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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
Amazon opens up SimpleDB to the public
News The database component for Amazon's cloud-computing range of services is now out of its private-beta stage, with the company offering limited free usage for the next six months.
Tags: Web sites, Personal applications, Database management, Web Page, Database, Hosted Storage, Storage, content delivery, SimpleDB, Amazon.com Inc.
Search giants join to tidy up Web addresses
News Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have jointly developed a way to steer search engines toward the primary version of related Web pages.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web servers, Domain names, Authentication, Microsoft Corp., Web Page, Bot, Search Engine, IM
Twitter users warned about new phishing attack
News Sophos says the new attack features direct messages with link to fake Twitter log-in page. Entering a username and password prompts a fake overcapacity "fail whale."
Tags: Security Management, Spam and phishing, Web 2.0, Phishing, Twitter Inc., Web Page, Web 2.0, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Phishing Web Site
Google's SPDY protocol could ramp up Web speeds
News Researchers at Google are playing with a new Web protocol that could theoretically decrease the time it takes to load a Web page by a significant amount.
Tags: Programming languages, Protocols and platforms, Google Inc., SPDY, Web Page, Web Browser, Web Server, Google Chrome, Server, TechCrunch
Mozilla patches holes in Firefox 3.5, 3.0
News Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 fix three critical vulnerabilities that could make a computer insecure.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Page, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, patch management, JavaScript, Web, Web browsers
New Firefox 3.6 beta aims to cut crashes
News Third beta imposes new restriction on how third-party software can interact with it. And feature called Resource Package could speed up Firefox 3.7.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Microsoft fixing Bing bug that aided spammers
News Company works to fix a bug, discovered earlier this week by Webroot researchers, that let spammers piggyback onto Bing redirects and get through spam filters.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Search, MySpace, RSS, Security, Web Page, Microsoft Corp., Spam, Spammer
New filters in Google search for speed, news
News Google adds several new filters to its search options panel unveiled in May, letting searchers find results from just the last hour, or results from within Google News and Books.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., advertisement, Web sites, Web Page, search engine company, product manager, Search Result
Google Toolbar adds comments with Sidewiki
News Moderation may be tricky, but Google Toolbar users will be able to read and write comments on any Web page with a new feature called Sidewiki.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web browsers, Web Page, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, API, Google Toolbar, Facebook, toolbar
Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6
News "Namoroka" beta brings performance improvements, Personas, and several abilities Web developers should notice. With it, Mozilla is trying to move faster.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Personas, Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Design ideas show Firefox 4.0 with a Chrome look
News A Mozilla mockup for Firefox 4.0 raises the possibility of a very Chrome-like interface for the browser.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Page, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, performance, window
New Chrome beta reflects bigger Google challenge
News Google has moved several features to its more beta version of Chrome. Next up: moving beyond the early adopters.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Page, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Video, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, Beta, DNS, JavaScript
Google designer leaves, blaming data-centrism
News Google's visual design leader quits as he finds the company's reliance on detailed Web page performance data too confining.
Tags: Product development and design, Web Page, Google Inc., computer science, performance, leader, blog, vice president, Marissa Mayer, Wired Inc.
Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options
News A new developer preview version of Google's browser lets people switch off the array of Web page thumbnails on new-tab pages. Also an "undo close tab" command.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Page, Micro-management, Google Inc., Web Browser, Real Estate, Open Source, Google Chrome, performance, program manager
