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| 5 Reasons Why Google Chrome Will Crush IE In Browser War |
| Google's Chrome browser is shining brightly, and it's not hard to see why. First, the stats: According to the latest NetApplications figures, Chrome now has 6.7 percent of the browser market--a stunning rise from zero prior to 2009. Competing browsers are either treading water or, as in the case of Microsoft Internet Explorer, in precipitous freefall. |
| View Source | May 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| 10 Add-Ons You Have to Know About For Google Chrome |
| A lot can be said about Google Chrome. And most of it should come as no surprise to you, the die-hard PC user that likely has more browsers installed within your operating system than games on your hard drive. |
| View Source | August 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| A browser with unlimited possibilities |
| Opera Nalakuvara, community-made Opera browser, caters to the needs of Taiwanese Internet users |
| View Source | August 13, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Apple Launches Safari 5, Patches Record 48 Bugs |
| Apple on Monday shipped the latest version of its Safari browser, patching a record 48 vulnerabilities, including one that a pair of hackers exploited in March to win a $15,000 prize. |
| View Source | June 9, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Apple Unveils Safari 5 |
| Though the news was overshadowed by the release of the iPhone 4, Apple released version 5 of its Safari Web browser on Monday at its annual WWDC conference. |
| View Source | June 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Apple's HTML5 Showcase is rigged |
| Apple's HTML5 Showcase is supposed to demonstrate how wonderful the Web can be without plugins while adopting Web standards. But when going to the site in Google Chrome (I haven't tested other browsers), the user is greeted with: "You need to download Safari to view this demo." Oh yeah? |
| View Source | June 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| AVG joins Opera on stage |
| The first beta of Opera 10.60 was released only two weeks ago, and on Thursday it graduates to a wide release and sheds its beta tag. Opera 10.60 for Windows, Mac, and Linux incorporates security enhancements provided by popular freeware antivirus vendor AVG, improves performance, adds further HTML5 compatibility, and makes a minor but noticeable tweak to the browser interface. |
| View Source | July 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Bishop Business Solutions, Inc |
| is one of Long Island, New York's fastest growing computer consulting firms. Since 1994, BBSI has offered a wide range of business computer services. |
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| Browse the Web with Opera on Acer LumiRead |
| Now you can browse the Web seamlessly with Opera on e-readers. Acer, the world’s second largest PC vendor, has selected Opera Devices SDK to bring the full Web browsing to its new LumiRead. With its intuitive user interface design and easy access to the wealth of e-book resources on the Internet, the Acer LumiRead uses Opera to deliver Web content directly to its 6-inch, E Ink screen. |
| View Source | June 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Browser Add-on Blocks Google Analytics |
| Google has released a Web browser add-on that will stop the browser from sending information to the Google Analytics service, which Web sites can use to collect data about their visitors. |
| View Source | May 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Browser Blowout 2010 |
| Of all the software on your PC, the Web browser may be the most important tool you use each day--but you may not give it much thought. The difference between a merely good browser and a great one, however, can be vast. The best browsers are those that stay out of your way: When you're in the right browser, you feel as though you're alone with your favorite site. The browser loads pages quickly, without crashing, and it can deftly handle any Web page you visit without prompting you to do anything extra. |
| View Source | July 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Chrome 7 adds GPU acceleration, hints at tab syncing |
| Google posted the first pre-developer version of Chrome 7 under the Chromium label on Tuesday. It’s an early prototype so features could (and will) come and go, but it gives us a good sense of Google’s direction in the browser space. |
| View Source | August 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Chrome 6: What made the cut--and what missed it |
| Want the ability to print preview in Chrome? Me, too. But we'll have to wait, because it's one of the features that didn't make the Chrome 6 cut. |
| View Source | July 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Chrome celebrates second b-day with sixth release |
| Google is celebrating Chrome's second birthday by releasing a new stable version of its rapidly evolving browser, offering a slightly simpler user interface, an automatic form filler, and the ability to synchronize extensions and form data across machines. |
| View Source | September 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Chrome Patches Show the Power of Open Source--and Google |
| Google's patching of vulnerabilities in its open source Chrome Web browser last week wasn't so much notable in itself; Microsoft, to be sure, is forever issuing patches for the many bugs that afflict its products. |
| View Source | August 24, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Code-execution bug found in Apple Safari |
| The latest version of Apple's Safari browser contains a critical bug that allows attackers to install malware on end user machines, security researchers have warned. |
| View Source | May 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| EFF: Forget Cookies, Your Browser Has Fingerprints |
| Even without cookies, popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox give Web sites enough information to get a unique picture of their visitors about 94 percent of the time, according to research compiled over the past few months by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. |
