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Chrome Beats Safari

With the release of Chrome beta for Linux and Mac, the inevitable happened: Chrome became the number 3 browser, narrowly sliding past Safari with a 4.4 percent marketshare to Safari’s 4.37 percent. The Google-Apple war is getting real, people. [ComputerWorld]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes “Critical” Hole In Firefox Security

Microsoft has acknowledged that they slipped the .NET Framework Assistant plugin into Firefox via Windows Update this past February, and that it has poked a “critical” hole in the browser’s security (effectively bringing Firefox down to IE’s level). Microsoft has deemed the hole to be a “critical” security threat, as it gives webmasters the ability…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Mozilla Whines About Apple Being First in Microsoft’s Web Browser Ballot Screen

After getting cornered by the European Union, Microsoft offered a reasonable solution to the web browser monopoly dilemma: Let users choose whatever browser they want. Now, the developers of Firefox are whining about who’s first in the web setup screen. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-gives-europeans-choice-of-browser-instead-of-5322453 No, it’s not Explorer. Originally, Microsoft wanted to order browsers from left to right…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Internet Explorer, Now Powered by Google Chrome

Though Internet Explorer has been panned for lack of web-standard compliance, many are forced to use the browser because of stubborn IT departments. Fortunately, Google has issued its latest “up yours” to Microsoft with the Chrome Frame plug-in for IE. The Chrome Frame allows IE to use HTML5 and other open source technologies, including high…

Tech News Don Nguyen

If You’re Still Using Internet Explorer 6, You’re Stealing Food from Starving People

For every copy of Internet Explorer 8 downloaded from here, Microsoft donates $1.15 to Feeding America—but if you upgrade from IE6, they’ll double their donation. Even if you switch to Firefox immediately, help give Microsoft’s money away: [BrowserFortheBetter]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

More Zune HD Impressions: Beautiful Hardware, Clever Software, and… a Decent Browser?

An hour with the Zune HD inspired a moment of rapture for CNET reporter Donald Bell, who breathlessly told the world “I am tentatively reaffirming my faith in Microsoft.” Reading his impressions, it’s easy to see why. We got a few minutes with the Zune HD all the way back at its announcement, and everything…

Tech News John Herrman

Microsoft Gives Europeans Choice of Browser Instead of None by Default

Microsoft’s newest attempt to appease the EU is to create a system in which end users can choose their browsers. (Imagine that! Choice!) This is a change from Microsoft’s previous offer to remove Internet Explorer completely from Windows 7. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-volunteers-ie-removal-from-windows-7-to-appea-5290032 It was decided that Microsoft’s “Hey! We’ll just leave all browsers out completely!” would result…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

US State Department Rejects Firefox, Which Is Entirely Free, Due to “Expense Questions”

At a State Department townhall conducted by Secretary Clinton, a staffer asked why Internet Explorer is mandated, even though Firefox is security-approved for the “entire intelligence community.” The answer? A whole lot of bullshit, especially the insane citing of “expense.” Internet Explorer isn’t mandated in every governmental department, and Firefox has been vetted and cleared…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Microsoft Warns Users of Serious Security Hole in Software

Microsoft is warning users of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 that a security hole in certain parts of Internet Explorer allows hackers to remotely install malicious viruses on unsuspecting users. The company is currently working to fix the breach. The hole, apparently caused by the interaction of IE and ActiveX, has been used for…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Microsoft Volunteers IE Removal From Windows 7 To Appease EU

As part of an effort to alleviate its current European Union-sized headache across the Atlantic, Microsoft has volunteered to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7. The move is an about face for the company, which had previously testified such a removal was impossible. Indeed, Microsoft has stated before that it would be impossible to remove…

Tech News Jack Loftus

European Windows 7 Will Ship Without IE

Not that half of you will care, but Microsoft’s going to ship Windows 7 in Europe without IE8 bundled. That doesn’t mean Europeans won’t be able to get IE8—OEMs can shove them into their installs if they want, and end users can download IE8 themselves as well. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Jason Chen

Chalk Drawing Depicts Epic Browser War (With A Touch of Conan)

