Former browser leader Internet Explorer (IE) of Microsoft resume its market share dive in December, eight-tenths of a percent to set the stage to a lower than 50% market share for the first time forecasted in March if the trend continues., This comes after starting to lose the browsers wars first to Mozilla Firefox and [...]
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Social Web Browser RockMelt pushes further come 2012
The social web browser RockMelt launches its 5 beta version which aims to provide profound functionality while keeping it accessible at the same time. Eric Vishria, CEO and co-founder of the browser mentions that RockMelt “should push further ahead” and the team will be working on this through creating major features which will be enticing [...]
The Browser War: Firefox vs. Chrome
Time and again, you’ve probably heard people talking about Google’s quest for world domination, with the release of Android, which is giving Apple’s iPhone a run for its money, and other successful ventures through their open source projects. Now that the Google Chrome is out, it is quickly becoming more popular than others. Pitted against [...]
New Browser Speed Tests with Opera 10.6
When the first Opera browser hit the market back in 1996, it was well-received by the public. Over the years, Opera continued to update their browser, including various features, functions, and options. One of the factors that drew consumers toward Opera was the fact that the browser was fast, secure, and had original features. In [...]
Google’s Chrome Now the Third Most Used Browser in the US
Just last week, Google’s Chrome proved itself mighty enough to grab the third spot as the most used browser from Apple’s Safari. The figures used for the reports were according to StatCounter. According to Aodhan Cullen, the Chief Executive of StatCounter, Google’s Chrome was able to climb from zero to 10% in terms of US [...]
Browser Speed Battles: Chrome 4, Firefox 3.6, and Opera 10.5
As ever, the browser war is in full effect with great, new updates on some of the most popular Internet browsers available. When it comes down to judging between browsers, there are many different factors to consider, including customizability, user- and developer-friendliness, extension and add-on support, and the basic design of the browsers. Aside from [...]
WebGL Technology to Allow 3D Graphics for Online Video Games Played through Browsers
WebGL technology promises to provide video gamers a way to play games with computing-intensive 3D graphics through their web browsers. Currently, gamers need to download the software for games that have 3D graphics rendering because the browser software simply cannot handle the massive amount of computations that these games require. With WebGL technology, a gamer [...]
Chrome Dislodges Safari from Third Place in Browser Usage
Google’s browser Chrome had dislodged Apple’s Safari as the third most used browser, according to measurements made by NetApplications. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still occupies the top slot and this is followed by Mozilla’s Firefox. During the second week of December 2009, NetApplications observed that Chrome had a 4.40 percent share of the browsers used by [...]
Mobile Opera’s Fast JavaScript Engine
Recent weeks saw the launch of Opera Software’s Opera 10.5 browser and Opera Mobile 10 browser alpha versions. The San Francisco launch focused on the company’s Carakan JavaScript engine, a well regarded improvement in these versions. Likewise, it highlighted the availability of alpha releases for Windows and Mac. Linux and Unix releases are underway. The [...]
Microsoft Will Use Its Hardware to Power Up Its Software
As the race between web browsers heat up, Microsoft makes public its plan to use the computer’s graphic processor to make image and text rendering faster on its to-be-released browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). But then again, the company is really not the only one to think of this next step. Its closest competitors Firefox [...]