Microsoft Edge beats Chrome in power efficiency

A recent comparative test showed that Microsoft’s Edge web browser beat Chrome and others in terms of power efficiency. Edge appeared to be the most power-efficient browser to date.

According to a report on Tech Radar, the Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Opera were tested simultaneously to see which notebook the browsers ran on would run out of juice first. The notebooks were put through a range of tasks including opening sites, adding tabs, rolling through pages and playing videos.

The Edge-equipped notebook lasted for around 7 hours and 22 minutes, followed by Opera at 6 hours, 18 minutes; Firefox at 5 hours and 9 minutes; and Chrome with only 4 hours and 20 minutes to show for.

It would seem that Microsoft is more than ecstatic about its victory and is saying that there will be more efficiency tweaks when its Windows 10 update comes out next month. This includes using less memory and CPU cycles. Alfred Bayle

source: technology.inquirer.net

Adobe patches flaw in Flash but another one found

Users of some browsers may want to put off visiting sites that use Adobe's Flash software – Adobe has patched a flaw in Flash, but a new one has been discovered.

Adobe this week rolled out a patch to address a vulnerability being exploited by the Angler Exploit Kit, but a security researcher found it was not the only flaw.

"Any version of Internet Explorer or Firefox with any version of Windows will get owned if Flash up to 16.0.0.287 (included) is installed and enabled," researcher "Kafeine" said in a blog post.

"Disabling Flash player for some days might be a good idea," Kafeine added.

On Jan. 22, Adobe issued a security update for a vulnerability affecting Flash Player for Windows, Mac and Linux.

It urged users to update to Flash Player 16.0.0.287.

But Kafeine noted that Angler initially did not infect Firefox, Angler's encoders made the adjustments so it would also affect Mozilla's browser.

So far, Kafeine said tests showed Google's Chrome is relatively safe from the threat. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com