Tag archive: Browsers

Eventually Google's Chrome Web browser had to come to Android. In my heart of hearts, I knew it would happen, but I never thought it would take so long. Senior Googlers have been quoted as far back as 2008, hinting that Chrome would come to Android. Today, it finally made the jump. This morning, Google released the first beta of Chrome for Android on all devices running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Since I happen to own just about… Read More

On Wednesday, while Jeff Bezos was taking the stage to unveil the Kindle Fire (our impressions here) and its new Silk browser, Amazon employees were furiously buying up about 500 different Website domain names related to the Kindle Fire and Silk. All of the purchases were defensive, but a few of them hint that Amazon may have broader plans for its Silk browser. The online retailer may bring its browser to PC, Mac, Windows Phone, Windows Shop,… Read More

Move over Firefox, Google Chrome is now the second most popular web browser in the U.K. According to web metrics firm Statcounter, Chrome became the favored browser on 22 percent of U.K. computers last month, edging out Mozilla's Firefox for the second-place spot in the browser hierarchy. As is the norm in most countries, Microsoft's Internet Explorer remained the top-rated U.K. browser with 45 percent of the market share — though… Read More

New figures from Net Applications show that July was a strong month for Apple's Safari: the browser jumps from a 7.48 percent share of the worldwide browser market in June to 8.05 percent in July. Safari was one of only two browsers to gain ground during the month: the other was the traditionally fast-expanding Google Chrome, which went from a 13.11 percent share in June to 13.45 percent in July. Net Applications' figures also… Read More

Opera Software has announced that its founder Jon S. von Tetzchner will be leaving the company at the end of the month. No reason was given for von Tetzchner's departure, with the company saying only that he is leaving to work on other unspecified projects. Von Tetzchner co-founded Opera Software back in 1995, and served as the company's chief executive until 2010. “When we first started out, we were a few guys in a really… Read More

Sticking to its six-week update cycle, Google has launched the newest version of the Chrome Web browser. Chrome 12 boasts several new features, but Google is particularly proud of the browser's new security and 3D improvements. Following in the footsteps of its recent Chrome releases, Google has concentrated on improving security first and foremost. The Safe Browsing feature has been updated to warn users when they attempt to download a… Read More

Back in 2002, software giant Microsoft signed a settlement agreement with the United States Justice Department after the company was found to have violated U.S. antitrust laws. Part of the consent decree included the Department of Justice monitoring Microsoft's compliance with the deal by way of a corporate compliance committee. That oversight period comes to an end today; in theory, Microsoft no longer has to demonstrate to the federal… Read More

Google announced today the release of Google Toolbar 7, which brings Google Instant and other features to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Mimicking the functionality found in the Google's Chrome browser (or simple ol' Google.com), Toolbar 7 allows for Instant search results to appear when queries are typed into the Google Toolbar. This feature works with both IE8 and the new IE9. To enable Instant search, Internet Explorer… Read More

The browser war heated to a burning orange glow Tuesday with Mozilla’s release of Firefox 4. Just as Internet Explorer 9, Opera 11 and Chrome 10 before it, Firefox 4 has cut away the fat, and morphed into a lean, mean browsing machine armed with a ninja’s speed and agility. It still has the Firefox feel, but with a major, much-needed makeover in both the user interface and performance departments. The transformation is so complete that Mozilla… Read More

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has accepted Microsoft's submission of the “do not track” technology the company developed for Internet Explorer 9 for consideration as a possible Internet standard. The technology basically operates via “Tracking Protection Lists” that can be published by any number of providers. If Web users like the thought behind a particular list, they can subscribe to it and have the the… Read More

Firefox 4 Beta 9 brings a host of cool new features to Firefox. It's faster to launch, includes  new bookmarking. Firefox 4 Beta 9 is built to meet the demands of today's Web users. It offers greater control over browsing, with brand new features such as the App Tabs and Panorama to make it easier to navigate the web and visit your favorite sites. Firefox 4 Beta 9 also includes performance enhancements that speed up the popular… Read More

Google is making some ground in the browser market. In Nov. 2010, the browser hit a 9.27 percent market share, up almost a full percentage point from October, according to a report from Net Applications. The gain came at the cost of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which dropped by nearly a full point to 58.41 percent. Mozilla Firefox suffered a drop, but it was insignificant drop of .02 percent to land at 22.81 percent and Apple's… Read More

If you thought you were mere weeks away from the latest and (finally) full-featured beta version of Firefox, you will be sorely disappointed. Mozilla vice president of engineering Mike Beltzner said in a blog post that while Firefox 4 will be a more than competent browser, “completing this work is taking longer than initial estimates indicated as we track down regression and sources of instability.” Beltzner focuses on assuring users that the… Read More

Google's Chrome browser has been rapidly expanding its user base and is known as one of the fastest browsers available. With a ton of Chrome users here in the office, we decided to put together a list of our favorite themes for Chrome. There are heaps of themes available, but we've narrowed down our favorites, and as you might expect a lot of them are quite nerdy. With our picks we tended to favor themes that changed the look… Read More

Norway's Opera Software has released version 10.5 of its Opera Web browser, rolling in a new JavaScript engine and making a rather daring claim: that Opera 10.5 is the fastest browser available for Windows. The new version is launching just as Microsoft is activating a new browser ballot to more than 200 million Internet users in Europe, offering them an option to set up a browser other than Internet Explorer as their default Windows Web… Read More