Bing is blocked by many browsers by having a seemingly invalid security certificate

Bad news for the poor Bing. Now days ago I commented on the problems that had the form of Microsoft with search results with malware , but today we played a theme something different.According to several reports, some browsers have been blocking access to Bing because the security certificate the site uses appears to be invalid. If you try to visit the secure version of Bing at the moment,  https://www.bing.com/  instead of the standard  http://www.bing.com/ , we see that it reports a problem with the SSL certificate similar to as shown in the image below. Any web browser probably will give us a similar warning, this is the one that shows Chrome:

It would be easy to point the finger and say that Microsoft can not handle correctly an SSL certificate, but in this case the giant software is not the culprit. The real culprit is the system that distributes the contents of Bing, by Akamai. In fact, there are other sites that also have similar problems and are cleared by the Akamai network, such as the web of the NBA.

The most amazing thing is that the problem has not been solved in more than 48 hours since it was detected.

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Bing malware sample pages that Google

AV Test is a German company that is dedicated to antivirus testing and related topics.According to a recent report on this company, the search engine Bing of Microsoft has 5 times more likely to show in their searches malware sites when compared with the popular search engine Google. AV Test tested with several search engines, of course including Google and Bing, for over a year and a half. In about 10.9 million searches, Google results showed a total of 272 websites were infected with viruses or malicious code, while the number of similar sites was shown by Bing 1285.

Several of the sites in question are holders of malware exploiting security vulnerabilities, even if the user has their browser and updated extensions chances of having problems are greatly reduced. The malware usually strike are outdated browsers as well as older versions of a plugin or extension that we have installed.

Many times, to avoid a hard time, you only need make sure we have our computer updated, so remember to do it from time to time.

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Bing will be the default browser of Kindle Fire HD

What a surprise! Both Microsoft and Amazon itself has confirmed that the new Kindle Fire tablet HD use the search engine Bing as the default search engine.

Apparently, this agreement is very recent and the latest details of it were agreed yesterday.Besides appearing in the default HD Fire, Bing also will welcome in the new models of Kindle Fire (original) to be sold from now on.

If you, like me, do not like Bing, then do not worry, you can set another search engine like Google , Yahoo!, etc.. according to your preferences.

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Bing now lets you tag friends in Facebook searches

 

On Monday (30/07), Bing announced a change in its search engine to make it more social. The tool Microsoft now lets you tag friends in Facebook during consultations, so they help with the results.

When you want to look for something on Bing, the user can type the name of up to five friends from Facebook in the search bar. With prior approval, the matter is posted in the Timeline and the selected contacts are notified.

The feature is part of a package of changes announced by Microsoft to take effect this year. Facebook, who has a partnership, it will be increasingly added to the Bing.

The news has not arrived in Brazil, and there is no information about when to come here.

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The shots on rails Resident Evil come to PS3

 

The company Microsoft wants to bring all its services beyond video games, computers and mobile devices. The Redmond are working to incorporate Kinect, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Live, Bing and Tell me in cars to interact with drivers, know your likes and provide information presonalizada.

Microsoft is not content with having achieved success in the gaming industry, with Xbox and Kinect-in-desktop and Windows-mobile devices, with Windows Phone. Now the Redmond bet on the automotive sector but building your own vehicle, as Steve Jobs had in mind with its idea of ​​iCar, but by improving your "software" to provide the best features for drivers.

Microsoft has already shown how Kinect could work in the car with the Detroit Project Mustang. This project incorporated chambers Kinect motion detection in the front and rear of a Mustang.

In this way the driver could have a complete picture from inside the car, through the navigation system screen, what was happening abroad and also what was happening inside, improving passenger safety . Through hand movements the driver could switch screens of information or entertainment control systems.

But Microsoft does not want to comply only with Kinect. According to a job which had access CNET, Microsoft is looking for engineers and developers to join the new draft Connect Car to assist in the development of a next-generation platform for cars.

"For the next generation of Car Connect Platform, we intend to leverage the power of the Microsoft ecosystem, including Kinect, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Live, Bing, Azure and Tell me," according to Microsoft in the offer working. It also highlights that the combination of sensors, user identification, access to the cloud and the data "will transform the cars of the future in intelligent assistants for the driver and his passengers."

The job also explains that Microsoft is working on the communication between you and the vehicle through a natural language to compete with Apple and the software company Nuance, whose next platform will be able to recognize and interact with drivers and passengers.

"The new car will meet its pilots logged and may interact with them naturally through speech, gestures and face tracking. It will learn your habits and offer personalized information and context-sensitive help driving to get to their destination as quickly and safely as possible, "says the company.

Related links:

- CNET (http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57459884-48/kinect-in-the-car-its-coming/).

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