Firefox Tougher On Expired SSL Certificates

Firefox 3, which set a one-day record for downloads recently, has been reconfigured in a way that's setting off alarms for webmasters who haven't renewed their SSL certificates. As the US Army just learned, Firefox won't bring up sites with self-assigned and/or expired certificates. At least, not without some extensive hoop-jumping. If you're a merchant you should know that an SSL certificate encrypts data transmissions…

Yahoo Partners With Intel On TV Widgets

Intel and Yahoo have announced plans to introduce widgets to television via set-top boxes.The application is called the Widget Channel and will allow viewers to use rich Internet applications designed for TV while watching programs. The channel will be powered by the Yahoo Widget Engine.

Google Exposes Android To Security Community

Mobile this and mobile that - the news about Google and cell phone-related stuff just won't stop.  Consumers should benefit, however, as Google is now asking the security community to make sure its Android operating system remains safe.

Google Grabs 1 Billion Searches In India

Google sites received the majority of searches conducted in India according to a study of the online search market from comScore.Google sites in India had more than 1 billion searches conducted in June, representing 81 percent of the market. Yahoo sites ranked a distant second with 117 million searches accounting for 9.4 percent. Ask Network landed in the third spot with 24 million searches representing…

Another Social Network Bites the Dust

It appears that social network Sconex is no more. Never heard of it? You're not alone. Admittedly, I am not familiar with it myself, but according to Silicon Alley Insider, it was around in the early days of social networks. In what seems like an interesting (if not noble) concept for a network, Sconex's aim was to connect high school kids within their own school…