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Firefox-Google deal is up for renewal, is Bing poised to take over?
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Firefox is a wonderful piece of software. It single handedly saved us from Internet Explorer 6 when we no longer saw a light at the end of the tunnel. That was back in 2003, however in more recent times the browser has taken a back seat to Google's Chrome browser...
Google search on the iPad vs. your desktop web browser
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We know for a fact tablets are selling like hotcakes, or at the very least iPads and Kindle Fires are. The form factor is still relatively new and software is barely scratching the surface of its potential, or so we are lead to believe.
Chrome overtakes Firefox market share for the first time
- StatCounter and Net Applications have just released their latest report on global web browser usage and, at least according to the former, Google's three-year-old Chrome browser has already surpassed Firefox in terms of usage. Net Applications still has Firefox ahead…
Chrome showing ads for some, will get gamepad support in 2012
- Google has reportedly started to promote some of its own products through ads in Chrome. Although they are rather unobtrusive, appearing in a yellow-tinted box at the top of the new-tab page, it has caught the attention of enough people…
Firefox 8 now available, ahead of official release
- Mozilla's Firefox continues to follow its rapid release cycle with its fourth major release since Firefox 4.0 debuted last March. Firefox 8.0 is slated for release tomorrow (Nov 8th), but as usual the final build of the browser has been…
Chrome version 15 goes stable, revised New Tab page in tow
- Google has updated their Chrome web browser to version 15 for Windows, Mac and Linux, which brings the usual bug fixes and security updates as well as a New Tab page. Google also used the opportunity to revamp the design…
Download of the Week: Chrome Remote Desktop
- Call it an obsession of ours, in the past two years that we've had our Download of the Week feature, we've recommended several different applications to remotely manage a range of PCs or hardware around you.
Google’s plans for Chrome keep moving forward
- As noted last week, Google's Chrome browser usage has risen to 16.2 percent according to the latest stats for desktop and laptop computers released by Net Applications. If this growth continues, it could see the browser break the 20 percent…
Google shoves Chrome 15, 16 into beta, dev channels
- Google's rapid release schedule has continued this week as Chrome versions 15 and 16 hit the beta and dev channels a mere week after the first stable build of Chrome 14. Available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux, the Chrome…
Flash 11 coming soon with GPU-assisted 3D graphics engine
- Adobe's Flash Player is about to receive its largest update since the introduction of hardware-accelerated H.264 video decoding in 2009. Version 11 of the software is set to go live early next month and will reportedly introduce a GPU-assisted rendering…
Android tablet version of Firefox coming soon
- Mozilla is planning to release a Firefox browser for Android 3.0 tablets in the near future. Mozilla mobile device user experience designer Ian Barlow posted some mock-ups of the browser on his personal blog.
Firefox 7 beta now available, final build due next month
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A beta version of Mozilla’s Firefox 7 is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Despite releasing version 6 of the popular browser earlier this week, it’s the next iteration that many expect to solve persistent memory leak issues...
Firefox 6 quietly released ahead of official launch
- While Firefox 6 is slated for an official release on Tuesday Mozilla has already thrown up the installation files on its FTP server for those who want to get their hands on the final code early. The next version of…
Mozilla promises big memory savings with Firefox 7
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Despite being ranked as the second most popular web browser, Mozilla’s Firefox has a storied past largely due to unresolved memory leaks. As with its predecessors, Firefox 7 will implement various memory leak issues, according to Mozilla developer Nicholas Nethercote...
Chrome still pushing forward, IE8 falls below 30%, IE6 falls below 10%
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With IE9, Firefox 5, and Chrome 12 all out, the second browser war is only getting fiercer. Let's take a look at the market share numbers for last month. Between June and July, Internet Explorer dropped 0.87 percentage points, much more than the previous month.
Google Chrome surpasses Firefox, takes #2 spot in the UK
- When Firefox became the alternative of choice to Internet Explorer, I'm sure its developers never imagined they were opening the door for a third party to take over in a fraction of the time it took them to transform the…
Weekend tech reading: Study says IE users have lower IQs
- Study: IE users have lower IQs An online IQ assessment test was offered on our website. Most of the subjects came to the website either by organic searches from search engines, or advertisements put on various search engines for keywords targeting users who…
Firefox 7 enters Aurora channel, improves memory usage
- Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 7 into the Aurora Channel. According to the release notes, the latest developer preview is "focused on delivering performance enhancements and optimizing memory utilization", addressing a problem that long-time users of the open…
Mozilla: Firefox 4 won't get security updates, just get Firefox 5
- Mozilla isn't planning on releasing regular security updates for Firefox 4 (unless there's a really critical hole discovered). Instead, the non-profit organization wants its users to simply move to Firefox 5. This isn't a bad thing, but it is a…
Mozilla releases stable version of Firefox 5
- Although it was released early on the weekend, Mozilla has now officially released version 5 of its browser in over 70 languages. The update brings more than 1,000 improvements and performance enhancements that have been available on the Beta and…
Mozilla wants Firefox to render PDFs with HTML5, JavaScript
- Currently, browsers rely on plug-ins to display PDF files, like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. This may soon change, as there is a Firefox project in the works to build a PDF reader in HTML5 and JavaScript. A PDF reader…
Google to drop support for IE7, Firefox 3.5, Safari 3
- Google is very serious about supporting only browser that it considers to be "modern." As such, the search giant recently announced that it is only going to support the current and prior major release of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and…
IE losing share, Firefox gains a bit, Chrome used by 1 in 8
- With IE9, Firefox 4, and Chrome 11 all out, the second browser war is only getting fiercer. Let's take a look at the market share numbers for last month.
Mozilla ships Firefox 5 beta, final release coming next month
- Mozilla released the first beta version of Firefox 5 on Friday, roughly one month after making the browser available in the cutting-edge Aura channel keeping up with its new quick-release plan intended to bring features and improvements sooner. Among the…
Mozilla developers working on Firefox graphics, JavaScript
- With the release of Firefox 4 Mozilla gave a notable performance boost to its popular browser, but there's still some way to go before taking the speed crown from its rivals. With a new development model in place the company…
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