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Google quietly adds conversational search to Chrome 27
- Google demonstrated conversational voice search last week at the I/O conference, and now, the company has rolled the exciting new feature out to Chrome browsers on desktop. Users looking for the alternate method of searching will have to update to version…
Google implements new measures to protect Chrome from malware
- Google is implementing additional security measures to protect Chrome users from malicious browser extensions. Users will begin to see Safe Browsing malicious download warnings within the next week when attempting to download software that has been flagged as malicious, the…
Netflix planning switch from Silverlight to HTML5
- Netflix has been working toward transitioning away from Silverlight to HTML5, it recently indicated on its technology blog. With Silverlight's biggest customer fleeing the web-based video plug-in scene, the imminent demise of browser plug-ins like Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight…
Browser war brewing: Google ditches Webkit for Blink, Mozilla partners with Samsung on Servo
- It’s been roughly two months since Opera announced it was dropping its own Presto web rendering engine in favor of Webkit, the same used by Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome. The move was seen as an attempt to remain relevant in…
Turn your favorite website into a playable 3D maze
- If the myriad of Easter eggs on Google and YouTube aren’t enough to keep you entertained while surfing the web, you might want to check out the latest browser-based game called World Wide Maze. The game constructs a playable 3D…
All browsers fall at Pwn2Own but Chrome OS survives Pwnium
- No browser was left standing at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest. The latest versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome, and Mozilla's Firefox all succumbed to exploits on day one, with hackers targeting a variety of zero-day vulnerabilities on each…
Microsoft fined €561m for not showing browser ballot on Win7 SP1
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The European Commission has fined Microsoft €561 ($730 million) for not complying with a three-year old agreement to give Windows users a selection of alternative browsers. In 2009, Microsoft faced an antitrust case with the EU that suggested the company abused its position...
Chrome 26 beta released with improved spell checking, dev tweaks
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The stable version of Chrome 25 hasn't even been out for a week and Google has already promoted the next build to its beta channel and plans to roll out a completed version for Windows, Linux and Chrome OS "in the coming weeks" with Mac to follow soon after. Along with...
Chrome 25 released with voice recognition support
- Google has delivered the latest stable release of Chrome -- version 25 for those still counting -- which includes a number of bug fixes, improved security agains rogue extensions, and voice recognition support via the Web Speech API. The latter…
Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds
- After years of throwing its weight behind Google's VP8 video codec (aka: WebM), Mozilla has officially slipped support for H.264 video into its Firefox Nightly builds -- but only for Windows 7 users. Although once a battle waged to fight…
Google Chrome to get notification center, possibly Google Now
- An interesting find made by astute French developer François Beaufort indicates Google Chrome will be getting a notification center soon. Beaufort discovered the addition while mulling over the source code for the latest build of Chromium -- the open-source project on…
Chrome 24 fixes two dozen bugs, boosts speed, adds MathML support
- The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser is now available for download. Chrome 24, available for Windows, Mac and Linux, offers two dozen security fixes as well as a number of speed improvements and new features like MathML support.
Google improves Flash sandbox, Chrome safer than ever
- Google silently rolled out an update to Chrome which featured an unusual change, apparently one worthy of an announcement on the Chrome Blog: improved Adobe Flash plug-in sandboxing. The company claims its new method of fortifying Flash makes Adobe's plug-in…
Opera 12.10 adds Windows 8/OS X features, Chrome 23 gets DNT
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Opera has released an update today, bringing a handful of new features including improved support for Microsoft and Apple's platforms. Opera users who have purchased new touch-enabled Windows 8 devices will be happy to find enhanced support for finger input. The release notes...
Chrome Remote Desktop loses beta tag, gains new features
- Last year, Google released a remote connection software plug-in for Chrome that allowed users to remotely access other PCs through the popular browser. The move was likely inspired by the need of extending functionality to Google's Chromebooks, which purposely come…
Chrome hacked at Pwnium, "Pinkie Pie" does it again
- For the second time this year, hacker "Pinkie Pie" gave Google a run for its money -- and won. The clever hacker exploited yet another vulnerability in Chrome during the second Pwnium conference this year, netting himself (or perhaps herself)…
Ad industry says IE10's Do-Not-Track implemenation hurts web
- Recently, Microsoft's decision to equip Internet Explorer 10 with Do-Not-Track and enable it by default has raised quite a few eyebrows. Unsurprisingly, the Association of National Advertisers is the latest organization to express its "profound disappointment" regarding Microsoft's choice. The…
Yandex releases browser to challenge Google, maintain market share
- Russian-based Internet search engine Yandex have released their own web browser in an effort to compete with Google and defend its market share. The browser is based on the WebKit platform and Google’s Chromium code and also borrows components from…
Embedded Flash puts Windows 8 users at risk until Oct 26
- Are you running the Windows 8 RTM yet? If you are, you may want to be careful out there, suggests Ed Bott from ZDNet. Internet Explorer 10's embedded Flash component suffers from a number of critical vulnerabilities which allow hackers…
Google's Octane claims to be "real-world" browser benchmark
- Google has long been an advocate of making the web a faster place. This ideal is epitomized by the company's increasingly popular (and speedy) Internet browser, Chrome. Remaining focused on that quest for speed, today the company revealed Octane, a…
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