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
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
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
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
New Delhi: Google has activated it voice search feature on its Chrome browser. The feature, already available on Android phones, can also be now used on personal computers. The new feature was announced by Google last week at its search event in San Francisco. The voice search option allows users to to speak their search requests in English while sitting in front of their office and home computers, instead of...
07:54 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: Within three months of the previous version of Firefox, Mozilla Labs has released a new version 5.0 of the web browser. In its efforts to move ahead in the battle of the browsers, Mozilla had shifted to a "a rapid release development cycle" to ensure new features, enhancements, security updates and stability improvements for its Firefox browser at a faster pace. According to Mozilla the latest version of...
08:13 AM, Jun 22, 2011
San Francisco: Facebook has updated its status to include a relationship with RockMelt, an upstart Web browser that revolves around Facebook's online hangout. The business partnership announced Tuesday resulted in the latest update to the Facebook-driven Web browser, which RockMelt introduced late last year. The changes include several new features that ensure RockMelt's Web browser will never truly leave Facebook, even as its users surf elsewhere. RockMelt's third version built...
07:46 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Washington: Mozilla, the non-profit developer of the Firefox Web browser, is holding off on complying with a government request to remove a software tool meant to circumvent official efforts at curbing Internet piracy. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of the US Department of Homeland Security, has been seizing the Internet addresses of sites accused of piracy, so that visitors can't reach them by typing in those domain names. The...
07:24 AM, May 07, 2011
London: Software developers working on Google's popular Chrome browser are testing "radical" changes to its appearance. Sources close to the company said the address bar currently takes up a significant amount of space that could be used for web browsing. One plan being considered would mean it was only visible when users made their mouse pointer hover over a specific part of the screen, the Telegraph reports. The new "compact"...
07:35 PM, Feb 22, 2011
New York: The Firefox and Google Chrome browsers are getting tools to help users block advertisers from collecting information about them. Alex Fowler, a technology and privacy officer for Firefox maker Mozilla, said the "Do Not Track" tool will be the first in a series of steps designed to guard privacy. He didn't say when the tool will be available. Google Chrome users can now download a browser plug-in that...
06:32 AM, Jan 25, 2011
Helsinki: A Dutch technology company has emerged as a front-runner in a project to rid the Internet of limited number of suffixes such as .com, and offer single names which can be countries, company names or fantasy words. Such a system, which enables countries, individuals and firms to have a Web address which consists of a single name, offers flexibility and is language and character independent. Internet Corporation for Assigned...
11:44 AM, Dec 21, 2010
New York: There's a lot to keep track of online. You probably have a Facebook account and an e-mail address or two. You might use Twitter or another service to share where you are or what you're reading, thinking or doing. You follow the news and do some old-fashioned Web browsing. I do all of the above (and more), so I'm always looking for ways to wrangle my tangle of...
12:03 PM, Dec 09, 2010
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
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
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