Krebs on Security

Blocking JavaScript in the Browser

Most Web sites use JavaScript, a powerful scripting language that helps make sites interactive. Unfortunately, a huge percentage of Web-based attacks use JavaScript tricks to foist malicious software ...
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Turning off JavaScript won't save you — here's what actually hides your browser

If you've ever tried to stop web tracking, you've probably tried disabling JavaScript. But I learned a frustrating lesson after running a single fingerprint test: even when a single line of JavaScript ...
TweakTown

Google unveils new JavaScript browser benchmark, 'Octane'

Google, in their grasp for browser domination, have unveiled Octane, a JavaScript benchmark suite. Octane is a browser benchmark that measures performance when running the "complex and demanding web ...
CNET

Google: Dart will rescue browsers from JavaScript

The programming language for Web sites and Web apps is less complex and therefore easier to develop, Chrome programmers argue at Google I/O. SAN FRANCISCO — Google long has been a firm believer that ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft created an open-source browser using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Microsoft's new browser, Edge, has a new rendering engine, EdgeHTML. Like Edge, the new rendering engine is only available in Windows 10, but it does more than just power the company's new browser: It ...