| View Source | May 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Extension.FM turns Google Chrome into an iTunes for MP3 blogs |
| Have you been reluctant to make the switch to Google’s excellent HTML5-compliant browser, Google Chrome? If you love music and frequent a lot of MP3 blogs, you might want to change your mind: thanks to an amazing new extension, Google Chrome just became your killer app. |
| View Source | July 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Fast, faster... Opera |
| Opera introduces a new speed marvel, Opera 10.60 beta |
| View Source | June 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 4 Beta 3 Update Available Now For Multi-Touch Windows 7 Users |
| It's a small update, but a good 'un—well, for anyone using Windows 7 with a multi-touch monitor. A few other minor upgrades have also been included, such as new JavaScript values for faster graphics. |
| View Source | August 12, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 4 Beta 1: Overview of Changes and Performance |
| In the latest version of Firefox's free, open-source Web browser, you will notice some visual changes like tabs on top similar to Google Chrome and single button menu similar to Office 2007. Firefox 4 also supports Google WebM HTML5 video format and offers faster JavaScript performance. |
| View Source | July 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 4 Browser Inches Ahead with Ease of Use |
| Mozilla on Tuesday released the fourth beta version of Firefox 4, complete with several new features that have the potential to propel the browser ahead of its competitors. |
| View Source | August 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 4 sneak peek flaunts Google open video codec |
| Mozilla has turned out a Firefox 4 prototype that includes Google's newly open sourced WebM video format, while Opera has rolled the format into a developer build of its own. |
| View Source | June 15, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 4 upgrade ideas start becoming reality |
| Mozilla released a new Firefox 4 prototype late Monday that builds in support for Google's WebM video technology and several other changes planned for the open-source Web browser's next major version. |
| View Source | June 15, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 3.0 reaching end of the line |
| A few months later than expected, Mozilla is calling it quits for version 3.0 of its Firefox browser. |
| View Source | March 17, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 3.6.4 Lorentz Hits Beta - Out-of-Process is Here! |
| Mozilla developers are now out with a new beta release of Firefox 3.6.4. |
| View Source | April 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox 3.6.4 released featuring plugin crash protection |
| Checking for updates today in Firefox will more than likely pull down version 3.6.4. The big new feature in this update is the introduction of crash protection for third-party plugins. |
| View Source | June 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox add-on said to blunt Google's data collection tactics |
| A computer security researcher has launched a project designed to provide people greater privacy when using Google, as the company expands the scope of data its collects about its users. |
| View Source | April 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox coders propose fast-graphics deadline |
| Competition among browser makers is getting fiercer, and Mozilla programmers are pushing a schedule in one hotly contested area, hardware-accelerated graphics. |
| View Source | March 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox for Windows starts 64-bit transition |
| Mainstream microprocessors have been 64-bit for years. Operating systems have followed suit. Now it's time for a program used by hundreds of millions of people to make the leap: Firefox. |
| View Source | May 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox free download |
| Mozilla Firefox is a web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and a large community of external contributors. 3 step guide :download, install and try ! For free ! I'm sure you will like it. |
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| Firefox market share drops as IE makes slender gain |
| Mozilla’s Firefox has lost market share against Google’s young pretender Chrome browser for the third month in a row. |
| View Source | August 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Firefox's worldwide market share hovering near 30% |
| Mozilla now estimates that its Firefox web browser is now responsible for some 30% of all web browsing. |
| View Source | April 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Flash arrives in Google's Chrome browser |
| Google has fulfilled a promise to build Adobe Systems' Flash Player into Chrome, a move that helps keep the beleaguered plug-in relevant despite significant efforts to replace it. |
| View Source | June 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Four Safari 5 secrets |
| Since Apple released Safari 5 last week, MacOSXHints.com has been getting a lot of tips for the new browser. Here are four of the best. |
| View Source | June 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Google Chrome 5 |
| Bug-free and beautifully designed, Google Chrome 5 strives to combine the best of all browser worlds. Like Mozilla’s Firefox, Chrome lets users customize its appearance and functionality. But it may also be the first Mac browser to truly give Safari’s raw power a run for its money. |
| View Source | June 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome 5 Beta: The Top Five Features |
| Google recently launched the beta version of Google Chrome 5 , the next iteration of the search giant's Web browser. New features include HTML 5 specifications like Geolocation and file drag-and-drop; expanded cloud sync capabilities; Flash integration; and JavaScript engine speed boosts. |
