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 A new piece of free, online software, called SHINE3D, has been developed by researchers at CERN's NA61/SHINE experiment to show the physics data they're creating in 3-D. https://phys.org/news/2017-05-software-virtual-reality.html General Physics Fri, 12 May 2017 08:00:13 EDT news413794805 A Chinese consortium has bought the Opera internet browser for $600 million (543 million euros), its Norwegian developer said Monday, after a public share offer for the company failed. https://phys.org/news/2016-07-chinese-consortium-opera-browser-mn.html Business Mon, 18 Jul 2016 05:32:35 EDT news388038742 Researchers from TU Darmstadt developed successfully in collaboration with the University of California Irvine a new protection for Tor users. "Selfrando" strengthens the Tor Browser against attempts to hack and de-anonymize Tor users. https://phys.org/news/2016-06-software-defense-tor-users.html Security Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:57:14 EDT news385977412 Google Chrome on Monday was crowned the top Internet browser, officially ending the long reign of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). https://phys.org/news/2016-05-chrome-crowned-internet-browser-tracker.html Software Mon, 02 May 2016 14:58:59 EDT news381419926 Opera Software, a Norwegian company behind one of the world's most popular browsers, says Chinese investors have made a $1.2 billion takeover offer, causing its stock to jump more than 30 percent. https://phys.org/news/2016-02-chinese-investors-12b-norwegian-tech.html Business Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:06:18 EST news374321172 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 Apple is switching from its decade-long practice of naming its Mac operating system updates after big cats. Instead, it's paying homage to the geography of its home state. https://phys.org/news/2013-06-apple-os-mavericks-wwdc.html Software Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:15:43 EDT news290096132 Fed up with Twitter friends ruining the plots of her favorite TV shows, high school senior and budding software engineer Jennie Lamere took matters into her own hands. https://phys.org/news/2013-05-teen-internet-plugin-foils-twitter.html Software Thu, 09 May 2013 17:00:02 EDT news287336588 The maker of one of the Internet's most popular browsers is taking on one of the world's best-known purveyors of surveillance software, accusing a British company of hijacking the Mozilla brand to camouflage its espionage products. https://phys.org/news/2013-05-mozilla-uk-spyware-company-hijacking.html Software Wed, 01 May 2013 08:06:10 EDT news286614353 Microsoft is escalating its efforts to bring the latest version of Internet Explorer to more than 700 million personal computers in an attempt to re-establish the software maker's browser as the best way to surf the Web. https://phys.org/news/2013-02-microsoft-browser-windows-pcs.html Software Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:30:27 EST news281104222 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 Oracle Corp. says it will soon fix a flaw in its Java software that caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. https://phys.org/news/2013-01-oracle-java-flaw-shortly.html Software Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:10:01 EST news277279153 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 Guatemala's Kakchiquel speakers will now be able to access Facebook in their own language thanks to a new application developed by US software engineers. https://phys.org/news/2012-08-local-guatemala-language-facebook.html Internet Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:19:05 EDT news263366339 Microsoft apologised on Tuesday after the European Commission opened a probe over its failure to provide customers a web browser choice, saying it was a mistake. https://phys.org/news/2012-07-microsoft-apologises-web-browser-error.html Business Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:54:55 EDT news261730487 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This database, the SAMATE Reference Dataset (SRD), version 4.0, is a freely available online tool aimed at helping programmers fortify their creations against hackers. https://phys.org/news/2011-11-nist-tool-hardening-software-cyber.html Software Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:44:38 EST news241260261 Justice Department oversight of Microsoft is ending on Thursday, more than a decade after the US authorities filed an historic anti-trust lawsuit against the US software giant. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-anti-trust-oversight-microsoft-thursday.html Business Wed, 11 May 2011 16:36:09 EDT news224350545 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 (AP) -- Now that it has hooked up with Nokia phones, Microsoft hopes to connect its phone software to the Xbox this year too. It's also planning other improvements that include a faster Web browser and quicker switching between phone applications. https://phys.org/news/2011-02-microsoft-xbox.html Software Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:50:01 EST news216905961