Opera before 9.62 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the History Search results page, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4696.

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Source: National Vulnerability Database

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The links panel in Opera before 9.62 processes Javascript within the context of the “outermost page” of a frame, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

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Source: National Vulnerability Database

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InterVideo HomeTheater ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Source: Security Focus

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Yahoo! Widgets Engine YDPCTL.DLL ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Source: Security Focus

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Surf Canyon accelerates the search experience on
Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Live Search by
enabling you to find relevant information buried
in the search results. Employing advanced search
technology, the application determines what you
want and then goes as deep as page 100 of the
result set to fetch it. It also supports
Craigslist, including image previews. It is
available as an add-on extension for Firefox 2 and
Firefox 3 as well as a plug-in for Internet
Explorer (IE6 and IE7). The application learns as
you search to filter your results.

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Source: Freshmeat Daily News

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Opera Web Browser History Search and Links Panel Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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Source: Security Focus

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I’m getting tons of emails regarding this bit from Saul Hansell’s interview with Opera CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner:
Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser.
I don’t see how this is surprising at all. One can argue about whether it’s a good policy for Apple not to allow third-party web browsers on the iPhone, but unlike other rejections, this one is not arbitrary. The iPhone SDK Agreement clearly forbids writing your own JavaScript interpreter. I’m not sure what Apple would do if someone tried to publish a third-party iPhone browser based on the system’s version of WebKit, but a browser based on a third-party engine is clearly not allowed.
Again, I’m not saying that’s a good policy. Just saying it’s different than the rejection of apps that don’t violate any of the published rules.
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Source: Daring Fireball

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An interesting NYT Bits blog entry covers Opera’s mobile browser. Buried in the middle of the article is this quote: “Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser.” It also talks about Opera on the Wii and browsers in cars. A good read. My Take: But back to the iPhone. As tempted as I am to just shrug it off, since Apple is free to run its App Store any way it pleases, as an enthusiastic iPhone user, I think Apple is shooting itself in the foot here, as it is with all the “competitive” apps being rejected. Apple does stand to lose some Google revenue by letting people use other browsers, but they have much more to gain by unleashing the creativity of the developer community and giving them the freedom to improve or replace core iPhone functionality. Hopefully competition from Android forces them to wake up.

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Source: OSNews

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Pablo Martinez-Almeida writes “Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner confirms that new entrants in the browser market are raising awareness on the mainstream Internet community about the availability of alternatives to the ubiquitous Internet Explorer. ‘How has the emergence of WebKit and Chrome changed the market for you? JvT: The effect of Chrome so far has been 20 percent more downloads every day. It’s fairly logical when you think about it, because the biggest hurdle we have is all those people that don’t realize there’s an alternative in the market. Now, with the launch of Chrome there’s focus on the choice of browsers in the market.’Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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New portal site launches to save digital media. But does digital media need saving?

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Source: C|Net news.com

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