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Major SSL flaw found in iOS, OS X

Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'
Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads

Google on Tuesday said it will add malware download warnings to its Chrome browser.
What's still missing in the HTML5 spec

Although the HTML5 spec won't be finalized until July 2014, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), has <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/w3c-announces-html5-will-be-finished-in-2014-391">scheduled its "last call" for feature-completeness for this May</a>. So what's missing?
Google speeds up Chrome browser

Google's latest beta version of its Chrome browser packs a performance boost to the Javascript engine that the company describes as "hefty" and adds the ability to apply pre-defined browser preferences in multiple machines through users' centralized Google accounts.
Browser add-on aims to foil Google data collection

A computer security researcher has launched a project designed to provide people greater privacy when using Google, as the company expands the scope of data its collects about its users.

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