If you aren’t the type to follow Pwn2own and the various trickery that the contest caters to, you should. It is there that some of the world’s most talented hackers crack their way into the gadgets we love and use every day, ultimately making our lives (and gadgets) safer and more secure. However, part of that added safety is dependent on the hardware manufacturers and mobile OS developers actually implementing fixes for said hacks in a timely manner. With...
On a slightly more optimistic note veering away from the UK Government’s decision to stick with the overly beaten dead horse that is IE6, we share the good news that IE9 is one step closer to release. For today, (actually it was later yesterday) Microsoft has officially taken the wraps off of the latest “Final” Preview of IE9. The latest release still intended more for developers, has it conquiring Apple’s Safari web browser in SunSpider benchmarks...
One of Apple’s routine talking points of their mobile Safari browser is just how fast it is, often citing Javascript performance as a good indicator. Yesterday however, several sites started running with a story showing that Android 2.2 (Froyo) and the Nexus One in particular downright stomp on iOS 4 when it comes to Javascript. But more than two can tango at this game. MeeGo may not be widely available (hell, a lot of people probably haven’t the slightest...
Steve Jobs may be doing his damnedest to keep Flash out of the iPhone by way of App Store regulations, but there’s one thing he can’t cripple — the browser. And that’s precisely where “Smokescreen” comes in — a 175KB, 8,000-line javascript-based Flash player… To put it in the most basic terms, Smokescreen is a Javascript + HTML5 technology that to the end user, functions exactly like Flash. Looking for the full on geek...
Good god, potatoes. Can you believe it! When we talk browser speed tests, it usually entails multiple passes of Javascript benchmarks that show just how much muscle a particular browser has. But leave it to Google (the one’s with the now somewhat infamous gamut of job applicant questions) to truly think outside of the box. Instead of the normal, plain jane benchmarks, the Google Chrome team used more “real-life” examples and took it up another notch...
