Firefox users and Yahoo frequenters, do you see anything different when mixing the two previously mentioned items? Look a little closer. If you’re using Firefox and navigating Yahoo, take a look at Microsoft’s Yahoo’s new suggestion: “Switch to the new, safer Internet Explorer 8″. Well, there’s a few problems with this suggestion. First, IE 8 is newer, but not brand spanking new. Second, safer is debatable. And third, IE 8 while one...

If you thought your latest browser from Apple, Mozilla, or Microsoft was built like a WWII concrete bunker, able to withstand the perils of the web, think again.  On day 1 of Pwn2Own, a contest in which hackers are rewarded for hacking and exploiting various browsers in order to better develop the next iteration, Safari, Firefox, and IE 8 all were exploited.  Day 1!  Google’s Chrome was the only browser that managed to come out with its head up.  The contest still...