Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox Updates Fix Bugs

By: Brian Prince 2009-06-12

Google and Mozilla both updated their Web browsers this week. Mozilla fixed 11 vulnerabilities in its update to Firefox, while Google fixed two in its Chrome browser. Mozilla and Google both patched critical vulnerabilities in their browsers this week. Of the two, Mozilla plugged the most security holes. The company fixed 11 vulnerabilities in a June 11 update to Firefox. More than half of the bugs were labeled as "critical." Three of the critical bugs were in the browser’s rendering JavaScript engines and in certain circumstances result in memory corruption that could result in arbitrary code execution, according to the Mozilla advisory. The other critical patches cover a JavaScript chrome privilege escalation issue, an arbitrary code execution using event listeners attached to an element whose owner document is null and a race condition while accessing the private data of a NPObject JS wrapper class object.

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Goodbye Analog TV - Hello Digital - The Deadline is Finally here !!

Ok as you all should know by now today is June 12, 2009 the last day for analog signal to be sent to our TVs. Time for the Digital switch - a process thats been 18 years in the making. Yea thats right that long and yet it's still amazing people still don't get that this day is here and the transition is happening. There has been a lot of buzz and advertisement both in print on on TV, so if you are one of those so called 2.8 Million who are going to be left out of the loop. I say shame on you. There is no excuse after having been told for years that this day was imminent. The idea that those who are poor, disabled, non -English speaking or live in rural places are going to suffer from the switch is just an excuse for being unprepared. 18 years and more importantly the past 7 years we have been bombarded with warnings in many languages. There were even coupons handed over to help in the purchase of converter boxes. So for those left behind with no signal come Saturday June 13, 2009 it's your own fault. So stop the complaining and go buy a new TV, converter box or subscribe to cable or satellite service. Why? cause there is no going back once the switch is on. So good luck in whatever route you take but know this -- There are a lot of great things about going digital and in my opinion this evolutionary step on how we watch TV has been long overdue. ;-)