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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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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.
Adobe to contribute to Google's forked version of WebKit, Blink
Adobe wasn't concerned about WebKit monoculture, and it's backing Google's forked version of the WebKit rendering engine.
Mozilla goal is half of Internet on Persona ID by year end
Mozilla planing on its federated and distributed authentication idea to catch fire now that it has bridged a major gap.
Google's Blink: In beta for everything but iOS by June - but don't expect to see any changes
In a Q&A session for developers, Google staffers shed more light on Blink, its web rendering engine built on a forked version of WebKit.
Chrome 27 beta promises faster web browsing
Google has released a beta version of its Chrome browser, which is capable of loading visible parts of web pages five per cent faster than earlier versions.
Web browser engine swaps abound, so do enterprise complications
With Google eyeing a Webkit split and Mozilla experimenting on a new browser engine, it may become tough for businesses to keep up with the code changes.
Blink! Google forks WebKit
In a move that's long been expected in Web developer circles, Google finally forked the open-source Webkit Web browser engine.
Firefox 20 improves private browsing, fixes three critical flaws
Mozilla has released the latest version of its Firefox web browser which features new enhancement to private browsing and fixes a number of flaws.
Microsoft's $25 Windows 8 for Mac developers deal sells out
Microsoft promotion to attract Mac developers to check their websites for Internet Explorer compatibility appears to have been popular.
Web browser war: The early 2013 report
On desktops, it's a three-way fight with Internet Explorer or Chrome in the lead, depending on whose numbers you believe; but on mobile devices, it's either Safari or the native Android browser in first place.