Pin Itemailprint The browser wars are really heating up as Google’s Chrome 15 browser has defeated Internet Explorer 8, becoming the most used edition of a web browser. An ill-advised marketing campaign, meanwhile, could give Google a black eye. Google Chrome 15 is the most popular web browser in the world, overtaking Internet Explorer 8, [...]
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Amid a firestorm of criticism, the House Judiciary Committee confirmed yesterday that it will, in fact, delay continuing debate on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) until after Congress returns from its winter recess. Committee spokeswoman Kim Smith said in an e-mail that the hearing is expected to be scheduled for “early next year.” After [...]
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It seems like Facebook finds itself embroiled in some kind of controversy regarding user tracking and/or privacy just about every other month lately, so it should come as no surprise that the social networking giant is once again under the microscope. Facebook officials are now acknowledging that the service has been able to create a [...]
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Mozilla is sticking to its “rapid release” schedule with regard to its Firefox web browser. The latest version, Firefox 8, was made available for download yesterday. This latest version features integrated Twitter search, improved graphical capability, and more control over third party add-ons. “Sometimes you download third-party software and are surprised to discover that an [...]
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If you’re a Google user, you no doubt love the countless “Easter eggs” that have been discovered within the inner working of the world’s largest search engine and today brings another new discovery. Type the phrase “do a barrel roll” into Google, and watch the screen tumble around as if it were doing an actual [...]
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Back in March, Mozilla announced that it was hastening its Firefox release schedule, and they weren’t kidding. In an effort to keep up with such regularly-updated browsers as Google Chrome, today, just a couple of months after releasing Firefox 5, Mozilla has released Firefox 6. Regular users may not notice much of a difference as [...]
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Have you had enough of Hackgate? Do you want to take a stand and stop visiting websites owned by the Rupert Murdoch empire? Well, a couple of friendly, neighborhood browser add-ons are here to help. First up, is Murdoch Alert for Firefox. This handy little extension can either be set to warn you when you [...]
It seems like only last week that I downloaded Firefox 4. Actually it was three months ago, but no matter! Wasting no time at all, Mozilla has just released its Firefox 5 web browser. Due to the prolonged development process involved with the release of Firefox 4, the team has shifted to a rapid release [...]
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Mozilla has hopped onto the April Fools bandwagon by launching a Firefox extension called “Do Not Fool” that promises to protect users from all those fake news stories generating headlines today… The Web is evolving quickly and so are the ways that practical jokes are disseminated online. Every April Fools’ day, uncountable person-hours are wasted [...]
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If you just can’t wait until tomorrow for the official release of Firefox 4, good news…you don’t have to. Mozilla has made the new browser upgrade available right now. You’ll note that the new, minimalist interface looks a lot like Chrome‘s and it has really picked up some speed. It also looks like Mozilla has [...]
If you like to use public, unsecured WiFi hotspots, beware…someone might just be spying on you. A new Firefox extension called “Firesheep“, which was developed by Eric Butler, will basically let you eavesdrop on any open WiFi network and capture users’ cookies. What does that mean in English? Butler himself says it best. “As soon [...]
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UPDATE: Scroll to the bottom for the solution for this annoying advertisement. Does the title of this post sound familiar? Have you heard it somewhere before? We’d like to take a minute to address one of the most annoying web ads we’ve ever seen, or should we say HEARD. Now I know that, at times, [...]
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