TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.
By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08
Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.
By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41
Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.
By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01
Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.
By Lucian Constantin | 22 May, 2012 02:34
If the numbers at StatCounter are accurate then the world has a new Web browser champion: Google Chrome.
By Brad Reed | 22 May, 2012 01:33
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.
By Ian Paul | 16 March, 2011 01:32
Read on if you've ever been frustrated by slow performance in Firefox.
By Rick Broida | 15 December, 2010 06:51
Apple's new Safari extension gallery looks a lot like the iOS App Store, populated with colorful icons that hold strange and wonderful things. In case browsing the 100 extensions Apple offers for Safari 5.01 is too much effort, here are eight good ones to get you started:
By Jared Newman | 29 July, 2010 08:15
Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it "provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.
By Brent W. Hopkins | 30 June, 2010 09:42
Thanks to online video, Web apps, social networking, and so on, the humble Web browser is being pushed to do more and to do it faster. With a few simple tweaks and tools, you can improve your browsing experience and save yourself some time in the process.
By Chris Brandrick | 04 September, 2009 09:04
Microsoft says its latest version of Internet Explorer clears out a lot of clutter and creates a more immersive browser experience when paired with Windows 8's touch environment, and that it can be navigated by mouse and keyboard as well, although from the sounds of it not as elegantly.
By Tim Greene | 15 March, 2012 06:03
One of the best ways to see what's changed with the ninth and newest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer is to tune into beautyoftheweb.com and watch the words, images, and DIVs bounce around, luring the world into pretty images and information that can't sit still. "Tune in" is the appropriate verb because the experience is closer to consuming television than what the Web was once supposed to be, an endless library filled with serious knowledge that might come from an underground physics bunker in the mountains.
By Peter Wayner | 17 September, 2010 02:56
Google's patching of vulnerabilities in its open source Chrome Web browser last week wasn't so much notable in itself; Microsoft, to be sure, is forever issuing patches for the many bugs that afflict its products.
By Katherine Noyes | 25 August, 2010 04:47
After four platform previews aimed at demonstrating the power of the underlying Internet Explorer 9 engine to developers, Microsoft is ready to unveil a public beta of the on September 15. Many organizations are still struggling with the decision to move from IE6 to IE8, so what should businesses expect from the new Microsoft browser?
By Tony Bradley | 14 August, 2010 02:30
If you're a regular PCWorld reader, you may have noticed the Browser Blowout story we posted last week. In it, I looked at various aspects of the major Web browsers, including features, interface, security, and performance.
By Nick Mediati | 03 August, 2010 10:28
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