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A program that lets you look through a collection of data. See Web browser, microbrowser, class browser and browse.

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A program that lets you look through a collection of data. See Web browser, microbrowser, class browser and browse.



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    A series of easy to implement hacks to make Chrome work better for you, including cloud print and auto-incognito.

    Image galleries | February 18, 2011 6:59am PST

  • Gallery: How Microsoft's browser ballot works

    As part of an antitrust agreement with the EU, during the week of Feb. 22 Microsoft will begin adding a ballot to let Windows users in Europe select their own browser of choice.

    Image galleries | February 19, 2010 10:01am PST

  • Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics

    Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But Mozilla could be one step ahead.

    News items | November 24, 2009 8:37am PST

  • Firefox faces browser clone war in China

    The browser war in China is heating up but not quite in a way that resembles the Western markets, as Mozilla's Beijing chief explains.

    News items | November 18, 2009 4:57am PST

  • Microsoft fixes IE patch again

    Microsoft has released an out-of-schedule fix for problems introduced by its last patch for Internet Explorer.

    News items | November 4, 2009 7:01am PST

  • Sony to ship Chrome with Vaio PCs

    After promising earlier this year that a major OEM would start to ship its Chrome browser, Google has done a deal with Sony that will see all its Vaio-brand PCs so equipped.

    News items | September 1, 2009 5:42am PDT

  • Opera 10 takes center stage

    The Opera 10 browser is now ready to download for Windows, Linux, and Mac. The most publicized new feature is Opera Turbo, the browser's much-publicized compression engine for slow-poke connections.

    News items | September 1, 2009 5:27am PDT

  • New features in Opera 10 release candidate

    Opera Software opens the curtain on the release candidate of Opera 10 with a bunch of new features to make it faster and more productive.

    Image galleries | August 26, 2009 7:13am PDT

  • Opera 10 release candidate available

    Opera Software has completed its first release candidate of Opera 10 but it won't include the Carakan JavaScript engine which is still in development.

    News items | August 26, 2009 4:53am PDT

  • IE6 casts a long shadow for Microsoft

    Microsoft has released two versions of its web browser in the last few years, but in many ways its image remains tied to its 2001-era product.

    News items | August 14, 2009 5:05am PDT

  • Google debuts Chrome for Mac, Linux

    Google has started taking Chrome beyond Windows with new versions for Mac OS X and Linux, but don't try to use them, the company warns.

    News items | June 5, 2009 8:50am PDT

  • Mozilla's Fennec goes alpha for Windows Mobile

    Mozilla has released a Windows Mobile-targeted alpha version of its mobile browser, code-named Fennec, for download.

    News items | May 18, 2009 10:46am PDT

  • Google project promotes Chrome, JavaScript

    Google has launched a site called Chrome Experiments designed to show off what fast JavaScript can enable and to encourage adoption of the browser.

    News items | March 19, 2009 7:30am PDT

  • Safari 4 public beta

    Earlier today Apple unveiled the first public beta of the Safari 4 browser. I downloaded the browser and took it for a quick spin ... and I have to say, this is a huge improvement on what I've...

    Image galleries | February 24, 2009 1:14pm PST

  • First impressions: Apple Safari 4 beta

    First impressions of Apple's Safari 4 beta web browser.

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  • Mozilla's mobile Fennec open to add-ons

    The Fennec-developed handset version of Firefox will be open to add-ons, unlike existing mobile browsers, Mozilla's Jay Sullivan tells ZDNet UK.

    News items | February 19, 2009 9:05am PST

  • Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking

    Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability that exposes Google's Chrome browser and Firefox 3.0.5 to a clickjacking attack

    News items | January 29, 2009 4:43am PST

  • Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2

    Stability and security releases for the browser will end next month, despite ongoing problems with Firefox 3

    News items | November 18, 2008 6:08am PST

  • Opera 10 will be 'prettier'

    Many users, especially of Apple, found Opera's latest version 9.6 unpleasant on the eye. But the company says its next major update will be prettier.

    News items | October 13, 2008 9:16am PDT

  • CIOs not taking a shine to Chrome

    Most members of a silicon.com CIO jury say they're not even testing Google's Chrome--choosing to stay with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

    News items | September 30, 2008 5:52am PDT

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