http://www.winplanet.com/news_list/1-d.htm Looking to make the most of your Windows business software? WinPlanet is the place to learn about all the latest Windows software products. Read insightful software reviews, gain access to Windows tutorials and how-to information, and download popular Windows applications. en-us Copyright 1996-2010 Jupitermedia Corporation rss@jupitermedia.com rss@jupitermedia.com Dynamic content generator http://backend.userland.com/rss 1440 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4723-.htm With Internet Explorer 9 entering Platform Preview release, Sean Michael Kerner compares Microsoft's developer preview philosophy versus that of Mozilla, and comes up with a hands-down winner. 3/18/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4722-.htm Microsoft uses day two of its MIX10 conference to make an ambitious pitch to the developer community with a platform preview of Internet Explorer 9, a browser it promises will enable a "whole new class of applications." 3/18/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4721-.htm While Microsoft's Silverlight 4 won't be officially released until next month, an almost-ready-for-primetime "release candidate" version is now available for download. 3/16/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4720-.htm Microsoft has released a workaround to help protect against a zero-day exploit in its Internet Explorer browser, and a full patch is in the works. 3/16/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4719-.htm A new report reveals phony antivirus programs and similar <i>scareware</i> exploits are victimizing as many as a million people each day, with millions of dollars involved. 3/15/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4718-.htm Apple releases Safari 4.0.5 to address sixteen security flaws, the majority of which are in the Web browser's WebKit rendering engine. 3/15/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4716-.htm This week's security warning from Microsoft for a zero-day hole in Internet Explorer has opened the door for a hacker to create a working model of how to exploit the vulnerability. 3/12/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4715-.htm Mozilla is scheduled to release Firefox 3.6.2 on March 30th, which also marks the end of updates for the Firefox 3.0.x line. 3/12/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4713-.htm Panda Security recently uncovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a newly purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone. 3/11/2010 http://www.winplanet.com/article/4712-.htm In a move to convince IT shops to adopt Windows 7 sooner instead of later, Microsoft may be looking to get Windows 7 Service Pack 1 out before the end of 2010. 3/10/2010