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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."

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  1. Yeah, but by krkhan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't upgrade to the latest version. It makes my tabs crash and causes me to lose m

  2. Re:How many of those users CAN upgrade? by amnezick · · Score: 5, Funny

    that was very subtle: "upgrade TO opera"

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  3. hmm, let's see... by CaptainPatent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lynx 2.8.6... yep, I'm up-to-date...

    in a manner of speaking.

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  4. Re:How many of those users CAN upgrade? by dmsuperman · · Score: 1, Funny

    He meant downgrade to Opera or upgrade from Opera...one of the two.

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