Items tagged with 'Browser'

Apple Vs. Google: Are The Gloves About To Come Off?

Apple Vs. Google: Are The Gloves About To Come Off?

It wasn't so long ago that Apple's CEO Steve Jobs was introducing the original iPhone to the world, and on hand to help him do it was none other than Eric E. Schmidt, the chief executive of Google. Google played a huge role in the software side of the iPhone, as both the Google App, integrated Google search within Mobile... Read More
Opera Intros Mini 5 Browser For Android

Opera Intros Mini 5 Browser For Android

Opera Software released an Android version of its popular Opera Mini 5 beta web browser. According to Opera, the mobile browser compresses data by up to 90%, making pages load more quickly. In order to achieve this boost in speed, the browser is actually a proxy-based browser that connects to Opera's servers. These servers... Read More
Microsoft To Begin "Browser Ballot" Rollout In Europe Next Week

Microsoft To Begin "Browser Ballot" Rollout In Europe Next Week

A ground-breaking event is about to occur in Europe, and it's probably not something that most will expect. It's not some sort of UFO landing or global climate pattern; instead, it's a move by Microsoft that could very well change the browser world forever. Awhile back, the European Commission found it unlawful for Microsoft... Read More
Opera Mini Aims For Deployment On Apple's iPhone: Competition For Safari?

Opera Mini Aims For Deployment On Apple's iPhone: Competition For Safari?

At first glance, we suspected this was some sort of joke. But no, this is real. Very real. Opera, which is a smaller, up-and-coming browser company, has just announced their full intention to introduce Opera Mini for...the iPhone. Yeah, the iPhone. The phone that Apple has total and absolute control over, and it plans on... Read More
Chrome OS Concept Tablet Breaks Cover With Demo

Chrome OS Concept Tablet Breaks Cover With Demo

With all of this iPad buzz stirring up the tech world over the past couple of weeks, Chrome OS has almost been forgotten. That may have something to do with the fact that Google has yet to officially release the netbook-centric operating system to the public, but still, you'd expect a company like Google to keep... Read More
Mozilla Delivers Firefox 3.6

Mozilla Delivers Firefox 3.6

Just over five months after the browser first entered public testing with an alpha release, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6. Although we had previously heard about delays for the latest version of this popular browser, the actual delay was much shorter than some had expected. So what will you get with Firefox 3.6? Well, for... Read More
Germany Suggests Users Not Use Internet Explorer Due To Security Concerns

Germany Suggests Users Not Use Internet Explorer Due To Security Concerns

Oh, brother. You know things are bad when people start ditching your product over fears that it's slower and less secure than other free alternatives, but things are really bad when a government recommends to its citizens that consumers should ditch your product if they haven't already. It almost sounds too weird to be... Read More
New Versions of Firefox Get Delayed

New Versions of Firefox Get Delayed

Mozilla won't be releasing new versions of Firefox as early as initially planned. The next version of Firefox (version 3.6) was planned to be released sometime this year. Now, this version won't be released until at least the first quarter of 2010. This pushes back other releases as well, including the major 4.0 release;... Read More
It's Official: Microsoft To Provide Browser Choice In Europe To Avoid Fines

It's Official: Microsoft To Provide Browser Choice In Europe To Avoid Fines

Who knows if this whole "end of an ordeal" has anything to do with the current season, but it looks like the European Union is in the giving mood. Today, the EU announced that it would be dropping the pending charges against Microsoft regarding its decision to force Internet Explorer upon poor, lost European Windows 7 buyers.... Read More
Google's Chrome Web Browser Finally Arrives On Mac And Linux

Google's Chrome Web Browser Finally Arrives On Mac And Linux

As Google continues on its path to world domination, it's more than just Offline Gmail and Chrome OS getting attention. Just in time for the holidays, Google has announced that its Chrome Web browser is now available (in beta form, of course) for those "other" operating systems. You know, Mac and Linux! We kid, we kid.... Read More
Nokia In-Depth Demo Shows Off N900's Web Browsing Capabilities (And A Little More)

