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Drop Everything, Update Your Firefox And Tor Browsers Now

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:30:59 +0000

Check your Firefox and Tor browsers for outstanding updates, as Russian hackers are exploiting a zero day on machines across North America and other continents. The first problem is with Firefox's…

Changes Ahead For uBlock Origin And uBlock Origin Lite

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:27:24 +0000

If you are a fan of using uBlock Origin or uBlock Origin Lite, on sites other than this one, you have to make some choices. Until now both extensions were available for…

Windows Is The Only One Safe From An 18 Year Old Browser Vulnerability

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:56:25 +0000

The news from Bleeping Computer about the fact that there is a 18 year old browser vulnerability is rather depressing, though there is a tiny bit of amusement to be gleaned. …

Podcast #734 – AMD Brings X3D to Laptops, New RDNA3 GPUs Coming Soon, AMD & Intel Earnings, Intel Arc Sparkle GPUs, Gaming Deals!

PCPer Staff — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:00:09 +0000

Podcast history has been made. The first and ONLY PC Perspective podcast number 734 has been recorded, edited, and uploaded. This is the video, as if you needed further proof. We've got…

Firefox Would Download A Cookie Jar, Lots Of Them Even!

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:11:16 +0000

Your Firefox won't look very different today but there has been a change behind the scenes which may please you. In order to mitigate the privacy concerns which the continual evolution of…

Maybe Don’t Update Firefox for Android

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:17:01 +0000

Firefox 79 for Android devices is being rolled out across the planet, arriving in the US on August 27th and much to the dismay of users that have been upgraded already, the…

Mozilla Cracks Down On Third Party Cookies Parties

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:19:38 +0000

Every once and a while it is worth looking at the state of tracking cookies and what browsers are doing to keep them from becoming the predominant parasite on the interwebs. For…

PC Perspective Podcast #581 – Ryzen 4900HS, RTX SUPER Mobile

PCPer Staff — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 23:33:58 +0000

Join us this week as we talk about AMD’s impressive new Ryzen 4000 mobile processors and their Intel counterparts, check out the latest additions to NVIDIA’s mobile GPU lineup, and review both…

Exploits Gone Wild, Check Your Firefox For Updates

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:38:17 +0000

Sadly the bad actors out there distributing malware, viruses and other unsavoury programs are not taking a break during the current pandemic, if anything they have increased their efforts. In this case…

Microsoft’s Chromium Flavoured Edge Overtakes Firefox

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:43:58 +0000

According to NetMarketShare's recent data Edge overtook Firefox as the second most used browser back in March, hitting 7.59% of the market while Firefox could claim only 7.19% of the market. …

PC Perspective Podcast #571 – Ryzen 9 3950X Review, ThinkPad T490s

PCPer Staff — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 06:44:56 +0000

Join us this week for our new look at the Ryzen 9 3950X, a review of a port-packed thin and light ThinkPad, a unique mini-ITX case from SilverStone, some amazing but pricey…

Patch Your FireFox To 72.0.1 If You Haven’t Already

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:43:22 +0000

If you noticed your Firefox nagging you about a pending update, click the button before the hounds run you to ground as the exploits it protects you against are currently being exploited. …

AVG/Avast Online Security And SafePrice Lose Their Chrome Finish

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:37:58 +0000

Mozilla and Opera have already removed the four apps in question, two from AVG and two from Avast and now Chrome is following suit, for the same reasons. The applications in question…

Mozilla Is Looking For ‘Mo Money

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:40:52 +0000

Would you consider paying for a premium version of FireFox, as it is something which the Mozilla Foundation is considering as a new way to generate revenue? They are suggesting that this…

Mozilla Tightens Firefox Anti-Tracking

Scott Michaud — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:19:15 +0000

Dave Camp, who is the Senior Vice President of Firefox at Mozilla, wrote a blog about multiple Firefox anti-tracking initiatives at the organization. First up is Enhanced Tracking Protection. For new users,…

PC Perspective Podcast #544 – Roccat Vulcan 120 Gaming Keyboard, AMD Computex Rumors

Jim Tanous — Thu, 23 May 2019 09:42:20 +0000

Join us this week as we look at reviews of some new low-profile CPU coolers, the unique Roccat Vulcan 120 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, an updated full-tower case from be quiet!, the latest…

Firefox 67 Releases with Performance Boosts

Scott Michaud — Wed, 22 May 2019 01:26:09 +0000

Since 2016, a new version of Firefox has come out every six-to-nine weeks. Mozilla occasionally markets specific versions more heavily than others, such as their Quantum branding with Firefox 57+, and it…

Mozilla Firefox for Android Mothballing Until Fenix

Scott Michaud — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:30:25 +0000

Mozilla has just published a Google Doc that outlines their plans for Fennec (Firefox for Android). It looks like this document was supposed to coordinate Mozilla employees and volunteers, so the specifics are…

The browser giveth and the browser taketh away

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:14:29 +0000

The upcoming version of Firefox will include anti-fingerprinting technology to increase your privacy when browsing the web. Fingerprinting is a bit different from dumping a cookie on your system, instead advertisers can…

Microsft heals some wounds as it moves to Open Source

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 23:57:29 +0000

One of the big stories this week has been the rumour and confirmation of Microsoft's move to Chromium. What we hadn't seen until this morning was what the competition thought about it,…