Articles on Browsers

Upcoming Firefox detects laptop movements - Oct 14, 2009

Crave A demonstration application that shows Firefox adjusting a Web page graphic according to how a MacBook is tilted. The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if ... Read story »

Microsoft: IE 8 won't be done until 2009 - Nov 24, 2008

Crave Microsoft plans to offer one more public test version of Internet Explorer 8 before releasing the final version of the updated browser, the company said. The next test, essentially a "release ... Read story »

Chrome hints and tricks from Ask the Editors - Sep 14, 2008

Crave Rafe and I recently hosted a lively Ask the Editors chat about Google Chrome. As is often the case, we both learned a bit while we were answering your questions. Here's ... Read story »

Windows 7: Internet browser compulsory - Aug 3, 2009

Crave Microsoft's proposed "ballot screen" that would let users in Europe choose which browser they want on their PC. It looks like there won't be a browserless version of Windows 7, ... Read story »

Google reveals Chrome security patch details - Sep 9, 2008

Crave Earlier today, Google was keeping mum about a three-day-old security fix to its Chrome browser, but now the company has revealed details of two critical-risk vulnerabilities and some lesser issues it ... Read story »

How widely used is Chrome? - Nov 27, 2008

Crave Chrome doesn't have much market share among CNET News visitors, but it's climbing. Is Google's Chrome browser mainstream? Certainly not. But I've been curious how widespread its use is, in ... Read story »

Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safa - Sep 3, 2008

Crave Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome actually stack up? Google's Chrome overpowers the other ... Read story »

Google Chrome: Browser competition back in high gear - Sep 3, 2008

Crave The open-source software project, to be detailed later Tuesday at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., should dispel any lingering thoughts that the browser wars are over. To be sure, it's ... Read story »

Microsoft hopes to spur IE downloads with charity push - Jun 15, 2009

Crave Artists put the finishing touches on a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge constructed from soup cans. The stunt was aimed at drawing awareness to Microsoft's Browser for the Better campaign, ... Read story »

10 things we'd like to see in Chrome - Sep 5, 2008

Crave So far we're pretty smitten with Google's Chrome. It's certainly not without its faults, but for version 1.0 of a browser it's pretty sharp. We've compiled a list of 10 things ... Read story »

New standard lets browsers manipulate files better - Nov 25, 2009

Crave The World Wide Web Consortium has published a draft of an interface that browsers can use to manipulate files better, one of a series of steps aimed at gradually improving the ... Read story »

Study: Chrome reached nearly 2 million in US - Sep 19, 2008

Crave It appears that nearly 2 million people in the US downloaded Google's new Chrome Web browser in its first week of availability, Nielsen Online said Wednesday. The online chatter about Google's ... Read story »

Why Google Chrome? Fast browsing = $$$ - Sep 3, 2008

Crave On the Web, a site that responds a few milliseconds faster can make a big difference in people's engagement. It's for this reason that Google believes its new Web browser, Chrome, ... Read story »

IE 8 Beta 2 not without its faults - Sep 1, 2008

Crave One day after Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, readers have contacted CNET News with warnings about its installation and sites and services that are incompatible. While ... Read story »

Firefox 3 may get gesture support for MacBooks - Oct 23, 2008

Crave There are a lot of Firefox users out there, and there are a lot of MacBook users as well, which means a lot of people use Firefox on a MacBook. ... Read story »

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