News tagged ‘web browsers’
Monday, 12 Mar 2012
Hackers Attack Chrome with Google's Permission
At Google's Pwnium contest, a hacker who goes by the name PinkiePie and a Russian university student have exploited a vulnerabilities in Google Chrome to break in and walk away with US$60,000 each.
Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011
Google Announces Dart, a New Structured Web Programming Language
With careful aim, Google introduces Dart, its brand new structured web programming language that is touted to offer better security and performance than JavaScript.
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011
FireFox 7.0 Released by Mozilla
The developers on the Mozilla Firefox project have been hard at work. Following the release of Firefox 6 last month, Mozilla have released Firefox 7.0 with claims for a smoother and richer web experience.
Tuesday, 28 Jun 2011
New Opera 11.50 Introduces Speed Dial Extensions and More
Opera 11.50 introduces a new and novel type of browser extension: Speed Dial extensions.
Tuesday, 8 Mar 2011
Microsoft Urges You to Stop Using IE6
Microsoft has created a website campaigning for net users to stop browsing the web with its dated Internet Explorer 6 browser. In a rather bizarre move, Microsoft is urging users to upgrade their browsers and to drop IE6 altogether. According to Microsoft, the website is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less than 1% worldwide.
Thursday, 8 Jul 2010
Opera Updates Opera Mini
The updated Opera Mini 5 includes a new optimized browser skin allowing for more pages to be open at the same time, more rapid scrolling through pages, and overall improved browsing performance.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Speeding Along with Chrome 5
It gets better and faster; the latest version of the Chrome web browser is said to be much speedier than most of its counterparts, and also much faster than its predecessors.