Browsers

Apple Patches Safari Bug Causing MacBook Pro Battery Issues

Cupertino places blame on the testing actions of Consumer Reports triggering the flaw

8 years ago

iOS Users Get Privacy-Focused Onion Browser For Free

Tigas cited "recent events" as the reason for making the app free, which previously costed $0.99

8 years ago

Firefox Focus iOS Browser Blocks Ads And Tracking By Default

Mozilla claims Firefox Focus will boost web performance by automatically blocking trackers

8 years ago

Mozilla Disables Battery Tracking API To Tighten Firefox Privacy

Firefox cuts off support for API that allows websites to detect user battery levels over tracking fears

8 years ago

Mozilla Trials Native Firefox Ad Blocking Tools For All

Mozilla wants to extend Tracking Protection to all tabs, not just private browsing, meaning invasive ads could be blocked

8 years ago

Poll: What Web Browser Do You Use?

We all need a web browser, but which one do you use?

8 years ago

Firefox 49 Adds Android Offline Viewing But Removes Firefox Hello From Desktop

Firefox 49 improves the stability, expands reading mode and adds offline viewing but plug-in-less chat is gone

8 years ago

Opera Enables Native VPN In Desktop Browser

Opera adds VPN for all users following beta, claiming it's a safer, more private way to browse the web

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator was the dominant web browser in the 1990s, before Microsoft opted to join the party

8 years ago

Opera Investigates After Sync Server Data Breach

Opera admits breach of its servers and warns accounts and passwords could have been compromised

8 years ago

Yandex Offers ‘Complaint’ Button And AI As Alternative To Ad Blocking

Yandex, a major search engine in Russia, hopes to reach a compromise between users and advertisers as an alternative to…

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Web Browsers

What do you know about Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari and others? Test your web browser knowledge!

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Desktop Focus As Microsoft Tackles Office And Edge Flaws

Patch Tuesday: Admin tasks return to usual following recent Black Hat security conference, with patches for Office and browser flaws

8 years ago

Firefox 48 Improves Stability By Isolating Web Page Crashes

Firefox 48 will ensure one demanding web page doesn't freeze others, while Android gets better media support - even if…

8 years ago

Adblock Plus Comes To Windows 10 Edge Browser

Windows 10 Anniversary adds support for Edge extensions, including pop up gatekeeper Adblock Plus

8 years ago

Opera 39 Improves Ad Blocker, VPN And Pop Up Video Player

Opera adds more features to the desktop version of its browser as it seeks to compete with Chrome, Firefox and…

8 years ago

Mozilla Firefox will Block Flash Content To Save Battery And Boost Security

Curtains for Flash? Next month Firefox will block certain Flash content deemed “not essential to the user experience”

8 years ago

Opera Battery Saver Extends Laptop Battery Life By 50 Percent

New power saving setting helps laptop batteries last for 50 percent longer when using Opera rather than rivals like Google…

8 years ago

Opera Brings Free iOS VPN To iPhone And iPad

iPhone an iPad users can now use a virtual private network (VPN) on Opera's mobile broswer

9 years ago

Opera Brings Native Adblocking To Android And Desktop Browsers

Opera Mini gets built-in adblocker for Android that claims to boost page loading speeds by 40 percent, while stable desktop…

9 years ago

Google Chrome Replaces Internet Explorer As World’s Most Popular Web Browser

Internet Explorer is pushed into second place by Chrome, but what about Microsoft Edge?

9 years ago

Opera Releases Desktop Browser With Built-In VPN

Free, 'unlimited' 256-bit encrypted VPN comes with Opera's latest browser release as company says "everyone deserves to be private online"

9 years ago

Opera Adds Native Ad Blocking To Desktop Browser

Opera says web pages can load 90 percent faster without an ad blocker and 40 percent faster than third party…

9 years ago

Mozilla Firefox 45 Removes Tab Groups, Provides Security Updates

Mozilla provides 21 security advisories for its Firefox 45 browser. New features in the browser include improvements to the Firefox…

9 years ago

Microsoft Browsers Fixed In Latest Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's Edge and Internet Explorer browsers gain fixes for critical flaws in latest security update

9 years ago

Apple Safari Crashes For iOS and Mac Users

Safari users suffer more pain as suggestions blamed for crashing bug

9 years ago

Firefox 44 Arrives With Push Notifications

New browser allows websites to deliver push notifications, even if the site not loaded

9 years ago

Prank Website Crashes iPhones, Chrome, And Firefox Browsers

A prank website doing the rounds today is causing havoc for internet users as their browsers crash and iPhones reboot

9 years ago