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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 21, 2021
It's been roughly a year since Microsoft released the first public/stable version of its Chromium basedMicrosoft Edgebrowser. Before that point, Edge had been using Microsoft's own EdgeHTML engine, and wasn't doing much to gain...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Oct 21, 2020
Is Mozilla trying to have its cake and eat it too? That certainly seems to be the case with its commentary surrounding the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)antitrust lawsuit brought yesterday against Google. The DOJ has alleged that Google...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Oct 20, 2020
Mozilla has definitely seen better days, and it is coming under increasing pressure in the browser market. Mozilla's Firefox was once in a distant second to Google Chrome in the desktop browser market, but has been recentlysupplanted by...
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Brittany Goetting - Tue, Sep 15, 2020
Microsoft has been working on their Chromium-based Edge web browser for quite some time. The company began rolling it out this past June, but a recent update will install this new browser on a much larger number of Windows devices. The...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 04, 2020
Microsoft has announced that it will remove support for the Adobe Flash Player in its Edge Browser at the end of 2020. In Microsoft parlance, this refers both to Microsoft Edge Legacy (EdgeHTML engine) and New Microsoft Edge...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Aug 18, 2020
Internet Explorer long ago ruled that roost amongst web browsers and played a pivotal role in how many websites were designed for years. Internet Explorer's dominance faded, however, with the arrival of Google Chrome. And by the time...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Aug 12, 2020
Earlier this month, we reported that Mozilla -- the company behind the Firefox web browser -- was starting to see some of the ill-effects of its worst fears concerningMicrosoft's switch to Chromium for its Edge web browser. Microsoft...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Aug 02, 2020
Back in April, we reported that the Edge browser is quickly gaining market share now that Microsoft has transitioned from the EdgeHTML engine to the more widely used Chromiumengine(which also underpins Google's Chrome browser). At...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 15, 2020
In case you were thinking about holding off applying yesterday's Patch Tuesday update, which requires a system reboot, you should probably go ahead and hit the restart button. This month's cumulative update patches a whopping 113...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Feb 26, 2020
Microsoft is investing heavily into its next-generation Microsoft Edge browser, which is based on Google Chromium. And as you might expect, Microsoft wants to get as many people over to the new Edge as soon as possible. With that in mind...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Feb 07, 2020
Microsoft officially launched the new, stable version of theChromium-infused Edge browserto the public three weeks ago. At the time, Edge was relegated to only x86 devices despite the fact that the company publicly launched...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 15, 2020
While Microsoft has closed one door (Windows 7), it has opened another one with respect to web browsers (Microsoft Edge). As promised, Microsoft has made available the public/stable release of its Chromium-based Edge web...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Back in December, we reported on Microsoft's policy to get customers updated to the new, Chromium-infused version of the Edge browser. At the time, Microsoft indicated that the all-new Edge browser would bepushed automatically toallWindows...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Nov 04, 2019
Microsoft took us all by surprise when announced that its EdgeHTML-based Edge browser would be getting a ground-up redesign toleverage Google's Chromium engine. For Microsoft, it was a move that was meant to bolster the appeal of...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Aug 20, 2019
Microsoft raised quite a few eyebrows when it announced that it would no longer develop the Edge browsing using the homegrown EdgeHTML engine, and would insteadadopt Google's Chromium. Browser competitor Mozilla was quick to bash...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, May 07, 2019
Microsoft shocked pretty much the entire tech community when it officially announced that it would be abandoning its EdgeHTML-based Microsoft Edge browser in favor of an all-new versionbuilt on Google's Chromium engine. Microsoft...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Apr 08, 2019
Microsoft surprised many when it decided that was going to abandon its homegrown EdgeHTML rendering engine for Edgein favor of Google Chromium. The move particularlyincensed Firefox developer Mozilla, which said that Microsoft was...
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Brittany Goetting - Sun, Mar 24, 2019
Microsoft Edge is often regarded as the black sheep of web browsers. Although it has been praised for its speed and battery life benefits over some competitors, many have lamented its lack of features and compatibility. These complaints...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 05, 2019
Microsoft is rebuilding its Edge browser around the same rendering and JavaScript engines that drive Google's Chrome browser, a move that could see a public release by the end of the year. In the meantime, development has already begun. As...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 28, 2019
There are mixed opinions on Microsoft's decision to rebuild its Edge browser around Chromium, the same open source platform that powers Google's own Chrome browser. For at least one Microsoft programmer, however, the decision is not only...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Dec 20, 2018
There are big changes coming to the Microsoft Edge browser in 2019, namely the abrupt shift from the EdgeHTML rendering engine toGoogle's Chromium. With that move, Microsoft is also decoupling Edge from the Windows 10 operating...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Dec 18, 2018
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That seems to have been the case when Microsoft officially announced earlier this month that it would be abandoning its own EdgeHTML rendering engine used for the Edge browserin favor or Google's...
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