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Google Chrome gets HTML video support
News Chrome joins Firefox, Safari and Opera with the ability to display video without a plug-in such as Adobe's Flash. But the HTML standard is rough at best.
Tags: Video, Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, theory, Web Site, Web
New beta paves way for Firefox 3.5
News Mozilla says the third beta has better JavaScript, better page-display speed, and better private browsing. The final Firefox 3.1 now will be called 3.5.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, performance, Apple Safari, JavaScript
Chrome's new-tab page gets more interactive
News Google's browser presents new options to try to take better advantage of the time when a person is launching the browser or opening a new tab.
Tags: Web browsers, Web sites, Web services, Protocols and platforms, Tab, Web Page, Web Browser, Browser Company, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft warns of Safari for Windows blended attacks
News Redmond issues an advisory and may soon follow up with a security update--unlike Apple, which last month dismissed the Safari "carpet bombing" attack.
Tags: Security, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows
IE 8 to include private browsing feature
News The next version of IE will allow you to control whether or not the browser automatically saves your browsing history, cookies, and other data.
Tags: Privacy, Web browsers, Apple Inc., Security, Web Browser, Mouse, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Yahoo BrowserPlus aims for better surfing
News A project called BrowserPlus is designed to improve some aspects of Web browsing, such as system notifications and drag-and-drop support.
Tags: Web browsers, Software integration, Software engineering/development, Web Browser, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Mozilla Firefox, software
IE 8 beta gives other browsers a run for their money
News With the newest public beta version of its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft meets, and in some cases exceeds, the security features available in other browsers.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Malware, Web Browser, Google Inc., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Sony to ship Google Chrome browsers on Vaios
News Google deal with Sony will see all the hardware vendor's American Vaio-brand PCs equipped with Chrome browser in tandem with Internet Explorer.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet User, Sony Vaio, Apple Safari, Web browsers, Sony Corp.
Opera 10 to emerge Wednesday
News Next version of the browser includes support for new Web standards and a Turbo mode for slow Net connections.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, performance, Apple Safari, Opera Software, Web, Web browsers
Opera 10 nears final stages
News Norwegian company is nearing completion of the next version of its browser. It boasts better performance but doesn't feature a new JavaScript engine yet.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Google Chrome, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance, Apple Safari, Opera Software, desktop, Web
Google urges Web adoption of vector graphics
News Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, has languished as a graphics format on the Web, but now the stars are aligned for its success, Google argues.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Web Browser, Graphics, SVG, Software
Google CEO resigns from Apple board
News Eric Schmidt, who has been on Apple's board of directors since 2006, is stepping down because of a growing number of conflicts of interest.
Tags: Mac OS, Web browsers, Leadership, Apple Inc., Google Inc., FTC, Apple Safari, CEO, Apple OS, Eric Schmidt
Unpatched Safari bug exposes sensitive info
News Safari users are vulnerable to a bug that could allow a malicious Website to read files on their hard drive, according to a security researcher.
Tags: Web browsers, Authentication and encryption, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Apple Inc., RSS, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS
IE market share drops, Firefox gains
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer is continuing to lose market share to rival browsers Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome, according to new Web metrics.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Forecasting
Browsers fail password-management security tests
News Chrome and Safari fared worse than Opera, Firefox and IE in a set of tests evaluating the security of browsers' password-management features.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Firewalls, Security Management, Web browsers, Spam and phishing, Security implementation/standards, Apple Inc., Test, Security, Google Chrome