What is best in life? To crush other browsers, see their worm-ridden code driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their fanboys. And if the whole thing is depicted in a chalk drawing, so be it. And it was, so here’s the details. The chalk drawing was delivered to us fresh from the…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition

At the annual Pwn2Own competition, where hackers compete to crack software as fast as possible so you don’t sleep at night, browsers were on the first day’s menu. And Safari went down in seconds. Security researcher Charlie Miller hacked Safari in just 10 seconds, then used a remote-execution exploit to take over the up-to-date MacBook…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Internet Explorer 8 Gets All Final to Join New Browser Party

Microsoft seems like the last one to the new browser party that’s dragged out over the last month, but they are the first to make their entrance final with Internet Explorer 8. If you’ve used the release candidate, or even the beta right before it, it’ll be a mostly familiar experience, with nothing that seriously…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

You Can Turn Off Every Major Windows Feature in Windows 7

It’s true. Not only can you turn off Internet Explorer in Windows 7, but you can turn off basically every major Windows feature—Media Player, Media Center, Windows Search—everything but the core OS. WTF? Below is a (lengthy) screenshot of everything you’ll be able to turn off in one of the future releases of Windows 7—you…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Internet Explorer 8’s Incompatability List Is Really Sad

Microsoft’s “compatibility list” of sites that don’t render correctly in Internet Exploder 8 RC1—requiring some non-standards mojo from the browser to look right—numbers some 2,400. They’re off-the-beaten-path sites like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and YouTube. Mary Jo Foley posted what looks like the entire list of broken sites, but here are some of the more ridiculous…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Build 7022 Leaks, Packs IE8 and New Enhancements

The first post-beta version of Windows 7 is up on bit torrent sites everywhere, and actually includes a few benefits over Build 7000, the previous, beta version. The most obvious new feature is the inclusion of Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate, a step up from the previous build’s beta edition. But it also includes a…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Microsoft Shows ‘Feature Complete’ IE 8 Release Candidate, Catches Up a Little

IE 8 has been marinating for some time, and press info and betas had provided a solid picture of its features. Now TGDaily has taken a good look at a near-complete version of the browser. This IE 8 release candidate is said to be feauture complete, which is to say that we should expect anything…

Tech News John Herrman

Chrome Soon Leaving Beta, Triggering Mother of All Browser Wars

TechCrunch reports that the Google Chrome browser will soon graduate from beta status into a final release. Even if you’ve tried Chrome and passed, rest assured you haven’t seen the last of it. Back when Microsoft snuck up behind Netscape and stole its crown, hardly anyone knew that there was even a playing field, let…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Ballmer on WebKit: “We May Look at That”

I kinda feel like Steve Ballmer’s biographer lately, but whenever the guy opens his mouth (which is a lot) something interesting always spills out. When talking about why it’s worth still spending tons of money on Internet Explorer when open source browsers are more nimble in responding to changing web standards, Ballmer said that while…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Chrome Beats Safari

Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes “Critical” Hole In Firefox Security

Mozilla Whines About Apple Being First in Microsoft’s Web Browser Ballot Screen

Internet Explorer, Now Powered by Google Chrome

If You’re Still Using Internet Explorer 6, You’re Stealing Food from Starving People

More Zune HD Impressions: Beautiful Hardware, Clever Software, and… a Decent Browser?

Microsoft Gives Europeans Choice of Browser Instead of None by Default

US State Department Rejects Firefox, Which Is Entirely Free, Due to “Expense Questions”

Microsoft Warns Users of Serious Security Hole in Software

Microsoft Volunteers IE Removal From Windows 7 To Appease EU

European Windows 7 Will Ship Without IE

Chalk Drawing Depicts Epic Browser War (With A Touch of Conan)

Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition

Internet Explorer 8 Gets All Final to Join New Browser Party

You Can Turn Off Every Major Windows Feature in Windows 7

Internet Explorer 8’s Incompatability List Is Really Sad

Windows 7 Build 7022 Leaks, Packs IE8 and New Enhancements

Microsoft Shows ‘Feature Complete’ IE 8 Release Candidate, Catches Up a Little

Chrome Soon Leaving Beta, Triggering Mother of All Browser Wars

Ballmer on WebKit: “We May Look at That”

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