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Your Browser in Five Years

The next big computing platform won't be Apple's Mac OS, Google's Android, or Microsoft's Windows. It's already here--and it's the Web.

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News about browsers

Article | 26/05/2012 Facebook may be eyeing Opera web browser, reports say
Facebook's advertising appetite could be in for a nice snack if the company gobbles up the Opera web browser as some technology observers have specula...
Article | 24/05/2012 Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions
Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone t...
Article | 24/05/2012 Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app
Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rath...
Article | 22/05/2012 Is Internet Explorer on the way out? Not so fast!
StatCounter has declared Google Chrome the king of all desktop browsers based on recent market share data, but observers should take this claim to the...
Article | 22/05/2012 Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn
Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security ...

Tutorials about browsers

Article | 16/03/2011 Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.
Article | 15/12/2010 Quick tips for speeding up Mozilla Firefox
Read on if you've ever been frustrated by slow performance in Firefox.
Article | 29/07/2010 8 killer Safari 5.01 extensions
Apple's new Safari extension gallery looks a lot like the iOS App Store, populated with colorful icons that hold strange and wonderful things. In case...
Article | 30/06/2010 Install the latest Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu Linux
Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it "provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when th...
Article | 4/09/2009 Pimp my browser: How to get the most out of Firefox
Thanks to online video, Web apps, social networking, and so on, the humble Web browser is being pushed to do more and to do it faster. With a few simp...

Features about browsers

Article | 17/09/2010 First look: Internet Explorer 9 beta makes waves
One of the best ways to see what's changed with the ninth and newest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer is to tune into beautyoftheweb.com and ...
Article | 25/08/2010 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 forev...
Article | 14/08/2010 Getting Ready For Internet Explorer 9
After four platform previews aimed at demonstrating the power of the underlying Internet Explorer 9 engine to developers, Microsoft is ready to unveil...
Article | 3/08/2010 Lab Notes: The Inside Scoop on Browser Speed Testing
If you're a regular PCWorld reader, you may have noticed the Browser Blowout story we posted last week. In it, I looked at various aspects of the majo...
Article | 9/07/2010 First look: Firefox 4 Beta 1 shines on HTML5
While it's impossible to sum up the thousands of enhancements and bug fixes both big and small, the Firefox 4 beta version brings the browser that muc...