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FAQ: JavaScript insecurities
July 29, 2006
JavaScript is playing a major role in the Web 2.0 boom, but increased use of the scripting language is raising security questions.
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JavaScript
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Web 2.0
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AJAX
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scripting language
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FAQ
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programming language
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Netscape Communications Corp.
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attack
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programming
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Java
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security
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Web browser
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Google Inc.
Meet Chrome, Google's shiny new browser
September 6, 2008
Search giant makes its long-awaited foray into Web browsers, but just how far can it ride its online dominance?
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Stephen Shankland
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Google Chrome
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NetSuite Inc.
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Silverlight
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Sergey Brin
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Ina Fried
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co-founder
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Web browser
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JavaScript
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extension
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mobile phone
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Mozilla Corp.
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Firefox
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security
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video
JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks
July 28, 2006
Malicious code embedded in Web site can let miscreant map a home or corporate network, attack connected devices.
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SPI Dynamics
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JavaScript
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corporate network
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internal network
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attack
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AJAX
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researcher
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Web application
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Web server
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scanner
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Web browser
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programming
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server
,
security
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router
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IP
Insecurity complex on the Internet
April 2, 2007
JavaScript comes under scrutiny as a Web 2.0 "hijacking" threat--as the Jikto tool slips into the wild.
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Web 2.0
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JavaScript
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threat
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blog
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Corp.
Yahoo Mail puts words in your mouth
July 17, 2002
Yahoo uses an automated filter to search e-mail and swap out a handful of words that pertain to Web code known as JavaScript.
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Richard Smith
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JavaScript
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Yahoo! Mail
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filter
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command
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MSN Hotmail
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word
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HTML
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password
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security
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MSN
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e-mail
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message
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Web browser
Blog feeds may carry security risk
August 4, 2006
Popular RSS and Atom feeds could carry malicious JavaScript code that would compromise a PC, an expert warned.
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RSS
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SPI Dynamics
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JavaScript
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blog
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mailing list
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attacker
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RSS feed
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reader
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security
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PC
Opera updates browser for Symbian
July 13, 2005
New browser has better support than previous versions for JavaScript and the Document Object Model, Opera says.
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Opera Software
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Document Object Model
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Symbian Inc.
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JavaScript
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Web browser
Mozilla flaws could allow attacks, data access
April 18, 2005
Open-source specialist says vulnerabilities affect its namesake suite and the Firefox browser.
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JavaScript
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Mozilla Corp.
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flaw
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data access
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advisory
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malicious code
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Firefox
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pop-up
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Web browser
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open source
,
security
JavaScript bug-hunting tool demonstrated
March 24, 2007
Security researcher says his company won't let him release Jikto, which turns PCs of unknowing Web surfers into crawlers.
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SPI Dynamics
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JavaScript
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Web security
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researcher
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XSS
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security
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Web browser
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PC
Web attackers get better at hiding
April 18, 2007
In cat-and-mouse game with security pros, cybercrooks are hiding malicious code in Flash animations and encoding it, expert says.
TAGS:
Jose Nazario
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Flash animation
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JavaScript
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malicious code
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attack
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signature
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security
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Web browser
,
trojan horse
,
PC
Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox
October 1, 2006
Mozilla is investigating hacker claims that the Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript. Photos: Hackers outline possible Firefox crack
TAGS:
Mischa Spiegelmock
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Andrew Wbeelsoi
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flaw
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hacker
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JavaScript
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presentation
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Firefox
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Mozilla Corp.
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vulnerability
,
Web browser
,
security
,
video
Flaw found in Firefox
April 5, 2005
Hole found in popular open-source browser could release sensitive information stored in memory.
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flaw
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Firefox
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open source
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JavaScript
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Web browser
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memory
The security risk in Web 2.0
July 28, 2006
Security has become a no-brainer for desktop software, but the same doesn't hold true for the booming world of Web applications.
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AJAX
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Web 2.0
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XSS
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Web application
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desktop software
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expert
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Time Warner Inc.
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JavaScript
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security
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programming
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house
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MySpace
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
Tool turns unsuspecting surfers into hacking help
March 21, 2007
With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work.
TAGS:
Web security
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JavaScript
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attacker
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Web surfer
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hacking
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SQL injection
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XSS
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creator
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hacker
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Web application
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flaw
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bot
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SQL
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vulnerability
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researcher
,
security
Adobe to donate script code to Mozilla
November 7, 2006
In the largest code handoff since its formation, makers of Firefox will get Adobe's script "virtual machine."
TAGS:
Kevin Lynch
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Adobe Systems Inc.
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virtual machine
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Mozilla Corp.
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JavaScript
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Firefox
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open source
,
engine
,
Web browser
Microsoft, Mozilla downplay browser bug
June 8, 2006
Security flaw affecting both Internet Explorer and Firefox could allow an attacker to steal files from vulnerable computers, but is tough to exploit.
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Mozilla Corp.
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attacker
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JavaScript
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vulnerability
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Web browser
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Firefox
,
security
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
,
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Antipiracy flub for Microsoft
July 29, 2005
Hackers publish a second way to bypass Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage, its newly launched antipiracy software.
TAGS:
antipiracy
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Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
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JavaScript
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method
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Microsoft Corp.
,
security
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
,
Microsoft Windows
Security trips up instant messaging
May 13, 2002
Both MSN Messenger and AIM have had security holes uncovered recently, and experts say that Yahoo IM is requiring people to run with less security. What's going on?
TAGS:
Time Warner Inc.
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JavaScript
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flaw
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Yahoo! Inc.
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script
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IM
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security
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Yahoo IM
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MSN Messenger
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America Online Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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MSN
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server
,
Web browser
Google kicks offline Web apps into gear
May 30, 2007
Search giant launches Google Gears, open-source software that brings offline access and local storage to the Web browser.
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Web application
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Google Inc.
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JavaScript
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Web browser
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developer
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Web server
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Opera Software
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access
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RSS
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Firefox
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open source
,
database
,
server
,
operating system
,
Microsoft Windows
Standards activists target scripts
July 19, 2005
A group of Web developers that goaded browser makers into following standards is setting its sights on scripting.
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Document Object Model
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JavaScript
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Web development
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script
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force
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author
,
CSS
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Web browser
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Apple Computer
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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