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PhpGedView updates to 4.2.0

March 14th, 2009 at 8:21 pm » Comments (0)

PhpGedView, the genealogy program, has updated to 4.2.0. They fixed the bug in the RSS feed, and added a few bells and whistles. But it’s still the same basic program. I would say the changes are more security-related and cosmetic. Nevertheless, it’s worth an upgrade.



PhpGedView updated to version 4.1.6

November 23rd, 2008 at 2:37 pm » Comments (0)

The PhpGedView genealogy program has been updated to version 4.1.6. This new version introduces a new installation wizard, and several bug fixes, to include that RSS.php bug that trashed the program’s rss feed, as noted in the post for PhpGedView 4.1.5. To save you some installation grief, since there is no download for updating from [...]



Safari: Address Bar flaw (Mac, Windows) 04.24.2008

April 27th, 2008 at 10:41 am » Comments (0)

The Secunia web site reports a security issue in Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to display a fake URL in the address bar. The problem is that it is possible to hide the actual location of a page in the address bar via a specially crafted URL containing a number of certain [...]



Safari 3.1 for Windows vulnerable

March 27th, 2008 at 3:50 pm » Comments (0)

Securia reports the new Safari 3.1 for Windows has been hit with two ‘highly critical’ vulnerabilities that can result in execution of arbitrary code. The first is due to an improper handling of the buffer for long filenames of files being downloaded, and the second can result in successful spoofing of websites and phishing. This [...]