Browsers

Google Speeds Up Crankshaft With Chrome 10 Beta

Google has added Crankshaft, a faster JavaScript engine, password encryption and other features to Chrome 10

14 years ago

EFF Favours Mozilla Browser Ad Opt-Out Over Google

Electronic Frontier Foundation prefers Firefox's behavioural cookie blocker over Chrome's Keep My Opt Outs

14 years ago

Google Adds No-Track Feature To Chrome

Google's Keep My Opt-Outs extension gives Chrome users a persistent way to opt out of data tracking

14 years ago

Mozilla Plans ‘Do Not Track’ Option To Aid Privacy

Mozilla plans to develop a privacy feature that prevents advertisers from tracking Firefox users' browsing habits

14 years ago

Google Chrome Browser Adds Enterprise Features: Review

Google has added crucial enterprise management features to the Chrome browser

14 years ago

Mozilla Starts Firefox Beta 4 Public Testing

With Firefox Beta 4 Mozilla has included Panorama group-tabbing technology and speed and performance improvements

14 years ago

Google Drops H.264 Video Support In Chrome

Google's decision to drop the H.264 video codec from Chrome could affect wider video standards

14 years ago

Opera 11 Heats Up Web Browser Race: Review

Opera 11 with new extensions, tab stacking and visual navigation aids put the web browser on a competitive footing with…

14 years ago

Firefox Leads European Browser Race

Firefox is the most popular web browser in Europe thanks to a little help from Google's Chrome

14 years ago

Opera To Show Tablet-Focused Touch Browser

At CES Opera Software is set to give the first demonstration of its touch browser for tablets and netbooks

14 years ago

Prototyping Lab For HTML5 Launched By Microsoft

Microsoft's HTML5 Labs allows developers to test new and evolving specs for inclusion in IE9 online

14 years ago

Could Google Android Merge With Chrome OS?

Some are suggesting that Google should merge Chrome and Android. Clint Boulton says it might happen, but not any time…

14 years ago

Microsoft Brings HTML5 Video Plug-in To Firefox

Firefox users who use Windows can now enjoy HTML5 video in their browser, thanks to Microsoft

14 years ago

NSS Says IExplorer Malware Protection Leads Rivals

A test claims Microsoft IE8 and IE9 have boosted malware protection beyond Google, Apple and others

14 years ago

Google Launches Chrome OS On CR-48 Netbooks

Chrome OS is being tested on the bare-bones CR-48 machine from Google, until Samsung and Acer deliver

14 years ago

Browser Bug Shows ‘Sniffers’ Where You’ve Been

Popular sites are actively exploiting a bug that lets the site read your browser History list

14 years ago

Microsoft, Apple, Google Told To Stop Sneaky Plugins

Some of the top software vendors have riled Mozilla developer Asa Dotzler with surreptitious Firefox plug-ins

14 years ago

Chrome Browser Hits 9 Percent On Back Of Netbooks

Could Chrome OS netbooks be behind a surge for Google's Chrome browser to 9 percent share?

14 years ago

Opera 11 Beta Introduces Tab Stacking

Opera has launched the beta version of the Opera 11 browser with new ways of organising tabs and support for…

14 years ago

Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta: Review

The Opera Mobile 10.1 beta brings tabbed browsing and other speed features, challenging IE and Safari for space on the…

14 years ago

Google Lures Users To Chrome With Free Inflight Wi-Fi

Chrome users will be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi at 30,000 feet thanks to the latest promotion from search engine…

14 years ago

RockMelt Browser Revealed By Netscape Founder

The founder of Netscape has revealed a beta of a social networking friendly web browser dubbed RockMelt

14 years ago

Since When Are Hacker Tools Covered By Freedom Of Speech?

Firesheep raised the profile of some attacks on websites, says Peter Judge. But Microsoft has a perfect right to help…

14 years ago

Bug Fixes For Google Chrome And Adobe Flash

Adobe upgrades Flash Player to fix nearly 20 vulnerabilities and Google patches up its Chrome browser

14 years ago

Note Hints At Chrome OS Netbook Arrival

The first netbook running Chrome OS is expected soon according to a note found in the source code of Google…

14 years ago

Hackers Exploit Firefox Flaw On Nobel Site

A Norwegian security firm has warned that a new Trojan malware has infected the Nobel Peace Prize website

14 years ago

Facebook And Twitter Accounts Exposed By Firefox Extension

A new Firefox tool can be used to take over the accounts of people using Facebook, Twitter and other Web…

14 years ago

Internet Explorer’s Falling Market Share Could Spell Trouble

Microsoft's shrinking share of the browser market suggests that the days of Internet Explorer's dominance are coming to an end,…

14 years ago

Mozilla Releases Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo

Mozilla has released its Firefox 4 beta 1 for Android and Nokia's Maemo, including features such as Firefox Sync and…

14 years ago

Symantec Warns Of Phony Browser Alerts

Users are being tricked into downloading scareware with spoof anti-malware warnings in popular web browsers

14 years ago