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Article | 14/09/2010 Mozilla starts dropping features from Firefox 4
Mozilla, which launched the latest beta of Firefox 4 last week, has started to drop features from the still-under-construction browser.
Article | 9/09/2010 Apple matches Mozilla, patches DLL hijacking bug in Safari
Apple yesterday patched three vulnerabilities in Safari, including one in the Windows version that quashed a bug Microsoft said individual developers ...
Article | 8/09/2010 Schmidt says Google TV on track for fall release
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Tuesday that the company will launch its TV service in the U.S. this fall.
Article | 3/09/2010 Google toots browser birthday horn, ships Chrome 6
Google today celebrated Chrome's second birthday by launching the sixth version of its browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Article | 3/09/2010 Microsoft uses Bing home page to push IE8
Microsoft on Thursday started featuring a small advertisement on its Bing home page for Internet Explorer 8 in an apparent effort to encourage more pe...
Article | 2/09/2010 Firefox 3.6 becomes number two browser as IE6 declines
The data from the Net Applications for browser market share in August show that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 continues to lead overall and outpace ...
Article | 2/09/2010 Microsoft's IE loses momentum, drops market share
The browser battle returned to what passes for normalcy in August as Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), which had a two-month run of usage share gain...
Article | 31/08/2010 Chrome jumps into hardware speed-up game
Google will follow the lead of Microsoft and Mozilla by offloading some browser chores to the graphics processor to speed up Chrome, the company said ...
Article | 28/08/2010 Mozilla unveils alpha browser for Android
Mozilla today released an alpha version of its mobile browser for smartphones running Google's Android operating system.
Article | 27/08/2010 Mozilla mulls end of support for PowerPC Macs
Mozilla this week said it's unlikely that the final version of Firefox 4 will run on older Macs equipped with PowerPC processors.
Article | 24/08/2010 Google's Chrome speeds up Flash patching seven-fold
Google's decision to push Adobe Flash security fixes using Chrome's silent update service has resulted in a seven-fold increase in patching speed, a G...
Article | 21/08/2010 Google makes Chrome devs dig into pockets
Google on Thursday announced it would require new Chrome extension developers to pay a one-time US$5 registration fee as a way to stymie malicious add...
Article | 21/08/2010 Google previews Chrome Web Store for developers
Google this week made available a developer preview of its Chrome Web Store, which enables access to Web applications.
Article | 21/08/2010 Chrome 6 beta may hint at mythical Chrome OS tablet
The latest beta of Chrome 6 is out, and its menus have been optimized for touch--complete with buttons for copying, pasting, as well as zooming in on ...
Article | 19/08/2010 Mozilla downplays Firefox bug, passes on fix
Mozilla on Tuesday said that it will not patch a bug that blocks the display of a warning when Firefox detects a potentially deceptive URL, saying the...