https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Is the web browser on your phone slower than usual? It could be mining bitcoin for criminals. https://phys.org/news/2018-06-smart-fridge-bitcoin-criminals.html Security Fri, 29 Jun 2018 04:50:43 EDT news449466633 As electronic titans Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. spend billions of dollars redesigning the video game console, the next leap forward in digital games may come from the unlikeliest of places. https://phys.org/news/2013-11-google-mozilla-tweaking-browsers-web-based.html Software Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:20:01 EST news304166013 (Phys.org) —Software developer Elliott Kember has ignited a controversy over the way Google Chrome allows users to see saved passwords in plain text. In a post on his website he describes the process users can follow to reveal all of the passwords Chrome has saved that allow for entry to various websites. https://phys.org/news/2013-08-software-google-chrome-passwords-plain.html Security Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:00:02 EDT news295176268 Microsoft is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it won't work on Android tablets just as it doesn't on iPads. https://phys.org/news/2013-07-microsoft-office-android-tablets.html Software Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:17:20 EDT news294481033 Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-apple-blocks-java-macs-due.html Software Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:51:13 EST news278862652 Oracle Corp. said Monday it has released a fix for the flaw in its Java software that raised an alarm from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week. Even after the patch was issued, the federal agency continued to recommend that users disable Java in their Web browsers. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-oracle-patches-dangerous-java-holes.html Software Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:23:31 EST news277403004 The US Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday that a flaw in Java software is so dangerous that people should stop using it. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-java-software-peril.html Software Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:52:12 EST news277102326 (Phys.org) -- University of California, San Diego computer scientists explored a new approach to secure browser design in a paper presented in August 2012 at the 21st USENIX Security Symposium, the foremost research conference on computer network security. The authors are computer science professor Sorin Lerner and computer science Ph.D. students Dongseok Jang and Zachary Tatlock. https://phys.org/news/2012-08-scientists-explore-browser.html Computer Sciences Fri, 10 Aug 2012 04:47:59 EDT news263792862 An adjustment of a mere second in the official global clock sent dozens of websites crashing in an incident reminiscent of the Y2K bug over a decade ago. https://phys.org/news/2012-07-wreaks-internet-havoc.html Internet Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:31:09 EDT news260454636 Microsoft on Wednesday ramped up its push to regain ground in the precious mobile computing market by giving developers a "sneak peek" at new Windows software for smartphones. https://phys.org/news/2012-06-microsoft-windows-smartphones.html Software Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:03:22 EDT news259426957 Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services. https://phys.org/news/2012-02-browser-bypasses-google-privacy-hairs.html Internet Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:17:48 EST news249110252 Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September. https://phys.org/news/2012-01-hp-webos-software-september.html Software Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:58:55 EST news246729523 The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone. https://phys.org/news/2012-01-thunderbird-web-mail.html Software Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:38:35 EST news246119906 The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-google-powered-laptops-sale-june.html Software Wed, 11 May 2011 14:25:37 EDT news224342707 A fast, sleek new version of Firefox was released on Wednesday to vie Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and Google Chrome in the fiercely competitive market for Web browsing software. https://phys.org/news/2011-03-mozilla-unleashes-sleek-firefox-web.html Software Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:53:49 EDT news220031604 Google Inc. is getting closer to releasing a version of the Android software meant for tablet computers, one that will include a fresh look and updated Web browser and keyboard. https://phys.org/news/2011-01-google-android-tablet-software-inches.html Software Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:39:13 EST news215354338 Technology giant IBM wants its workers around the world to use free, open-source Mozilla Firefox as their window into the Internet. https://phys.org/news/2010-07-ibm-endorses-firefox-in-house-web.html Software Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:40:01 EDT news197225202 (AP) -- The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software will be available to consumers and small businesses starting Tuesday. https://phys.org/news/2010-06-microsoft-office-sale-tuesday.html Software Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:20:01 EDT news195757303 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach to software development that will allow common computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security measures. https://phys.org/news/2010-04-software-technique-faster.html Computer Sciences Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:34:27 EDT news189686040 Microsoft on Tuesday will release an emergency patch for a weakness hackers are exploiting in earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software. https://phys.org/news/2010-03-microsoft-patch-internet-explorer-hole.html Software Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:23:34 EDT news189145377 (AP) -- Norway's Opera said Thursday that downloads of its browser more than doubled after Microsoft Corp. was forced to give European users a choice of Web software to settle European Union antitrust charges. https://phys.org/news/2010-03-microsoft-rival-browser-downloads.html Software Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:44:36 EDT news188135045 Fresh from patching an Internet Explorer (IE) flaw exploited in cyberattacks on Google and other firms, Microsoft is looking into a newly exposed vulnerability in the browser software. https://phys.org/news/2010-02-microsoft-probing-hole.html Software Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:38:53 EST news184440669 Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer (IE) is a hit but Google's Chrome has been steadily gaining ground on the Web browsing software, according to industry figures released Tuesday. https://phys.org/news/2010-02-internet-explorer-champ-chrome-contender.html Software Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:50:01 EST news184364073 Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome Web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines. https://phys.org/news/2009-12-google-chrome-browser-macintosh.html Software Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:20:18 EST news179518449 (PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers and enable Web pages to download up to twice as fast. https://phys.org/news/2009-11-google-spdy-downloads.html Internet Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:06 EST news177581905 A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data. https://phys.org/news/2009-11-worms-infesting-worldwide-microsoft.html Software Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:29:50 EST news176401722 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by Martin Rinard, a professor of computer science at MIT, have developed new software that automatically patches errors in deployed software in a matter of minutes. https://phys.org/news/2009-10-software-resilient-hacker.html Computer Sciences Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:12:53 EDT news176040735 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. issued a record number of security patches for its software Tuesday as part of its regular monthly update. https://phys.org/news/2009-10-microsoft-patches-holes-critical.html Software Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:45 EDT news174670516 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of rival Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators and Microsoft said Friday. https://phys.org/news/2009-07-eu-microsoft-unbundle-explorer-windows.html Software Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:40:02 EDT news167664050 (AP) -- A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code. https://phys.org/news/2009-06-company-alleges-chinese-software-stolen.html Software Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:11:49 EDT news164103095