Google using Bob Moog doodle to promote Chrome

Google using Bob Moog doodle to promote Chrome New Delhi: While you were busy creating new tunes with the Google doodle version of the Moog Synthesizer on your non-Chrome Web browser a little link below the doodle may have missed your eye. It says "Upgrade to a modern browser and see what this doodle can really do" and leads to a Google Chrome download page that suggests that Google doodles are best experienced on Google Chrome. With the...
04:56 PM, May 23, 2012

Browser wars: Google Chrome beats IE

Browser wars: Google Chrome beats IE New Delhi: After a long reign at the top of the Web browsers, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is finally making way for a new leader, Google Chrome. Chrome which was launched in 2008, has in a span of a few years posed a serious threat to the dominance of Internet Explorer which Mozilla's open source Firefox, inspite of its loyal following, couldn't. According to the latest statistics released by Web analytics...
11:37 PM, May 21, 2012

Here's how to get your old Facebook profile back

Here's how to get your old Facebook profile back New Delhi: Not everyone is happy with Facebook's dramatic redesign of its users' profile pages. While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the Timeline is a "new way to express who you are," many users want to get back the old way of expressing themselves. Users who have opted for the new Facebook Timeline and are unsatisfied didn't have a way to get back their old profile pages, until now. The...
06:08 PM, Jan 02, 2012

Google Chrome overtakes Firefox in UK

Google Chrome overtakes Firefox in UK London: Google's Chrome overtook Mozilla Firefox in July to become Britain's second-most popular Web browser after Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Web analytics firm StatCounter said on Monday. Chrome, launched in December 2008, took 22.1 per cent of the UK market, up from 12 per cent a year earlier. Internet Explorer's share fell to 46 per cent from 55 per cent a year ago, while Firefox fell to 21.6 per cent from...
07:30 AM, Aug 02, 2011

Google Chrome tops 20 per cent market share

Google Chrome tops 20 per cent market share Seattle: Google Inc's Chrome Web browser has grabbed more than 20 perc ent of global market share, while Microsoft Corp's long-time leader Internet Explorer has slipped below 50 per cent, according to Internet statistics firm StatCounter. A seven-fold increase in usage in the last 12 months is a boost for Google, which is trying to convert its dominance in Web search into operating systems and mobile software, bringing it into...
08:58 AM, Jul 02, 2011

Microsoft unveils 'do not track' feature for IE

Microsoft unveils 'do not track' feature for IE San Francisco: An upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will let users add lists of sites that they don't want tracking them, a peace offering amid uproar over the sneaky ways that websites watch their users as they bounce around the Internet. The new feature, however, won't be as sweeping as a "do not track" option that the Federal Trade Commission is proposing to limit advertisers' ability to...
05:23 PM, Dec 08, 2010

Microsoft CEO hypes smartphone, browser

Microsoft CEO hypes smartphone, browser Redmond: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company's new Web browser and smartphone software at a software developer conference Thursday, the company's annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones. Ballmer is known for his onstage enthusiasm. This year, he joked with the crowd that he wouldn't repeat the memorable "developer prance" of years past, when he loped...
12:32 PM, Oct 29, 2010

Microsoft issues its biggest-ever security fix

Microsoft issues its biggest-ever security fix Boston: Microsoft Corp issued its biggest-ever security fix on Tuesday, including repairs to its ubiquitous Windows operating system and Internet browser for flaws that could let hackers take control of a PC. The new patches aim to fix a number of vulnerabilities including the notorious Stuxnet virus that attacked an Iranian nuclear power plant and other industrial control systems around the world. Microsoft said four of the new patches -...
10:56 AM, Oct 13, 2010

Rise of Google Chrome threatens IE, Firefox

Rise of Google Chrome threatens IE, Firefox London: Web browser Google Chrome, which emerged in mid-2008, has hit Internet Explorer hard and stalled the rise of Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer now accounts for less than 50 per cent of worldwide web browser usage, a fall from its peak of 88 percent in 2003. The fall makes the latest version, Internet Explorer 9, all the more important for the company. The rise of Chrome has also affected Mozilla...
01:27 PM, Oct 11, 2010
Microsoft launches new Web browser IE9

Microsoft launches new Web browser IE9

The browser war just got meaner. Microsoft has launched its new version of Internet Explorer which they claim is amazingly fast and secure. ...
04:52 PM, Sep 17, 2010

Microsoft releases latest version of Web browser

Microsoft releases latest version of Web browser San Francisco: Microsoft Corp released the latest version of its Web browser, saying that it would work at faster speeds, deliver better graphics and be less obtrusive to users. Internet Explorer 9, unlike previous versions and many competing browsers, pushes itself into the background. "People go to the Web for site, not the browser," said Dean Hachamovitch, general manager for IE, at a press event in San Francisco. "Today Web...
08:43 AM, Sep 16, 2010

Microsoft bets on IE9 to regain its edge

Microsoft bets on IE9 to regain its edge Microsoft has seen Internet Explorer's market share dwindle to 60 percent from about 95 percent in the early 2000s. ...
11:38 AM, May 28, 2010
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