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Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011) has been released.

Fast: Internet Explorer 10 harnesses the untapped power of your PC, delivering pages full of vivid graphics, smoother video, and interactive content Easy: Experience the web the way you want to with pinned sites, built-in Spellcheck, and seamless integration with your PC running Windows 7 Safer: Improved features like SmartScreen Filter and Tracking Protection let you be more aware of threats to your PC and your privacy

You can download Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview using the link below:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/ie-10-release-preview?ocid=GA8_O_WOL_DIS_IE_IE10_NULL

Firefox 13.0.1 introduces the following new features, security updates and fixes

FIXED – Windows Messenger did not load in Hotmail, and the Hotmail inbox did not auto-update (764546, fixed in 13.0.1)
FIXED – Hebrew text sometimes rendered incorrectly (756850, fixed in 13.0.1)
FIXED – Flash 11.3 sometimes caused a crash on quit (747683, fixed in 13.0.1)
NEW – When opening a new tab, users are now presented with their most visited pages
NEW – The default home page now has quicker access to bookmarks, history, settings, and more
CHANGED – SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
CHANGED – Restored background tabs are not loaded by default for faster startup
CHANGED – Smooth scrolling is now enabled by default
DEVELOPER – 72 total improvements to Page Inspector, HTML panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad and Style Editor
DEVELOPER – The column-fill CSS property has been implemented
DEVELOPER – Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented
DEVELOPER – Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added
DEVELOPER – The :invalidpseudo-class can now be applied to the element
DEVELOPER – The CSS turn <angle> unit is now supported
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-40 Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-39 NSS parsing errors with zero length items
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-38 Use-after-free while replacing/inserting a node in a document
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-37 Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-36 Content Security Policy inline-script bypass
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-35 Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service
SECURITY FIX – MFSA 2012-34 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards

If you utilise Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS or an application that uses the System.Net.HttpListener class is installed or running on one the operating systems below, and you have a Network Load Balancer then you may find that Increased latency occurs on HTTP and HTTPS requests and traffic.

This issue occurs because the HTTP and HTTPS requests from clients can include zero length data in the SSL records, certain server-side variables do not update correctly in this instance and Http.sys leaves the connection in the CLOSE_WAIT state. This intern exhausts the open connection limit can introduce latency, timeouts and connection problems.

Affected Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 – SBS 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 – SBS 2011

The Microsoft Knowledge Base Article KB 2634328 includes further information on this issue and provides an updated version of Http.sys that corrects the issue http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2634328

You can download and trial the beta release of Adobe Flash Player 11.2 using the following link

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer11-2.html

This beta release introduces multi-threaded video decoding and Flash Player background updates

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Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011) has been released

HTTP and HTTPS requests or traffic to a Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, SBS 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or SBS 2011 machine may exhibit increased latency if the connection is through a network load balancer

Adobe Flash Player 11.2 Beta for Windows and Mac OS X

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