| View Source | May 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome for Linux ready for prime-time |
| You can download the latest Chrome for Linux here and be sure to watch the cool Google Chrome Speed Test video. |
| View Source | May 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome Frame Updates Beta With Over 200 Bug Fixes |
| While many of us have the luxury of using any browsers we want, if you work at a big company, you might be stuck on Internet Explorer 8… or 7…. or even, to your horror, the security nightmare of Internet Explorer 6. |
| View Source | June 9, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome only browser to make gains in February |
| Data collected by web metrics firm Net Applications suggests that over the month of February, Google’s Chrome web browser was the only desktop browser to make any gains over the month. |
| View Source | March 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome: The new breed of Web browser |
| Determining if something is secure can be difficult. Fortunately, software has the advantage of testing regimens like the Pwn2Own contest. If the software has any weaknesses, the highly-qualified contestants will find them. |
| View Source | June 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome Update Fixes 10 Security Flaws |
| With the latest update to the stable version of its Chrome Web browser, Google has addressed a variety of security threats in the Windows, Mac and Linux versions. |
| View Source | July 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Chrome update: Speed, performance and a deeper push into browser computing |
| A new beta version of the Google Chrome browser released today is boasting some pretty impressive speed boosts, with improvements of 30 percent and 35 percent on the V8 and SunSpider benchmarks over the previous version. In a post on the Google Chrome blog, the company said Chrome’s performance has improved by as much as 213 percent and 305 percent on the two benchmarks since the browser’s first beta. |
| View Source | May 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google corrects browser-based Java bugs |
| Google issued a course correction for the stable version of Chrome on Wednesday. In addition to JavaScript sluggishness and Java plug-in issues introduced in the previous version, Google also made three critical security patches to its browser. |
| View Source | April 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google cranks up Chrome release schedule |
| Google plans to release new stable versions of Chrome every six weeks as it continues to try and smash through as many builds as possible of its increasingly popular browser. |
| View Source | July 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google discovers Chrome can (really) block ads |
| Google Chrome now includes the ability to completely block resources from loading inside the browser, and the latest incarnation of the AdBlock extension for Chrome is using this "beforeload" event to not only hide ads from the user but prevent them from downloading entirely. |
| View Source | July 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google drops beta badge from Chrome for Mac |
| Fans of Chrome for Mac should receive a surprise today: a new version that takes the browser out of beta. After five months of testing, Google has declared Chrome to be stable and ready for the masses. |
| View Source | May 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google fixes Chrome holes, seeks security reform |
| Just before the Black Hat security conference begins, Google has patched seven secuity holes in its stable version of Chrome and begun an effort to speed up the software industry's response to such vulnerabilities. |
| View Source | July 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Official Reaffirms HTML5 Readiness |
| Despite concerns that it is far from being finished, HTML5 is ready for use, at least for most platforms and for most duties, asserted a Google developer. |
| View Source | April 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google open-sources Web video codec; Mozilla, Opera, Adobe sign on |
| This afternoon, Google has opted for the most daring option available to it: It is making available both the technology and the source code for the VP8 codec it acquired, in its buyout of On2 Technologies, to a separate entity. That entity, the newly formed WebM Project, will then serve as a licensing agent on Google's behalf for the VP8 video codec, the Vorbis audio codec, and the Matroska multimedia container, for royalty-free use, apparently in both free and commercial video. |
| View Source | May 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google patches 11 Chrome security problems |
| Google patched 11 vulnerabilities--three critical, seven high-risk, and one medium--in a new version of Chrome released Thursday. |
| View Source | August 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Patches Chrome Browser Twice in April |
| Google patched three vulnerabilities in the Windows version of Chrome earlier in the week, marking the second time that it's plugged security holes this month. |
| View Source | April 29, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google pushes out Chrome 5 beta for Windows |
| Google has released a new Windows-based beta of its Chrome browser to its developer channel. |
| View Source | March 29, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Releases the Ultimate Experimental Version of Chrome |
| Not content with the feedback speed and weekly release cycle of the Dev version of Google Chrome, the search giant has launched the Google Chrome Canary Build, the most experimental and risky version of the web browser yet. |
| View Source | August 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google spins out happy-clappy autofill Chrome 6 beta |
| It’s been a bumper beta 24 hours here on the brewing-browsers El Reg desk, after Google shoved out a Chrome 6.0.472.33 build yesterday. |
| View Source | August 12, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google Speeds Up JavaScript in Chrome Beta |
