Daily Archives: December 4, 2010

Google will unveil a Chrome OS netbook Dec. 7 reports eWeek.

“Google is hosting an event Dec. 7 where it will likely demonstrate a netbook based on its long-awaited Chrome Operating System.

Google late Dec. 3 e-mailed eWEEK a media invitation to a Chrome-related event, sating simply: “On December 7, we will host an event in San Francisco where we plan to share some exciting news about Chrome.”

Full article: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Google-Chrome-OS-Netbook-Set-for-Dec-7-Unveiling-251346/

Microsoft Research has developed a new browser tool called Zozzle that can detect JavaScript-based malware.

Microsoft Research said:
“JavaScript malware-based attacks now account for a large fraction of successful mass-scale exploitation happening today. From the standpoint of the attacker, the attraction is that these drive-by attacks that can be mounted against an unsuspecting user visiting a seemingly innocent web page. While several techniques for addressing these types of exploits have been proposed, in-browser adoption has been slow, in part because of the performance overhead these methods tend to incur.”

There are no current plans to release Zozzle to the public.

Microsoft Research’s motto is “Turning Ideas Into Reality”