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  Chrome streaks past Internet Explorer to become world's top browser

  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

  Tags: software, mozilla, Microsoft, LAN & WAN, internet explorer, IE9, IE10, Google Chrome vs. Microsoft IE, Google Chrome, Google, firefox, browsers, applications

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  Mozilla readies Firefox for Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper

  Mozilla is scrambling to craft a code-signed version of Firefox for the Mac in case Apple launches OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, early.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 01:11

  Tags: software, operating systems, mozilla, Mac OS, browsers, applications, Apple

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  Twitter jumps on Do Not Track bandwagon

  True privacy can be hard to come by in the socially enabled online world, but Twitter on Thursday announced that it has joined Firefox maker Mozilla in taking a big step forward for users.

  By Computerworld Staff | 19 May, 2012 06:01

  Tags: twitter, security, privacy, mozilla, internet, Federal Trade Commission, DRM and Legal Issues

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  Mozilla product director says Firefox on Window RT 'probably not worth it'

  A Mozilla product director yesterday said that unless Microsoft allows other browser makers to call important APIs in Windows RT, it is "probably not worth it to even bother" building a version of Firefox for the new operating system.

  By Gregg Keizer | 18 May, 2012 05:20

  Tags: Windows, software, operating systems, mozilla, Microsoft, browsers, applications

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  Google releases Chrome 19, adds tab sync and patches 20 bugs

  Google on Tuesday released Chrome 19, patched 20 vulnerabilities in the browser and doled out $16,500 in bug bounties and rewards to independent researchers.

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 May, 2012 20:56

  Tags: software, mozilla, Malware and Vulnerabilities, internet, Google, browsers, applications

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  Mozilla readies app marketplace for public beta

  Mozilla Marketplace, which is Mozilla's entrant in the online application store arena, is set to move to a public beta stage in a few weeks, a company official said on Tuesday.

  By Paul Krill | 16 May, 2012 20:12

  Tags: Xamarin, web browsers, software, mozilla, mobile technology, Mobile Development, mobile apps, Microsoft, javascript, html5, applications, application development

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  Mozilla releases Firefox for Android beta

  Mozilla released a new beta version of its popular Firefox browser for Android on Tuesday.

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 16 May, 2012 07:19

  Tags: mozilla, mobile, firefox

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  EU to 'remain vigilant' on Microsoft's browser commitments

  Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser is being excluded from Windows RT.

  By Loek Essers | 16 May, 2012 07:34

  Tags: Windows 8, Windows, software, operating systems, mozilla, Microsoft, legal, browsers, applications, antitrust

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  EU-Microsoft browser deal requires ballot screen in Windows 8

  Microsoft today declined to comment when asked whether it believed it's required to offer a ballot screen in Windows 8 to European users for selecting rival browsers in the new operating system's desktop mode.

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 May, 2012 06:41

  Tags: Windows, software, operating systems, opera software, mozilla, Microsoft, Google, european union, DRM and Legal Issues, browsers, applications

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  Senate to look at Mozilla's browser competition allegations

  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will look into accusations by Mozilla that Microsoft is restricting access to important programming tools for browsers that will run in Windows RT, a political blog reported Friday.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 May, 2012 05:54

  Tags: Windows, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, software, operating systems, mozilla, Microsoft, DRM and Legal Issues, browsers, applications

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  Windows 8 update: Firefox, Chrome cry foul over Windows 8 ARM

  Microsoft is taking heat from browser competitors Firefox and Chrome for blocking them out of planned Windows 8 devices that will be based on ARM processors.

  By Tim Greene | 12 May, 2012 07:26

  Tags: Windows 8, Windows, software, operating systems, mozilla, Microsoft, firefox, chrome, browser wars

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  Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases

  Two wrongs don't make a right, Mozilla's chief counsel said Thursday when asked why his company hasn't lambasted Apple, as it did Microsoft, for blocking rival browsers from its mobile operating system.

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 May, 2012 21:07

  Tags: Windows, software, operating systems, net applications, mozilla, Microsoft, IT industry, Apple

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  Mozilla accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior with Windows RT

  Mozilla yesterday accused Microsoft of withholding APIs necessary to build a competitive browser for Windows RT, and said the behavior "may have antitrust implications."

  By Gregg Keizer | 11 May, 2012 02:41

  Tags: Windows, software, operating systems, mozilla, Microsoft, DRM and Legal Issues, browsers, applications

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  Mozilla hits Microsoft with complaint about Windows RT browser choices

  Mozilla complained Wednesday that Microsoft prohibits running any browser except Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows RT, hampering choices for users. Google said on Thursday it shares the concerns.

  By Loek Essers | 10 May, 2012 20:38

  Tags: software, mozilla, Microsoft, browsers, applications

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  Flashback gang could be making $10K a day off infected Macs

  The Flashback malware that's infected hundreds of thousands of Macs may be generating more than $10,000 a day for the hackers who made the Trojan horse, Symantec said Monday.

  By Gregg Keizer | 01 May, 2012 20:23

  Tags: Apple, Google, Mac OS, Malware and Vulnerabilities, mozilla, operating systems, security, software, symantec