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Speed kills and the race is on to cook up the most stable and fastest browser around. That situation means innovation abounds. Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox are No. 1 and No. 2 in market share, but Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome are also pushing the field. Toss in smaller players like Opera, which does better on mobile platforms than the PC, and these are interesting times.
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Opera for Android loses beta tag, adds new text flow option
Opera's new Android web browser is out of beta and available to download, bringing few changes to the app since it was unveiled earlier this year.
Firefox 21 release adds to Social API, closes security holes
The release of Firefox 21 adds support for new services via its Social API and fixes a number of security flaws, while the Android version of the browser gets new fonts and better HTML5 performance.
IE10 beats Chrome, Safari, Firefox at blocking web malware
The application reputation systems used in Internet Explorer 10 and Chrome offer users far better protection than rivals, according to a study.
Microsoft fixes two critical IE security flaws, including 'nuke' zero-day
Get the coffee brewing. Microsoft's latest round of Patch Tuesday updates includes patches for ten security bulletins, with two considered as 'critical'.
Microsoft releases emergency patch for critical IE8 zero-day exploit
Users running Internet Explorer 8 — an estimated 23 percent of all IE users — should update their systems with an out-of-band emergency patch to prevent a zero-day flaw.
UCWeb to invest $483M to spur biz growth
The Chinese mobile browser company will dedicate 3 billion yuan over the next three years to refine its product as it looks to grow its presence outside the domestic market.
IE8 zero-day flaw targets U.S. nuke researchers; all versions of Windows affected
Security researchers have discovered a previously unreported zero-day attack that targets U.S. government nuclear weapons scientists and researchers. Microsoft has warned Internet Explorer 8 users to upgrade to a later version of the browser, as the potentially affects at most one-quarter of all IE users.
Why the browser wars are important to you
In this off-topic post, I explore (no pun intended) the five major browsers and why you should care about them.
Packaged offline-ready apps will be the new normal for Chrome
Native-like offline apps are to become standard in the Chrome Web Store.
IE10 doubles share in April; Chrome continues decline as Firefox leads in second
Internet Explorer 10 has seen a recent bump in users, thanks to Microsoft's move to make the browser available on Windows 7. Meanwhile, when will Chrome gets its mojo back?
Internet Explorer, Windows XP rank highly at work, but BYOD threatens mutiny
Bring your own device to work? According to Forrester research, that's mixing up the browser market space, despite Internet Explorer keeping its top-dog status. Meanwhile, Windows XP still ranks highly at work despite one year left until support gets cut off.
Say hello to the early days of web browsers (gallery)
Before Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, there were Cello, Viola, and Mosaic.
Happy birthday, Mosaic: 20 years of the graphical web browser
The web as we know it got its start 20 years ago, when Mosaic, the first popular web browser, arrived.
Bing is fine, insecure as ever, but fine
No, Bing isn't malfunctioning. Google isn't playing games with it. Bing's working just fine, the same way it always has ... without security support.
It's not you, it's IE: Google gives users a way of breaking up with legacy browsers gently
Google has released new extensions for businesses tied to older versions of IE to help them migrate to its own Chrome browser.