10 Reasons Why We Absolutely Need Another Browser

I could not stop smiling when I read article stating that we don’t need another web browser, another Twitter applications, another cloud computing solution, etc.

On that take, let me propose the 10 reasons why we absolutely need another web browser.

1) Phishing Protection is still inefficient

2) Web Browser is the main attack vector for cybercrime

3) True Web Browsing Privacy is not supported

4) No one simple solution to move my data with me anywhere

5) Be the owner of my social web

6) New standards support is required (e.g HTML5 )

7) Browser is the new OS

8) Universal Browser Plug-in is not there

9) Need protection for my browsing communication’s channel

10) Peer-to-Peer browsing is nowhere

11) Parental Control web browsing for children anywhere

12) Mobile web browser is still basic

13) Innovation is a continual game

Sorry, I lied; there are more than 10 reasons.

And many of the reasons here are not completely just browser related; however, web browser is the main window to the Internet. Therefore, anything related to the Internet is impacting the web browser. Actually, on each point, I could come out with a dozen more. I don’t know if you know, but we are at the very early stage of the Internet. Web 3.0 is not here yet, Cloud Computing is just beginning, augmented reality is just starting, Internet Virtualization is just been conceived.

If your argument is to say, not another web browser framework, not another Webkit, or another browser standard, I’ll certainly buy into the argument. Apart from that, we absolutely need another web browser.

"Safety in the Cloud(s): 'Vaporizing' the Web Application Firewall to Secure Cloud Computing"

"Cloud computing was not designed for security, although organizations such as Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) are making great strides in helping the industry solve the myriad security problems confronting cloud computing. "

Full article here.

Microsoft Outlook for Mac is Coming

Microsoft Outlook for Mac is Coming: "

Microsoft is finally releasing Outlook for Mac, announcing today that starting next year, the popular email application will replace Entourage inside the Microsoft Office Suite.

For now though, Entourage lives on, with a new Web Services Edition, “so current Entourage users on Exchange will experience improved e-mail and calendaring support.” The download is available here.

We’re more webmail people ourselves, but for those of you working in a more corporate environment (or simply preferential to Outlook), here are a few of the features that Microsoft is touting:

Cocoa: Built from the ground up using Cocoa providing users with improved integration with the Mac OS

New database: A high-speed file-based database with support for backing up files with Time Machine and Spotlight searching

Information Rights Management: Helps prevent sensitive information from being distributed to or read by people who do not have permission to access the content

Microsoft calls the move “more than a name change,” but as Business Insider points out, it could also be just another reason to try and keep companies paying for Office. Meanwhile, we’re a lot more excited to try out Web version of Office 2010, which will put Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the Web – for free.

Tags: mac, microsoft, Outlook

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Very interesting! However, if it does not provide migration support from a Windows Outlook data file, It`s a big obstacle.

Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test

Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web <b>browser</b> security test: "Apple Safari 4, Google Chrome 2, Mozilla Firefox 3, and Opera 10 beta were evaluated as being behind Microsoft IE 8 when it comes to browser protection ...

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Apparently, based on the article Internet Explorer comes first with a cath rate effectiveness of ''83%'' while Google Chrome comes at ''26%'' catch rate.

To say the truth, it`s quite suprising. I would expect Google Chrome to perform better.

If this is true, we have work to do to improve Ti-Took, which is based on Google Chrome open-source.

Click here to download Ti-Took.

Qt Software Changes Name to Qt Development Frameworks

Qt Software Changes Name to Qt Development Frameworks: "Nokia has announced a change in both its Qt Software units name and Web address.
- Nokia has announced a change in both its Qt Software units name and Web address.
As of Aug. 11, Qt Software will be known as Qt Development
Frameworks and the web address will change to
http://qt.nokia.com. Qt Software was formerly known as Trolltech,
so this is the second name change the com...

If you are interested in XMPP, QT could be of interest to you because of QXMPP which uses

many of QT APIs.

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WSJ: China not requiring Green Dam software

WSJ: China not requiring Green Dam software: "Industry minister now says China won't force installation of the Internet filtering software on PCs shipped to the country, according to The Wall Street Journal."

How do you want to browse the web today?

That's the question asked by the new browser and browsing environment call Ti-Took (http://titook.net).

It's an amazing new web browser platform that is based on Google Chrome open-source code and it is fast, really fast. My only recommendation to you, try it out.

It comes with built in social bookmarking, always protected web browsing privacy and many more features.

Check the full list here: http://titook.net/tip/featuresdownload.html

Have fun, believe me, it's an awesome web browser.