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Next Pwn2Own Contest Targets IE8, Firefox, iPhone
Windows Secrets writes "After two straight years of taking dead aim at Macbooks and Windows-powered machines, hackers at this year's CanSecWest conference will have shiny new targets: Web browsers and mobile phones. According to CanSecWest organisers, there will be two separate Pwn2Own competitions this year — one pitting hackers against IE8, Firefox 3 and Safari and another targeting Google Android, Apple iPhone, Nokia Symbian and Windows Mobile."
You could win own your very own copies of IE8, Firefox 3, and Safari!
yeah and who the hell wants to be given a copy of IE8 as first prize?
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We all know that Windows Mobile and IE8 will come out on top as they are far superior to the competition.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
For the browser competition, you get the computer it's running on. Or at least that's what I gather; the article accidentally a whole verb. FTA: "CanSecWest organizers plan to Sony VAIO P running Windows 7 as the platform for the contest. The successful hacker gets to keep the machine."
You probably have some security patches that need to be installed on your mac cause you obviously seem to not think that those are of any use.
Last year they didn't accept my precondition that the root password be set to blank before attempting to hack it.
http://xkcd.com/166/
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Doesn't the underline operating system still assist with the overall security of a browser?
Only if it hasn't been upgraded to the italic operating system.
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second prize: two copies of IE8.
"It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."