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Google boosts garbage collection for Chrome browser
Google is offering a new incremental garbage collector for its Chrome browser to "dramatically" improve the interactive performance of Web applications, the company said on Monday.
By Paul Krill | 23 November, 2011 02:09
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Opera responds to Amazon's Cloud-powered 'Silk' browser
One of to features of Amazon's recently announced Kindle Fire tablet drawing attention is its WebKit-based 'Silk' Web browser. What makes Silk different from most browsers is its 'split browser' approach: Putting together complicated Web pages in Amazon's Cloud infrastructure before downloading the end result to the browser.
By Rohan Pearce | 30 September, 2011 10:17
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The big, bad browser quiz
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari -- you know the names of these Web browsers, but do you really know them?
By Tim Greene | 05 September, 2011 12:33
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13 features that make each Web browser unique
Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.
By Peter Wayner | 02 May, 2011 20:08
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Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads
Google on Tuesday said it will add malware download warnings to its Chrome browser.
By Gregg Keizer | 14 April, 2011 11:17
Tutorials about web browsers
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Install the latest Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu Linux
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
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How to foil Web browser 'tabnapping'
A new, incredibly sneaky identity-theft tactic surfaced earlier this week when Mozilla's Aza Raskin, the creative lead of Firefox, unveiled what's become known as "tabnapping."
By Gregg Keizer | 27 May, 2010 05:56
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Pimp my browser: How to get the most out of Firefox
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
Features about web browsers
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Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time
DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style
By Woody Leonhard | 14 January, 2013 11:15
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Internet Explorer 9: A visual tour
IE 9's main browser window takes minimalism to a new level.
By Nick Mediati | 17 September, 2010 11:28
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Which Web browser is best?
Of all the software on your PC, the Web browser may be the most important tool you use each day--but you may not give it much thought.
By Nick Mediati | 12 August, 2010 15:58
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First look: Firefox 4 Beta 1 shines on HTML5
While it's impossible to sum up the thousands of enhancements and bug fixes both big and small, the Firefox 4 beta version brings the browser that much closer to taking over everything on the desktop. There are fewer reasons for anyone to interact with an extra plug-in or the operating system. Remember when people cared about whether a machine was Windows or Mac or a Commodore 64? Remember when software needed to be written in native code? Those days are fading away quickly as the browser is more able than ever before to deliver most of the content we might want.
By Peter Wayner | 09 July, 2010 05:22
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Your Browser in Five Years
What will your Web browser look like in 2015? Five years doesn't always bring dramatic change to some technologies--today's desktop PC, for instance, isn't that different from its 2005 predecessor--but browsers are undergoing major changes that will alter our day-to-day computing lives.
By Jeff Bertolucci | 18 June, 2010 00:18
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