| Chrome 5 beta channel edition gets an average double-digit increase in JavaScript, according to Google. |
| View Source | May 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google takes it to 11 on Chrome security fix |
| Google has patched 11 security holes in Chrome as Apple released Safari 5, the latest version of its WebKit rival. |
| View Source | June 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google ratchets interweb 3D on Windows |
| Google has announced a new open source project designed to facilitate the use of WebGL, the browser-based 3D graphics standard floated by Mozilla and the Khronos Group. |
| View Source | March 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google vows to delete Chrome's unique client ID |
| Google is changing the way it handles the unique identifier that accompanies each installation of its Chrome browser. |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google's $124.6m open codec hits Chrome dev build |
| Google has added the newly open-sourced VP8 video codec to the latest developer-channel build of its Chrome browser. |
| View Source | June 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google's Chrome Browser Is 'in Retreat,' Microsoft Says |
| Internet Explorer (IE) gained browser usage share last month in the U.S., while major rivals Firefox and Chrome both lost ground, Microsoft said today, citing data from Web analytics firm Net Applications. |
| View Source | June 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Google's Chrome passes Safari in U.S. browser share |
| Google Chrome is now the third-most-popular browser in the U.S., behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox, but ahead of Apple’s Safari for the first time, according to a study by Web analytics company StatCounter. |
| View Source | June 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Hacker Busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 Minutes |
| Two researchers yesterday won $10,000 each at the Pwn2Own hacking contest by bypassing important security measures of Windows 7. |
| View Source | March 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Hands on Firefox 4 Beta |
| Mozilla posted the first public beta of Firefox 4, the next major release of the Firefox browser. Early impressions are encouraging: Firefox 4 looks fresh, feels a lot snappier, and is certainly less crash-prone than its predecesor. In addition, it comes with lots of perks and little things that make a difference. |
| View Source | July 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| How to set up Firefox Sync (video) |
| The world first knew it as Weave Sync, but Mozilla has moved Firefox's in-house synchronization project out of its Labs, calling it Firefox Sync to emphasize its connection to the browser and hint at its importance for the future. |
| View Source | June 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| IBM names Firefox its default browser |
| Firefox has become the default browser for nearly 400,000 IBM employees, a big coup for the open-source project during a time of increasing browser competition. |
| View Source | July 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| IE 9 Tech Preview beats latest Firefox alpha, as Chrome 5 clobbers King Opera |
| How long ago would you have thought it absolutely impossible for the slowest Windows Web browser currently under development to be coming...from Mozilla? Granted, the Internet Explorer 9 Tech Preview isn't a real browser (typically, these things need their own address bars and Back buttons). But unless Mozilla gets its JaegerMonkeys in a row in time for Microsoft to debut IE9 with real features like buttons, the number two reason users cite for switching from Internet Explorer...will be wiped off the map. |
| View Source | March 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| If You Use IE8, Firefox, and Safari, Today Is a Bad Day |
| No browser is safe: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, and Safari, all of them have been hacked at 2010 Pwn2Own, and used to take full control of a Windows 7 machine (Chrome wasn't targeted). |
| View Source | March 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Internet Explorer 8 Growing Three Times Faster than Chrome |
| After months of consistent declines in overall market share, Internet Explorer had an overall gain in May, but only in the United States. The latest browser market share trends show that Internet Explorer continues to reverse its losses and make gains in market share--this time globally. More specifically, Internet Explorer 8 is leading all competitors and gained more than three times as much as Google Chrome. |
| View Source | July 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Internet Explorer 9: A Fresh Start, With HTML5 |
| Ninth time's the charm, sometimes! At least that's Microsoft's hope with IE9, which they've just announced at Mix, brings new HTML5 support (including HTML5 video!), hardware-accelerated 2D graphics, and a totally new JavaScript engine—and no XP support. |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Internet Explorer 9 Won't Run on Windows XP |
| If this morning's news of Internet Explorer 9's support for HTML5 and video acceleration got you excited, and you happen to run Windows XP, prepare to get unexcited: You won't be able to install it on your OS. Sorry! |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Internet Explorer Market Share Falls Below 60%, Google Chrome Makes Impressive Gains |
| In May of 2008, Microsoft's Internet Explorer held a commanding lead over the competition. Most of the web browsers that exist today have been around for quite a while (Google Chrome being the latest newcomer), and indeed in 2008 Explorer had 75.94% market share over the competition. This competition has been slowly eroding Explorer's dominance, bringing Microsoft's once strong position below the magical number of 60% (actually, 59.95%) according to Net Applications. |
| View Source | May 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Microsoft confirms IE9 will shun Windows XP |
| Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 9 will not support Windows XP. |
| View Source | March 17, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft dry-cleans browser trousers ready for IE 9 beta |
| Microsoft completed its round of pre-beta tests of the company’s upcoming Internet Explorer 9 by releasing the fourth and final platform preview of the software yesterday. |
| View Source | August 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft: IE9 won't block VP8 video, won't build it in either |
| In a pair of blog posts released simultaneously this afternoon, Microsoft's Internet Explorer General Manager, Dean Hachamovitch, walked on eggshells in explaining why his group is staying the course with respect to its decision on the H.264 codec in IE9. This in the wake of Google's historic move today to release the VP8 video codec it acquired under a full open source license under the umbrella title WebM, even though it could mean legal action against Google down the road. |
| View Source | May 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft: IE8 barred 1 billion malware downloads |
| Internet Explorer 8, with the help of its SmartScreen Filter, has "blocked 1 billion attempts to download malware," Microsoft product manager James Pratt said in a blog post Friday. |
| View Source | July 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft names September for IE9 beta |
| The beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 will hit in September. |
| View Source | July 29, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft pledges WebM support in IE9 |
| Microsoft has come out in support of the newly announced open-source WebM video solution. Internet Explorer 9 will include support for VP8 video, but users will have to have a VP8 codec already installed on their Windows PC. |
| View Source | May 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft Refreshes Internet Explorer 9 Preview, Boosts Speed |
| Making good on a promise two months ago, Microsoft today updated its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) preview, a sneak peek that targets Web developers and others eager to try out the company's next browser. |
| View Source | May 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft Says IE's Defenses Not Unbeatable |
| Microsoft touts 'defense in depth' as an effective deterrent after a white hat hacker last week demonstrated a complete takeover of Windows 7 running Internet Explorer 8. |
| View Source | March 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft says IE9 faster than Chrome, but is it? |
| Today Microsoft announced their Internet Explorer 9 browser, or at least the technology behind it. The User Interface obviously isn’t finished, because they didn’t show anything on that front — just basically the rendering engine. |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft shows off HTML5 support and GPU-accelerated browsing IE9 Platform Preview |
| This week Microsoft has released the second Platform preview edition of Internet Explorer 9 along with the video you see above. The focus with this release is performance improvements and the all-important HTML5 support. |
| View Source | May 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft takes H.264 stand in Web video debate |
| Deepening a rift in a key Web standards debate, Microsoft said Thursday that Internet Explorer 9 will support the variety of Web video Apple built into Safari but not the one embraced by Firefox and Opera. |
| View Source | April 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft to fix IE8 cross-site scripting problem, again |
| Microsoft will plug a hole in a built-in filter in Internet Explorer 8 that can be used to launch the very types of attacks on Web sites it was designed to help prevent, the company said on Tuesday. |
| View Source | April 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Microsoft to Host IE9 Launch Party Next Month |
| Next month, Microsoft plans to take the wraps off the beta version of Internet Explorer 9 with a gala event in San Francisco, the company has confirmed. |
| View Source | August 13, 2010 | Provides Information |
| More than one in 10 Mozilla bug finders turn down cash |
| The open-source Mozilla project has been offering cash bounties for security bugs for six years now, but often bug finders simply turn down the cash. |
| View Source | August 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Moz tweaks extension crash controls in Firefox |
| Mozilla has tweaked the crash protection features in Firefox with a new release of the open source browser. |
| View Source | June 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla boss John Lilly quits outfit for venture capital role |
| Mozilla’s CEO John Lilly is leaving the open source browser maker after five years. |
| View Source | May 12, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla Discusses Firefox 4 Plans |
| Mozilla this week discussed its goals for Firefox 4, the next major upgrade of its open source Web browser. The new version of Firefox will focus on features like improved speed, a simpler user interface, and HTML 5 technologies, but Monday's talk was more about discussing broad goals rather than actual features. (Don't new browsers always focus on speed?) Nevertheless, Mozilla did discuss some features being considered for Firefox 4, and even provided a few sneak peeks. |
| View Source | May 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla fixes security hole with Firefox 3.6.3 |
| The hole, a memory corruption flaw, could have let a remote attacker run arbitrary code on a person's computer. The problem doesn't affect Firefox 3.5 or other earlier versions, Mozilla said. |
| View Source | April 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla gives passive-aggressive missive to pre-Firefox 3.6 hold-outs |
| Mozilla has begun shepherding Firefox fans through the browser door marked 3.6, in a move to encourage users to upgrade to the open source outfit's latest surfing tool. |
