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Study claims IE10 blocks nearly all malware on Windows 8

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:03 +0100

A new study from NSS Labs claims that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 web browser had a 99.96 percent malware block rate while running Windows 8, putting it at the top of the browser list. Read more...

Mobile browser wars continue, desktop browser shares remain unchanged

James Woodfin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:18:58 +0100

Market share for mobile Safari rose by six percentage points, ensuring a lead once again in the browser wars on mobile devices. Mobile IE and Android browsers gain share, while the desktop remains stagnant. Read more...

Internet Explorer market share up again, Chrome slips

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:54:24 +0000

Internet Explorer has once again gained market share in February 2013, rising to 55.82% of the market, while Chrome has slipped a considerable amount to its lowest market share since September 2011 Read more...

Internet Explorer passes 55% market share in January

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:33:29 +0000

Internet Explorer market share has risen 0.37% for the month of January to 55.14%, while Firefox and Opera also saw gains at the expense of Chrome's market share, which dropped by 0.56% Read more...

Apple hid Safari development by spoofing Internet Explorer for Mac

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:07:24 +0000

The former head of Apple's Safari team admits in a new blog post he tried to keep early development of Safari a secret by spoofing its code so websites saw the browser as Internet Explorer for Mac. Read more...

Microsoft offers Pointer Events specs to WebKit developers

John Callaham — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:03:17 +0000

Microsoft's Open Technologies subsidiary has released a new patch for WebKit-based web browsers that adds Microsoft's Pointer Events specifications to those browsers. Read more...

Bing brings social search features to the iPad

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:50:53 +0000

Microsoft's Bing search service has just added its social features for people who use the iPad and iPad mini versions of the Safari web browser, even though Apple killed support of Safari on Windows. Read more...

Judge accepts FTC's $22.5 million fine against Google

John Callaham — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0000

A judge has allowed the FTC to fine Google $22.5 million for tracking users of the Safari web browser. The amount of the fine was opposed by a consumer watchdog group, who felt it was not enough. Read more...

New extended IE10 video slams Apple's Safari for iPad

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:42:44 +0000

A new extended video promotion for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 takes some time to make some indirect slams against Apple's Safari browser for the iPad Read more...

Study: IE10 is fast; Chrome most popular browser for Windows

John Callaham — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:32:13 +0000

A study conducted by New Relic shows that the new Internet Explorer 10 is faster than the older IE9, but that Google's Chrome is the most popular web browser for Windows PCs. Read more...

Study: IE9 blocks more malware than other web browsers

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:55:27 +0100

A new study from NSS Labs claims that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 blocks 95 percent of malicious activity, well ahead of the second place browser, Chrome, which blocks just 33 percent of malware. Read more...

Google fined $22.5 million over Safari tracking

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:32:34 +0100

The Federal Trade Commission has confirmed it will fine Google $22.5 million due to the company bypassing the privacy settings of Apple's Safari web browser. Read more...

FTC to penalize Google $22.5 million for Safari privacy breach

Nathan Tsui — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:15:14 +0100

Anonymous sources have indicated that Google will be penalized $22.5 million by the Federal Trade Commission for violating the privacy settings of users of Apple's Safari web browser. Read more...

Did Apple kill support for Safari 6 on Windows?

Brad Sams — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:08:03 +0100

Apple has finally released Mountain Lion and with it, it appears that the company may have killed support for Safari 6 on Windows, or at least, is not currently offering the browser. Read more...

Google faces FTC fine for spying on Safari users

Paul Ferson — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:40:15 +0100

Google faces an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission over an exploit they manipulated with Safari's cookies, allowing them to track users who did not give permission to be tracked. Read more...

iOS 6 beta links supposedly leaked, but not active yet

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:56:38 +0100

The iOS 6 beta has been long awaited and whilst the beta will happen tomorrow, we've managed to get a hold of the download links. However, these links are not active at this time. Read more...

Chrome iOS version in the works?

John Callaham — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:57:12 +0100

A new rumor claims that Google is working on a version of Chrome that would be made available for iOS devices, and that it could be made available as soon as the end of June. Read more...

Safari 5.1.7

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:28:35 +0100

The world's fastest browser, Safari has speed to burn. Why should you wait for pages to load? You want to see those search results, get the latest news, check current stock prices, right now. Read more...

Google reportedly to be fined over Safari privacy breach

John Callaham — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:48:49 +0100

A new report claims that Google is in talks with the US government over the size of a fine that would punish Google for trying to circumvent the privacy protections in Apple's Safari web browser. Read more...

Study: Internet Explorer 9 fastest browser on Windows

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:31:54 +0100

A new study claims that Internet Explorer 9 is the fastest web browser on Windows-based PCs. However, various versions of Google's Chrome for the Mac are even faster. Read more...