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With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

Mozilla's browser broke Microsoft IE's lock on the market. But the new Firefox 3.5 faces other serious alternative-browser ontenders. A funny thing to happened to Firefox on the way to vanquishing Internet Explorer: the Mozilla browser's success opened the door for a host of its...

Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.5, Performance Improvement, Jetpack, Snowl, Web Browsers, Internet, Firefox, Mozilla, browsers, Chrome, Safari, IE, Stephen Shankland, CNET News, Stephen Shankland, CNET News

News items 2009-06-30

Google Chrome 2.0.172.33 (Windows)

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the Web faster, safer, and easier. Use one box for everything--type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and Web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites let you access your favorite pages...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-26

Google plugs 'high risk' WebKit holes in Chrome

Google has shipped a Chrome browser update to fix two serious security issues in WebKit. According to Google Chrome program manager Mark Larson, the most serious of the two flaws could allow hackers to execute harmful code in the browser's sandbox.  It is rated "high severity."...

Tags: Google Inc., Attacker, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Sandbox, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-11

CyberArticle 5.3 (Windows)

CyberArticle is a knowledge management software, it focuses on Web page saving and management later. You can save any information easily as you want in most of browsers, such as, IE include IE core browsers, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and Opera etc. Even you can save anything you select without...

Tags: Web, Apple Safari, Knowledge, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Page, CyberArticle, Web Browsers, E-books, Strategy, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2009-06-10

Guinea pigs wanted for early Chrome-for-Mac testing

I may be itching for a Mac version of Google's Chrome browser - but not enough to download a developer's version that's subject to "incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software." In a post on Google's Chromium blog, the company cautioned against downloading the early developer channel versions...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Blogging, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Web Browsers, Internet, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Google Chrome for Mac: Still not ready

Google Chrome for Mac: Still not readyThe wait goes on...Lots of Mac users are waiting for this. You would think that with Sergey driving this, it would go faster. Hmm. Well, I guess we'll see how close they get it to a "native Mac app" when it finally comes out....

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

Google Chrome for Mac: Still not ready

If you're like me and Sergey Brin and you've been waiting patiently for a Mac version of Google's Chrome web browser, it's a good thing you're patient In a post on Google's Chromium Blog this week, software engineer Jeremy Moskovich went into great detail to explain the...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-02

First look: Google Chrome 2.0 - Fast but lacking features

First look: Google Chrome 2.0 - Fast but lacking featuresSo it means that Google gets to user data faster...Faster spyware...WOWntChrome is a nice fast browserI especially like it when managing devices like printers that have Java based management consoles. I have never actually timed it out, but it does seem...

Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome 2.0, Google Chrome, First Look

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

First look: Google Chrome 2.0 - Fast but lacking features

Google has released Chrome 2.0. The speed-demon browser gets an additional kick of speed, a few more features, and a load of bug fixes. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Speed-demon Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Stainless 0.6 (Mac)

Stainless is a multi-process browser for OS X Leopard. Although Stainless started out as a technology demo to showcase our own multi-processing architecture in response to Google Chrome, we've been inspired by our growing fanbase to forge ahead and craft Stainless into a full-fledged browser. In fact, Stainless now has...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mesa Dynamics, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-05-08

Critical security hole in Google Chrome

Critical security hole in Google ChromeDoes the sandboxing mitigate the problem?[i]A failure to properly validate input from a renderer tab process could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly run arbitrary code with the [b]privileges of the logged on user[/b].[/i]Does this apply to v1.x alone or also to...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Apple Inc., vulnerability, Chrome, security

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Critical security hole in Google Chrome

For the second time in two weeks, Google has shipped a new version of its Chrome browser to fix a pair of serious security vulnerabilities. One of the two flaws carry a "critical" rating because of the risk of code execution with the privileges of the logged...

Tags: Google Inc., Attacker, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Sothink DHTML Menu 9.2 (Windows)

DHTML Menu is a simple but powerful menu maker. This DHTML menu builder can make search engine friendly drop down menus and JavaScript menus in seconds. It can cross browser, compatible with IE 8, Google Chrome etc. Sothink DHTML Menu integrates with Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Expression Web and Golive. All features...

Tags: DHTML, Microsoft Windows, SourceTec Software, Google Chrome, Sothink DHTML Menu, DHTML Menu, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-05-06

Internet Explorer + Google Chrome = security problem

Security problems surrounding protocol handling and Web browsers have surfaced again -- this time with Google Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to an advisory from the Google Chrome team, there's an error in handling URLs with the a chromehtml: protocol that could allow an attacker...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Chrome is a browser? What's a browser?

New users to Chrome sometimes find themselves submersed in a world of confusion. Several users on the Google Chrome discussion group couldn't figure out what exactly Chrome is, or how to get back to "plain old Google". It's a wonder these internet pioneers figured...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Chrome, Internet, Web Browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-04-12

Is IE8 really fat and slow?

Since IE8 shipped last week, I've read two criticisms repeatedly: One is the burning question of whether IE8 is faster or slower than its competitors; the other is whether it makes reasonable use of system resources. In this post, I explain why some people are seeing performance issues (and share...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Performance, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Google Chrome, RAM, Tab, IE8, Tabs, Web Browsers, Internet, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2009-03-26

Browser wars: We're becoming two (maybe three) timers

While it's a lot of fun portraying the browser wars as a zero sum game, the reality is that users are becoming a bunch of two-timers and, in some cases, three-timers. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes asks whether the love affair with Mozilla's Firefox is waning. That's a tough question...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Links2Tray 2.5 (Windows)

Links2Tray is a utility that resides in the system tray near the clock. It displays a menu combining Internet Explorer's Favorites and Bookmarks from Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. You can load any link's Web page in either Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera. When the browser isn't running...

Tags: Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, WV, Links2Tray, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-03-24

Google Chrome Channel Changer 2.0 (Windows)

Quickly switch your build of Google Chrome between the stable trunk with irregular updates, the beta build with monthly updates, and the developer's build with weekly updates.

Tags: Google Inc., Google Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-24

Hackers steer clear of Google Chrome, say too challenging

Hackers steer clear of Google Chrome, say too challengingi switchedAn FF user, I tried Chrome and now it is my main browser. Fast, sober, secure - no crash at all on Vista64. I still use FF for its plugins when testing web pages and keep IE7 and Safari for checking...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-23