| View Source | March 12, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla Increases Bounty for Security Bug Info to $3,000 |
| Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, has upped the amount it will pay security researchers for information on security bugs in its products from US$500 to $3,000. |
| View Source | July 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla Issues Last Firefox 3.0 Security Update |
| As it plans to wind down the 3.0.x iterations of Firefox, open source browser backer Mozilla offers a wave of security patches to address a variety of threats. |
| View Source | March 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla Patches 14 Firefox Security Flaws |
| Ahead of the annual Black Hat security conference, Mozilla issues its largest patch for the open source Firefox 3.6 browser, fixing 14 security vulnerabilities. |
| View Source | July 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla Plugin Checker to Support Rival Browsers |
| In an effort to boost security across the Web, open source Mozilla extends its service for verifying plugins to competitors, though some questions remain. |
| View Source | May 13, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla prepares coders for Firefox 4 features |
| It was with delight that I read these words on Thursday: "The proposed IndexedDB standard, which provides a local database store for Web applications, will be supported by Firefox 4." |
| View Source | May 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla prepares second Firefox 4 beta launch |
| The second beta of Firefox 4 is tentatively set to land tomorrow and ahead of that Mozilla has been asking testers to offer feedback about the open source outfit’s latest browser. |
| View Source | July 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla pushing Firefox 3.6 to accelerate adoption |
| Mozilla has begun pushing Firefox 3.6 update to all Firefox 3 and 3.5 users this past Thursday. The open-source organization said that users running Firefox versions prior to the latest 3.6 update will be prompted to upgrade their browser. |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla shrugs off 'forever free' H.264 codec |
| Mozilla vice president of engineering Mike Shaver has questioned the importance of the forever free H.264 license introduced this morning by the MPEG-LA, the organization that oversees the web video codec on behalf of patent holders such as Apple and Microsoft. |
| View Source | August 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla stops development of Firefox for Windows Mobile |
| Sad news for anyone who wanted to add Firefox to their Windows Mobile phones: Mozilla has announced they are halting development on a version of the popular browser for the platform. |
| View Source | March 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla to cordon off plugin crashes with Firefox 3.6.4 beta |
| Mozilla released a public beta of Firefox 3.6.4 yesterday, which also debuted “Lorentz” - a project that the open source outfit is hoping will stablise browsing for Windows and Linux users when Adobe’s Flash, Apple’s Quicktime and Microsoft’s Silverlight plugins crash. |
| View Source | April 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla to overhaul its open-source license |
| The Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail software are governed by the Mozilla Public License, which determines what rights and restrictions apply to programmers who want to use the software in their own projects, extend it in various ways, or just peek at the programming instructions that underlie the software. |
| View Source | March 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla turns up the fire, Firefox 4 betas to begin in June |
| With competition in the Web browser field having transitioned from cold to boiling in less than a year's time, Mozilla suddenly finds itself playing catch-up against not only Apple and Google, but Microsoft as well. In March, the organization realized it needed to completely make over Firefox 4 if it wanted to remain feature competitive against a fast-rising Google Chrome. |
| View Source | May 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Mozilla Wants to Make Firefox a Speedster |
| Mozilla, with its planned Firefox 4 browser, intends to make the browser "super-duper fast" and enable use of standard Web technologies including HTML5 and beyond, a Mozilla official said in a blog entry this week. |
| View Source | May 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| New Chrome, Internet Explorer 9 Test Releases |
| H264 or no, the rest of the world pretty much continues to spin, which also means new iterations of the programs central to this whole debate: browsers. While Google released an ambitious new Chrome beta release, Microsoft shipped the second platform preview release for Internet Explorer 9. |
| View Source | May 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| New Flock divorces Firefox, snuggles up to Chrome |
| Flock made its name as a Firefox remix that came loaded with custom add-ons for tightly integrating social networking with daily Web browsing. Just opened to the public, the Flock 3 beta keeps its social goals intact while replacing its Firefox base with Google-supported Chromium. The new Flock experience is vastly different than before, and is related to the old version in name only. |
| View Source | June 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera 10.6 |
| Opera 10.60 Alpha 1: Speed, eye-candy, and bug fixing |
| We are now preparing for a 10.60 release, which we aim to synchronize across all desktop platforms. This alpha will give you noticeable gains in performance, an improved user interface (UI), and lots of bug fixes. |
| View Source | May 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera 10.5 |
| Opera 10.52 for Mac finally debuts |
| It's news enough to make a Mac-using Opera fan sing: the browser has officially ditched its old JavaScript engine Futhark for the speedy new Carakan. Available for both Intel and PowerPC, the final version of Opera 10.52 for Mac comes 11 days after the second beta, although two months after the public encountered the first Mac beta of Carakan. |
