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Google releases notes on Chrome security fixes
News Other fixes addressed non-security issues: a JavaScript problem with Facebook; a problem suggesting search terms while using various websites; and some data-transfer issues with the Safe Browsing mode. [09 Sep 2008]
Google Chrome: Should its rivals be worried?
News According to Dean Hachamovitch, Internet Explorer general manager, Microsoft welcomes the competition: "The browser landscape is highly competitive but people will choose Internet Explorer 8 for the way it puts the services they want... [03 Sep 2008]
Five reasons Chrome will take over the world
News These include the open source approach of Firefox; Opera's speed dial function, where a homepage presents thumbnails of your most visited sites; an "incognito" window for private browsing where nothing is recorded,... [02 Sep 2008]
Google unleashes first open source browser
News Google officials confirmed news of long-rumoured plans to offer its own web browsing software, entitled Google Chrome, in a company blog post after it mistakenly mailed details of the plan to a... [02 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News InPrivate temporarily suspends the automatic caching functions, allowing you to keep the rest of your browsing history intact. If anything, this release brings IE up to par with alternative browsers such... [28 Aug 2008]
Private browsing to arrive in Internet Explorer?
News In a meeting with reporters this week, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company's browser will come with a private browsing mode. [21 Aug 2008]
'Noisy' anti-Phorm tool developed
News Phorm aims to serve targeted adverts to people by observing their anonymised web-browsing habits, and sending them tailored ads. The AntiPhorm group, which launched its AntiPhormLite tool last week, said... [20 May 2008]
Improving Web Browsing on Wireless PDAs Using Thin-Client Computing
White Paper This paper presents the first experimental study to quantitatively compare the web browsing performance of thin-client systems versus traditional fat clients running native web... [10 Apr 2008]
Safari paves way for brighter web colours
News Apple's Safari may not be rewriting the rules for web browsing on Windows just yet but it's leading the way with one significant change: photographs with better colour. Unlike the prevailing... [20 Jun 2007]
BlackBerry blackout: Is RIM overreaching itself?
News For one, the outage only impacted data services, including email and mobile web-browsing. Lately the company has also been trying to attract more mainstream customers with new handsets such as the... [19 Apr 2007]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News The popularity of dot-com magnifies its impact on search and browsing; 86.6 per cent of clicks to sites that set off the SiteAdvisor alarm go to dot-com sites, McAfee said. These country domains are also the most likely... [13 Mar 2007]
Dodgy porn sites tap IE flaw
News While it works on an update, Microsoft recommends users keep their security software updated and take caution when browsing the web. Ken Dunham, director of the rapid response team at VeriSign's... [20 Sep 2006]
Browser taps into web privacy fears
News The founder of Freeserve has unveiled his latest venture - a web-browsing tool that claims to preserve the privacy of its users. Although it is not the only way to surf the internet without leaving... [31 Aug 2006]
Group bug: Flaws flagged in IE, Mozilla, Safari
News Because fixes are not available for any of the security holes, Secunia recommends not browsing untrusted websites to avoid the problem. Newly disclosed, unpatched flaws in three browsers could make the... [26 Apr 2006]
Firefox takes aim at phishers
News These include the Google Safe Browsing plug-in for Firefox and Microsoft's MSN Toolbar for IE. Although IE and Firefox, the two most-used web browsers, don't include anti-phishing... [09 Mar 2006]
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