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Article | 16/09/2008 Google bends to privacy critics on Chrome tool
Reacting to criticism that its new Chrome browser was essentially acting as a keylogger, Google last week said it would render data anonymous within 2...
Article | 16/09/2008 Analyst: Microsoft may deliver Windows 7 beta within 8 weeks
Microsoft won't likely miss the chance to showcase Windows 7 in the next two months at a pair of tech conferences, and will give developers code for h...
Article | 16/09/2008 Mozilla reacts to rivals with plans to beef up Firefox 3.1
Mozilla will try to squeeze more into Firefox 3.1, the company's chief engineer said today, in part as a reaction to rival browsers from Microsoft and...
Article | 15/09/2008 MS defends IE 'phone home' feature, clarifies privacy policy
Microsoft today defended the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) tool that suggests sites based on the URLs typed into its address bar, saying that the browser ...
Article | 12/09/2008 Chrome at 10 days: After a quick peak, use stabilizes
Ten days after Google launched Chrome, the new browser's share of those used it to reach Computerworld's Web site has dropped from a peak of 9.7 perce...
Article | 12/09/2008 Mozilla adds privacy mode to Firefox 3.1 plans
Mozilla will respond to rivals Google and Microsoft with a private-browsing mode in Firefox, according to notes posted on its Web site, and is on trac...
Article | 11/09/2008 IE8 Beta 2 contains Google-style keystroke logger
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser includes a keystroke-logging search suggestion tool similar to the one that Google modified Monday after...
Article | 10/09/2008 Chrome snatches share from IE
Internet Explorer users abandoned the browser last week to try out Google's new Chrome, a Web metrics vendor said Tuesday.
Article | 9/09/2008 FAQ: Meet Microsoft's new Internet Explorer
With all the hubbub surrounding Google's rollout of Chrome last week, nearly lost in the buzz was the release the week before of Internet Explorer 8 (...
Article | 8/09/2008 Mozilla updates Firefox 3.1 with Alpha 2 build
Mozilla has launched the second alpha of Firefox 3.1, adding new video support and boosting the speed of some JavaScript computations.
Article | 8/09/2008 Firefox users report problems after updating
Users running Firefox along with popular Norton security programs have reported problems after updating the browser to version 3.0.1, according to mes...
Article | 8/09/2008 Mozilla: Firefox is faster than Chrome
Mozilla answered claims that Google's Chrome browser outperforms Firefox with benchmark results of its own that showed the upcoming Firefox 3.1 is fas...
Article | 8/09/2008 Seinfeld-Windows TV commercial premieres to baffled audience
Microsoft's US$300 million advertising campaign for Windows starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld launched last week night with an extra-long television co...
Article | 5/09/2008 OLPC's dual boot Linux, Windows laptop due out soon
A low-cost XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) that carries both Windows and Linux will be out within the next month or so, accordi...
Article | 5/09/2008 Upcoming Microsoft patch lineup could be 'massive'
Microsoft today said it will ship four security updates next week, only a third as many as it did last month, to fix critical vulnerabilities in Windo...
Article | 4/09/2008 Early security issues tarnish Google's Chrome
Security researchers have reported finding vulnerabilities in Google's new Web browser a day after it was released in beta.
Article | 4/09/2008 FAQ: Google polishes up its new browser, Chrome
Google ended one of the Web's longest-running rumors this week when it released Chrome, a Web browser it's been working on for the last two years.
Article | 4/09/2008 Google amends Chrome license agreement after objections
Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some Internet users objected to its copyright implications.
Article | 4/09/2008 Chrome expected on Google's Android mobile software
In yet another example of Google's expanding influence, the search company's co-founder, Sergey Brin, said he expects the new Chrome browser to eventu...
Article | 3/09/2008 Google seeks route around Microsoft with Chrome
Google's surprise announcement of a new browser, Chrome, via a Web comic book could prove to be another game-changing development for the Internet in ...

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