| View Source | April 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera acquires FastMail.fm |
| Opera Software today announced that it has acquired Web-based e-mail provider FastMail.fm. The acquisition will enable Opera to expand its current messaging product portfolio and deliver cross-platform messaging to a wide range of devices, including computers, mobile phones, TVs and gaming consoles. |
| View Source | April 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera Mobile comes to the desktop |
| Opera has released a desktop version of its mobile browser, so developers can see how their pages will look on a mobile phone and even create a widget or two. |
| View Source | April 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Owner of Firefox's mystery root authority is confirmed |
| In a startling revelation, the open-source Mozilla project says that its flagship Firefox browser contains a root certificate authority that doesn’t seem to have a known owner. |
| View Source | April 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| OmniWeb |
| Advanced web browsing that's easy and fun |
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| Opera and PeerTV personalize the TV experience: Opera Devices SDK to bring Web to PeerStation STBs |
| Opera Software today announced its cooperation with PeerTV, a leading developer of hardware and software solutions to the Internet-based TV market. Opera will deliver its Opera Devices SDK 10.15 for Linux-based devices to the company’s line of PeerStation set-top boxes (STBs). PeerTV will use Opera Web technology to bring full Web browsing, widgets and over-the-top (OTT) Web content to their products, resulting in a more personal TV-viewing experience for their customers. |
| View Source | March 24, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera browser shines in Seznam colors |
| The Opera Seznam.cz browser brings speed to your Internet experience |
| View Source | July 12, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera delivers the Web to Realtek's digital media processors |
| Opera Software and Realtek Semiconductor Corp., a world-leading provider of network and multimedia ICs, today announced that Realtek will deploy the Opera Devices SDK on its latest “Full-HD Digital Media Processor”, the RTD1073/RTD1283. By selecting the Opera Devices SDK, Realtek now possesses the necessary Web tools to implement a full Web browser, create user interfaces and design unique Web applications for consumer electronics devices. |
| View Source | May 3, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera: Firefox tab sets? We've had 'em for years |
| Mozilla recently unveiled a fresh Firefox interface designed to better organize open tabs, and as this "Tab Sets" prototype — née Tab Candy — works its way into the Firefox 4 beta, Opera would like you to know that it's been offering something similar for ages. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera unleashes final Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 |
| Opera has released final versions of its Opera Mini 5 browser for Java-based phones and BlackBerries and its Opera Mobile 10 browser for Symbian S60-based devices and Windows Mobile phones. |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Opera’s debugging tool evolves to enhance compatibility |
| Today 100,000 Web developers rely on Opera Dragonfly |
| View Source | May 4, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Origyn Web Browser 1.7, Supports HTML5 Media, More |
| Fabien "Fab" Coeurjoly has released Origyn Web Browser 1.7 for MorphOS. HTML5 video and audio is provided through FFMpeg, supporting a wide range of codecs (Ogg/Theora/Vorbis, MPEG4, H264, AAC, MP3, Wav). Highlights of the change log follow. |
| View Source | March 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Portable Google Chrome - Chromium 0.2.151.0 |
| This is the portable version of Google Chrome, called Chromium. All you have to do is unpack and run and all program settings are saved in "Chrome" folder while user settings go in "Profile" folder. |
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| Preliminary results: IE9 tech preview performs 7.8 times better than IE8 |
| In the first series of comprehensive performance tests comparing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 technical preview, released yesterday, to stable Web browsers in current use today, Betanews confirmed superb speed gains by the IE9 chassis in specific categories. Not everything in the new IE9 was faster than IE8, but in the computational department, the development team's Chakra JavaScript engine shows much-needed gains. |
| View Source | March 17, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Reload accidentally closed tabs in Safari 5 |
| Today’s hint is dead-simple, but I can’t find it documented anywhere—and judging from the response when I mentioned it on Twitter, it’s something many Safari users are happy to hear about. |
| View Source | June 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Safari 5 Gains Reader Feature, Improves Speed |
| Apple's version 5 of its Safari browser for Windows (free) debuted in June with a new Reader feature for news stories, some speed tweaks for its JavaScript engine and URL lookups, an improved address bar, and sundry nice but not earth-shattering improvements. Its most significant update, support for user-made extensions à la Firefox, won't fully bear fruit until Apple opens the doors to its in-the-works extensions gallery. |
| View Source | August 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Safari 5 in depth: Has it sped past Chrome? |
| The latest Apple Safari browser is not only fast, but includes extensions and a highly useful reader. |
| View Source | June 12, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Safari 5 to add Safari Reader, extensions, more |
