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Internet Users Not Updating Browser

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-it's-just-so-hard dept.

Jackson writes "Security researchers from ETH Zurich, Google, and IBM Internet Security Systems have shown that more than 600 million Internet users don't use the latest version of their browser. The researchers' paper, shows that as of June 2008, only 59.1 percent of Internet users worldwide use the latest major version of their preferred web browser. Suggestions have also been made to inform users that their browser is out of date."

3 of 409 comments (clear)

  1. Junk browsers by rocketman768 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why would I use the latest and most annoying version of IE or the latest firefox that crashes my Ubuntu all the time?

  2. Opera? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They can still upgrade to Opera, which supports down to Windows 95.

    Opera? Who is using Opera? Really! Anyone using W9x and using Opera is a close to a Luddite as the computer age can produce.

    Opera? Really? Seriously?

    You're still tied to you C64 or Amiga, aren't you?

    Opera? No freakin' way.

  3. Re:So a better title would be.. by DriedClexler · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Actually, Mr. Clueless, I put off upgrading LiarSux as long as possible

    BECAUSE OF ITS LONG FUCKING HISTORY OF DELETING MY BOOKMARKS AND JAVASCRIPT WHITELIST

    whenever I do so.

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    Information theory is life. The rest is just the KL divergence.