  By Bryan Bishop on October 18, 2012 10:03 pm + 71 comments

  Apple's had its share of security problems this year thanks to Java, but the company is taking one Continue reading…

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  Mozilla warns Firefox users to disable Java following zero-day exploit

  By Sam Byford on August 30, 2012 01:52 am + 31 comments

  An unpatched vulnerability in the current version of Java has "gone mainstream," prompting Mozilla Continue reading…

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  Facebook releases social plugin for WordPress sites

  By Andrew Webster on June 12, 2012 04:40 pm + 10 comments

  Facebook has launched a new plugin for WordPress users that makes it easier to share posts across Continue reading…

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  Moonlight, the open source Silverlight project for Linux, is dead

  By Adi Robertson on May 29, 2012 05:08 pm + 23 comments

  When critics have pointed out that the Microsoft Silverlight plugin lacks Linux support, fans have Continue reading…

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  ShowIP Firefox add-on may send your browsing habits to marketing firm

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 2, 2012 05:50 am + 5 comments

  Security firm Sophos is reporting that ShowIP, a Firefox add-on designed to tell you the IP address Continue reading…

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  @fame Twitter raffle wants to make winners more popular than Lady Gaga

  By Adi Robertson on March 27, 2012 04:21 pm + 6 comments

  Have you ever dreamed of having millions of people hanging on your every word? Have you since Continue reading…