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(Important) Firefox 7.0.1 / Thunderbird 7.0.1 Released

Delivery of Firefox 7.0 and Thunderbird 7.0 is tentatively suspended because critical issue was discovered. The issue is that a rare issue where some users could find one or more of their add-ons hidden after a Firefox update. If you find out the issue in your Firefox or Thunderbird, you will be able to fix it using “Add-on Recovery Tool” (This tool was removed). This tool can install to Thunderbird and Firefox for Android. Firefox 7.0.1 Release Note Thunderbird 7.0.1 Release Note (Released on October 1st, 2011) 30th September, 2011 Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.  

Firefox 7 and Thunderbird 7 Released

Firefox 7 and Thunderbird 7 were released on September 27, 2011. By this upgrade, the performance and safety  were improved. About the detail information, please check the release note. If you are  Firefox 6 or Thunderbird 6 user, your Firefox and Thunderbird will be automatically upgraded within several days. However, you had better keep in mind that a lot of add-on software in Thunderbird will be disabled because of compatibility issue. About famous add-on software, the new version will be arrived soon, but minar software may not be supported. Firefox 7 Release Note Thunderbird 7 Release Note Don’t work add-on software in Thunderbird 6 Change quote and reply format * If...Read More

WP DS FAQ Plus plugin for WordPress 1.0.14 Released

  WP DS FAQ Plus is the expand of WP DS FAQ Plugin. The plugin bases on WP DS FAQ 1.3.3. This version is added and improved about the following big changes. (Fixed) In case of editing a FAQ data from front page, “Ajax error” was displayed when “Cancel” or “Save” button was pushed”. Even if “Ajax error” was displayed, the data processing could be doing. In case of using the table format in latest list function, the title of each item is displayed. * This plugin includes the fixed some issues (Quotation and Security, such as SQL Injection and CSRF. ) , Japanese translation, improvement of interface, and SSL Admin setting. – WP...Read More

WP DS FAQ Plus plugin for WordPress 1.0.13 Released

  WP DS FAQ Plus is the expand of WP DS FAQ Plugin. The plugin bases on WP DS FAQ 1.3.3. This version is added and improved about the following big changes. Latest FAQ list (Added “latest” option in Shortcode) Corresponding to TIMEZONE * About the detail information, please see “FAQ setting menu” in WordPress “Settings” menu. * This plugin includes the fixed some issues (Quotation and Security, such as SQL Injection and CSRF. ) , Japanese translation, improvement of interface, and SSL Admin setting. – WP DS FAQ Plus plugin site  (1.0.13 published on 14th September, 2011) 14th September, 2011: Chief of Information processing office: Kitani.  

(Critical issue) Firefox 6.0.2 and Thunderbird 6.0.2 Released

This version was released on September 6th, 2011. This is very critical issue. Removed trust exceptions for certificates issue by Staat der Nederlanden In March  incident case,  the illegal public SSL certificates by hacker are created is influencing to many famous information services, such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Skype, and so on. In this time, according to some news, it seems many SSL certificates were abused.  Therefore, the influence area may widely expand.  About the detail information, please see CNET news.  If you use old browser like IE6 / 7 in WindowsXP, you had better consider to upgrade new version (IE8). Then, if you use WindowsXP, please update to the latest...Read More

Demise of some Google services like Google Desktop

Users. This decision was published in Official Google Blog on September 2, 2011. By  the decision, I think that Google Desktop user will be influenced most among their uses. Google Desktop will be revoked on September 14, 2011. Since September 14, you won’t be able to download Google Desktop or to get any supports. Therefore, the time when users have to consider about the service instead of Google Desktop  if  users want to continue to use the function will come in near future. In case of focusing on the desktop search function in an OS, Windows has “Windows Desktop Search” (From Vista) and MacOSX has “Spotlight” (from MacOS 10.4). Of...Read More

Firefox 6.0.1 and Thunderbird 6.0.1 Released

Firefox 6 and Thunderbird 6 were released on August 16, 2011. This version was released on August 30, 2011. In this time, a critical issue was fixed. Revoked the root certificate for DigNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance (witten by Firefox 6.0.1 Release Notes and Thunderbird 6.0.1 Release Notes) If SSL certificate is abused, the authenticity of sites handling private information, such as an online shopping site and a password locked site, will become impaired. Well, Firefox 6.0.1 will be automatically updated by Firefox 6.0. Concretely,  if your comparatively new web browser accesses to an unproved site by public SSL certificate in the Internet, the browser will display  warning message....Read More

Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.7 Released

Users The fixed version of Adobe Flash Player was released because of corresponding to the issue related to the animation (Not  the critical security vulnerabilities). About the detail information, please see .Recently, the release interval of some web browser like Google Chrome and Firefox has become very short. Therefore, I feel that the release interval of Adobe Flash Player has been being hastened  more and more.At any rate, Adobe Flash Player has been frequently updating, so I  strongly recommend to access to the following version check site. If you use not only Internet Explorer but also other web browsers, please check  2 browsers of Internet Explorer and one of other web...Read More

WP DS FAQ Plus plugin for WordPress 1.0.12-1 Released

WP DS FAQ Plus is the expand of WP DS FAQ plugin. The plugin bases on WP DS FAQ 1.3.3. This is the fixed version from 1.0.11.  The casus is the javascript function miss in “Add Category” button. I’m sorry for your inconvenience. It is the trouble that cannot add new category. * This plugin includes the fixed some issues (Quotation and Security, such as SQL Injection and CSRF. ) , Japanese translation, improvement of interface, and SSL Admin setting. – WP DS FAQ Plus plugin site  (1.0.12-1 published on 30th August, 2011) 30th August, 2011: Chief of Information processing office: Kitani.  

WP DS FAQ Plus plugin for WordPress 1.0.12 Released

WP DS FAQ Plus is the expand of WP DS FAQ plugin. The plugin bases on WP DS FAQ 1.3.3. In this new version, the compatibility with WP DS FAQ plugin was recovered. Since version 1.0.9, a part of compatibility was lost because the sort function was established. In case of version between 1.0.9 and 1.0.11-1, if you deactivate WP DS FAQ Plus and activate  WP DS FAQ, all FAQ datas are disappeared because the display mode setting is unrecognized by WP DS FAQ. Of course, you re-check the mode setting, the data will be appeared. In this time, new database item called “custom_mode” in dsfaq_name table was created. the special settings...Read More