On my way to work this morning I suddenly became so excited I nearly forgot to breathe. “But Alex, whatever caused this sudden, potentially life-threatening onset of hysteria?” I hear you ask. Well, allow me to enlighten you - this morning, security holes in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser have been deemed serious enough to make the national news headlines, both on the BBC website, and repeatedly throughout the morning on Radio 1’s news reports.

The report mentions that the apparently newly-discovered flaw in Internet Explorer’s security allows attackers to steal a user’s passwords, as well as other personal data. Experts are advising people to use a different browser in order to stay safe online. So I guess that makes us experts at Primate Designs, as we’ve been saying this stuff for years.

Read the article on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm

Get Firefox: http://www.getfirefox.com/

It’s interesting to see that (at the time of writing) there is no mention or warning about this serious security issue on Internet Explorer’s official homepage - even though it’s plastered all over the national news. Perhaps Microsoft decided it was better not to risk telling users the same important information twice. Instead, there is a badly acted video about waterskiing barefoot over electrified water snakes and sticking road flares in your ears. Or something. Good job guys.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/media/fathers_advice_500k.asx