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December 7, 2007 The rate of piracy on Windows Vista is lower than its predecessor, and Congress moves to ramp up copyright infringement penalties. Also: Peeling Apple. TAGS: Jeff Jones, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Week in review, study, reader, flaw, Microsoft Windows XP, rate, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

July 9, 2004 A security flaw could theoretically allow attackers to crash computers or launch unauthorized programs. TAGS: Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Web browser, security flaw, attacker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, security, flaw, Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, developer, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

November 4, 2004 Program targets vulnerability, prompting security firm Secunia to issue "extremely critical" rating. TAGS: vulnerability, flaw, advisory, Microsoft Internet Explorer, buffer-overflow, security, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

October 20, 2004 What do Internet Explorer, Mozilla's browsers, and Opera all have in common? Bugs. TAGS: security bug, vulnerability, flaw, KDE, Opera Software, Web browser, Mozilla Corp., attacker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, researcher, Firefox, attack, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

October 18, 2005 "Critical" flaw affects Microsoft's media player and browser, including on Windows XP with SP2, a security firm reports. TAGS: eEye Digital Security, Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Media Player, flaw, advisory, security flaw, media player, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Service Pack 2, vulnerability, service pack, spokeswoman, security, Windows Media, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

August 24, 2006 Update to "critical" Internet Explorer patch repairs a serious security flaw introduced by the original version. TAGS: Stephen Toulouse, eEye Digital Security, security flaw, patch, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, error, patch management, flaw, Web browser, situation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

September 6, 2005 Vulnerability could allow an attacker to take remote control of a user's system, security specialist says. TAGS: eEye Digital Security, flaw, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, service pack, researcher, Microsoft Corp., installation, security, Microsoft Windows XP, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

March 22, 2006 New, unpatched security flaw could allow an attacker to gain control over a vulnerable Windows computer. TAGS: van, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, flaw, blog, Microsoft Corp., security, bug, Microsoft Windows XP, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

August 9, 2005 Microsoft plugs six holes, including an IE bug that could expose a PC user to attack just for looking at a picture. TAGS: bulletin, authentication protocol, Kerberos, attacker, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, remote desktop, Microsoft Internet Explorer, flaw, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, vulnerability, Service Pack 2, service pack, security, Symantec Corp., attack

September 17, 2004 Web metrics suggest that Internet Explorer is losing a significant number of defectors to open-source browsers Mozilla and Firefox. TAGS: Web metrics, Samba, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, flaw, Week in review, worm, Microsoft Internet Explorer, open source, Unix, Web browser, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, security, e-mail