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Startup ignored IE, saved $100k in development costs

Posted April 3, 2012 - 10:42 am

Online portfolio website 4ormat made hard decision to ignore 70 percent of browser market because of IE's development problems.
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Microsoft ships IE9 RC with tracking opt-out

Posted February 10, 2011 - 5:30 pm

Microsoft today launched the release candidate of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), saying that the browser is now feature complete and that the final build would ship shortly.
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Google bets $20K that Chrome can't be hacked

Posted February 3, 2011 - 10:06 am

Google will pay $20,000 to the first researcher who successfully exploits its Chrome browser at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest.
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Google's Chrome Web Store off to slow start

Posted January 5, 2011 - 2:01 pm

It appears business is slow over at Google's Chrome Web Store, which was launched early last month to allow Chrome users to download free or (preferably) paid web apps. (Also see: 5 great free business apps for Google Chrome)
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What They're Saying About Microsoft's IE9 Beta

Posted September 15, 2010 - 3:10 pm

As anyone online today knows, Microsoft has unveiled the latest version of its Internet Explorer browser.
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Mozilla to let enterprises build custom Firefox browsers

Posted June 8, 2009 - 8:45 pm

Mozilla is readying a program that will allow companies to build their own customized browsers based on the next version of Firefox, which will be out in a few weeks.
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Norway pushes to boot Microsoft's IE6 browser off the Web

Posted February 20, 2009 - 9:19 am

Norway's equivalent of eBay is spearheading a movement to get users to upgrade from Microsoft's widely-used but aging Internet Explorer 6 browser.
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Internet Explorer loses ground in browser battle

Posted February 3, 2009 - 3:41 pm

Despite the upcoming release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), it appears that Microsoft is still losing market share to its competitors at Apple and Mozilla. (Source: computerworld.com)
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Google Chrome ditches beta label

Posted December 11, 2008 - 4:55 pm

Google dropped the beta label from its three-month-old browser today, saying that Chrome is ready for prime time. Some users disagree.
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Apple updates Safari for second time in two weeks

Posted November 24, 2008 - 10:27 pm

For the second time in less than two weeks, Apple Inc. updated its Safari Web browser, issuing version 3.2.1 Monday.
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Apple Safari, Google Chrome gain browser market share

Posted November 24, 2008 - 5:58 pm

Apple's Safari is among the Web browsers that have gained market share in 2008, according to a new report from research firm OneStat.
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Opera promises faster surfing with new browser

Posted October 10, 2008 - 9:55 am

Opera Software, which is battling hard for market share with Google's Chrome, is promising users a faster surfing experience, an improved email client, and better browser-synchronisation capabilities, with the latest version of its browser launched this week.
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Mozilla locks in Firefox 3.1 feature list

Posted October 9, 2008 - 12:08 pm

Mozilla Corp. will use a several-week delay it recently added to the Firefox 3.1 schedule to build a private browsing mode and beef up the browser's address bar.
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Microsoft posts 21 more versions of Internet Explorer 8

Posted September 17, 2008 - 4:30 pm

Microsoft yesterday released 21 additional versions of its Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, including editions in Czech, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and other languages.
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Mozilla admits 'giant error' with Firefox EULA move

Posted September 17, 2008 - 2:03 pm

Bending to criticism from Linux users angry that it added a license agreement to Firefox, open source developer Mozilla has admitted making a mistake and said it will strip the legalese from the browser's next update
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CodeWeavers offers 'Chrome' browsers for Mac, Linux

Posted September 16, 2008 - 4:58 pm

Although Google Inc. has yet to come up with Mac or Linux editions of its new Chrome browser, CodeWeavers Inc., a company best known for its CrossOver software, has assembled imitations for those operating systems using Google's own source code.
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At Adobe's request, hackers nix 'clickjacking' talk

Posted September 16, 2008 - 4:46 pm

After Adobe Systems asked them to keep quiet about their findings, two security researchers have pulled out of a technical talk where they were going to demonstrate how they could seize control of a victim's browser using an online attack called 'clickjacking.'
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