Nokia In-Depth Demo Shows Off N900's Web Browsing Capabilities (And A Little More)

We've always considered ourselves fans of Nokia devices. In fact, we're not even ashamed to admit that we used one of those Nokia candybars back in the day (you know, one with 'Snake'), and we'd probably still use it today if not for things like "web browsing" and "Twitter." As times have changed, so have the engineering... Read More
Firefox 4.0 Coming Late Next Year

Firefox 4.0 Coming Late Next Year

Look for Firefox 4.0 late next year, likely around October, according to a draft roadmap Mozilla updated on its wiki.According to the wiki, this is what users should expect: Process separation for chrome and content, new extensibility mechanism through APIs, revised UI on all platforms platform enhancements content and... Read More
RIM Acquires Browser Developer Torch Mobile

RIM Acquires Browser Developer Torch Mobile

RIM, the maker of the popular line of BlackBerry smartphones, has acquired Torch Mobile, the WebKit browser developer that’s most known for its Iris mobile browser that runs on Windows Mobile phones, for an undisclosed sum. WebKit is the open-source code that underlines many of today’s mobile browsers found on the Apple... Read More
IE 8 Found To Be Safest Web Browser In Studies Funded by Microsoft

IE 8 Found To Be Safest Web Browser In Studies Funded by Microsoft

Internet Explorer 8 is the safest web browser on the market, according to a pair of studies sponsored by, um, Microsoft.One study focused on socially engineered malware and the other on phishing.In the first study, NSS Labs found that IE8 caught 81 percent of live threats, while Firefox 3 caught 27 percent, Safari... Read More
Firefox Web Browser Downloaded One Billion Times

Firefox Web Browser Downloaded One Billion Times

One billion. That's the amount of dollars that the Cash For Clunkers program devoured in just a week. That's also the amount of dollars you likely wish you had. And believe it or not, that's the amount of times Mozilla's Firefox browser has been downloaded since its inception in 2004. Just as July drew to a close, the one... Read More
Microsoft To Give EU Win7 Buyers 'Choice' Of Web Browser

Microsoft To Give EU Win7 Buyers 'Choice' Of Web Browser

Pro-choice advocates and IE haters alike have been pushing to get Microsoft's own Internet browser exempted from instances of Windows for years now. Many argue that it's a violation of anti-trust principles, suggesting that there's really no choice of browser when you buy a copy of Windows. Never mind that Apple does the... Read More
A Closer Look At Safari 4: How Does It Stack Up?

A Closer Look At Safari 4: How Does It Stack Up?

In early June, Apple released what is arguably its most significant upgrade to Safari yet: Safari 4. In typical Apple fashion, the company was quick to deem it the "world's fastest and most innovative browser." Today, we're setting out to find if that bold claim is indeed true, and we'll be breaking down the features of... Read More
A Closer Look At Safari 4: How Does It Stack Up?

A Closer Look At Safari 4: How Does It Stack Up?

In early June, Apple released what is arguably its most significant upgrade to Safari yet: Safari 4. In typical Apple fashion, the company was quick to deem it the "world's fastest and most innovative browser." Today, we're setting out to find if that bold claim is indeed true, and we'll be breaking down the features and... Read More
Microsoft's Gazelle A Future Browser, Not An OS

Microsoft's Gazelle A Future Browser, Not An OS

Without a doubt, Google's Chrome OS has sent shockwaves through the entire software industry. Even companies that are just somewhat related to the netbook/browser/open source fields are taking notice, and you can bet the biggest player (that'd be Microsoft) is watching every tiny footstep as the proposed operating system... Read More
Mozilla Unleashes Firefox 3.5

Mozilla Unleashes Firefox 3.5

Mozilla announced a major update to its popular Firefox browser. Firefox 3.5 features performance improvements, privacy enhancements, support for new Web standards, and greater customization options. According to Mozilla, Firefox 3.5 is the best performing browser it has ever released. This latest version is more than two... Read More
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