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Article | 12/09/2008 Chrome at 10 days: After a quick peak, use stabilizes

Ten days after Google launched Chrome, the new browser's share of those used it to reach Computerworld's Web site has dropped from a peak of 9.7 perce...

Article | 12/09/2008 Mozilla adds privacy mode to Firefox 3.1 plans

Mozilla will respond to rivals Google and Microsoft with a private-browsing mode in Firefox, according to notes posted on its Web site, and is on trac...

Article | 11/09/2008 IE8 Beta 2 contains Google-style keystroke logger

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser includes a keystroke-logging search suggestion tool similar to the one that Google modified Monday after...

Article | 10/09/2008 Chrome snatches share from IE

Internet Explorer users abandoned the browser last week to try out Google's new Chrome, a Web metrics vendor said Tuesday.

Article | 9/09/2008 FAQ: Meet Microsoft's new Internet Explorer

With all the hubbub surrounding Google's rollout of Chrome last week, nearly lost in the buzz was the release the week before of Internet Explorer 8 (...

Article | 8/09/2008 Mozilla updates Firefox 3.1 with Alpha 2 build

Mozilla has launched the second alpha of Firefox 3.1, adding new video support and boosting the speed of some JavaScript computations.

Article | 8/09/2008 Firefox users report problems after updating

Users running Firefox along with popular Norton security programs have reported problems after updating the browser to version 3.0.1, according to mes...

Article | 8/09/2008 Mozilla: Firefox is faster than Chrome

Mozilla answered claims that Google's Chrome browser outperforms Firefox with benchmark results of its own that showed the upcoming Firefox 3.1 is fas...

Article | 8/09/2008 Seinfeld-Windows TV commercial premieres to baffled audience

Microsoft's US$300 million advertising campaign for Windows starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld launched last week night with an extra-long television co...

Article | 5/09/2008 OLPC's dual boot Linux, Windows laptop due out soon

A low-cost XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) that carries both Windows and Linux will be out within the next month or so, accordi...

Article | 5/09/2008 Upcoming Microsoft patch lineup could be 'massive'

Microsoft today said it will ship four security updates next week, only a third as many as it did last month, to fix critical vulnerabilities in Windo...

Article | 4/09/2008 Early security issues tarnish Google's Chrome

Security researchers have reported finding vulnerabilities in Google's new Web browser a day after it was released in beta.

Article | 4/09/2008 FAQ: Google polishes up its new browser, Chrome

Google ended one of the Web's longest-running rumors this week when it released Chrome, a Web browser it's been working on for the last two years.

Article | 4/09/2008 Google amends Chrome license agreement after objections

Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some Internet users objected to its copyright implications.

Article | 4/09/2008 Chrome expected on Google's Android mobile software

In yet another example of Google's expanding influence, the search company's co-founder, Sergey Brin, said he expects the new Chrome browser to eventu...

Article | 3/09/2008 Google seeks route around Microsoft with Chrome

Google's surprise announcement of a new browser, Chrome, via a Web comic book could prove to be another game-changing development for the Internet in ...

Article | 3/09/2008 Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 beta release by three weeks

Mozilla has pushed back the first beta of Firefox 3.1 by several weeks, according to notes posted online by the open-source developer.

Article | 3/09/2008 Chrome aims to kill Windows, make Web the OS of choice

Google's unveiling of a new browser is not really about trying to outmuscle the other top browsers, it's a key weapon in the company's effort to kill ...

Article | 3/09/2008 Browser rivals confident they can compete with Google

Browser makers Microsoft, Mozilla and Opera Software yesterday reacted to news that Google is introducing a browser of its own, saying that they welco...

Article | 3/09/2008 Google launches Chrome, Windows download now available

Google launched its own Web browser Tuesday, ending years of speculation that the search giant would make its mark on the market.