| Steve Jobs’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote was not without its share of glitches, and bad luck continued to plague Apple on Monday as what appeared to be a prematurely released press release dished the features on the latest update to the company’s Web browser. According to the release, which has since been pulled, Safari 5 adds a new Safari Reader feature that presents Web pages in a streamlined interface, support for developer-created extensions, new HTML5 capabilities, and performance increases. |
| View Source | June 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Safari AutoFill flaw opens up Mac OS X address book to hackers |
| WhiteHat Security said Wednesday that it had found an issue in how Safari's AutoFill feature handles personal information, which could open up the personal information of a web surfer simply by visiting a malicious website. |
| View Source | July 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Shiira |
| The Next Browser for the mac. |
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| Solve Internet Explorer 8 Crashes |
| Browser crashes can be tough to troubleshoot--especially when you don't provide information about your PC, operating system, etc. (ahem). That's something everyone should remember when asking for help with system problems: the more details you can provide, the better. |
| View Source | July 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Speed, HTML5 gains in new Opera beta |
| The latest browser betas from Opera have been released, emphasizing speed improvements and better HTML5 compliance. Opera 10.60 for Windows, Mac, and Linux gives fans of the alterna-browser a bucketload of HTML5-related improvements, along with the claim that the company has made the browser 50 percent faster than the previous version. |
| View Source | June 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Steve Jobs: Unimpressed by Google's VP8 WebM Codec |
| Apple's CEO Steve Jobs appears to be hitting reply on emails again, this time responding to Google's offer of a free open source video codec announced earlier this week. Apparently Jobs responded to a Register reader at 4.30 a.m. California time, sending a reply to the question: "What did you make of the recent VP8 announcement?" The Register adds that Google has already started encoding YouTube videos with the codec and the standard will embraced by Google's Chrome browser and Mozilla's Firefox and Opera browsers. |
| View Source | May 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Stripped-down IE9 interface leaks in Russia |
| Internet Explorer 9 is getting a stripped down interface, if a screenshot leaked online is to be believed. |
| View Source | August 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Telenor and Opera to co-operate on mobile Internet growth worldwide |
| The Telenor Group and Opera Software announce a non–exclusive Global Frame Agreement aiming to stimulate rapid growth of mobile Internet services across Telenor’s business units. Telenor’s business units can co-brand, distribute and run the Opera Mini mobile browser across its mobile handset and subscriber portfolios. As a result, Telenor’s customers in all geographies will be able to enjoy a fast, affordable and user-friendly mobile web experience on their favourite handset. |
| View Source | August 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Third IE9 Platform Preview: Let the Hardware Acceleration Wars Begin |
| Microsoft is continuing with its interesting one-step-at-a-time Internet Explorer 9 strategy: It released its third “Platform Preview” of the browser Wednesday. |
| View Source | June 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Top 10 Best Firefox Security Add-ons |
| The main reason most people switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox is to improve their browser security, but that doesn't mean Firefox is bullet-proof. We offer up the 10 best add-ons to make everyone's favorite opensource web browser even more secure. |
| View Source | August 17, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Top 10 Best Internet Explorer Add-Ons |
| Contrary to popular belief, Internet Explorer can do lots of the same cool tricks as Firefox or Google Chrome -- so long as you've got the right IE Add-ons. We break down the top ten Internet Explorer add-ons to make the world's least fashionable browser more effective. |
| View Source | June 24, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Use bookmark keywords in Firefox to reduce key presses |
| Like most people, I'm a big fan of anything that will save time. I find that there are many shortcuts to assist us in the way we interact with our computers that will help us work more efficiently. |
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| Web Browser Grand Prix 2: Running The Linux Circuit |
| Last week we showed Opera 10.60 to be the world's fastest Web browser. That was in the Windows world. But where do Chrome, Firefox, and Opera stand in Linux? Today we find out. Adding the Win 7 results, we'll also learn which OS has the speediest browser. |
| View Source | July 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Web M Project |
| The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone. |
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| What's Google planning for Chrome 5? |
| After a year and a half, Chrome has come a long way toward matching the features of better-established browsers. Now, with version 5 coming together, a lot of Google's work focuses on advancing the state of the browser art. |
| View Source | April 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Why Microsoft Should Make IE Open Source |
| Microsoft is hoping the next version of Internet Explorer will help it retain the lead in the browser market, but maybe they should be considering more radical changes. |
| View Source | March 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Work Around Browser Ads That Block Web Forms |
| Earlier today, Mrs. Hassle-Free PC walked into my office carrying her laptop and an exasperated look. She's usually pretty good at troubleshooting problems, but this one was proving a head-scratcher. |
| View Source | April 30, 2010 | Provides Information |