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“Firefox”

Browser Wars Getting Intense.

Internet Explorer’s market share has been on the decline for now almost two years. The launch of IE8 has not yet been able to stem the tide. StatCounter Global Stats finds that Microsoft IE fell to 49.87% in September followed by Firefox with 31.5%. Google’s Chrome continues to increase market share at an impressive rate [...]

Google Toolbar Labs Adds Auto-Location Feature to Maps.

This post is not for die hard Firefox and Google Chrome enthusiasts. But If you are an avid Internet Explorer user and love using Google Maps and Google Toolbars, then this post is for you. Google has introduced remodeled Toolbar Labs for IE users. This  is basically the standard Google Toolbar recompiled with some experimental [...]

Firefox galloping, Internet Explorer slows down.

Internet Explorer is steadily losing its market share to Firefox and Google Chrome. According to data published by Net Applications, Firefox celebrated its 5th anniversary by attaining 25% market share in the First week of Nov 2009. This is a celebration time for Firefox. Despite Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with Windows OS and Google dropping [...]

Chrome new stable release may put its usage share on fast track

Google has come out with major new update of Chrome. Most of the features were already available in earlier Beta release. The stable release has just made it more authentic and reassuring. Stable releases always have a way of assuring the users that product has been fully tested and tried.

Firefox leads race to fix Pwn2Own bugs

Pwn2Own contest has really thrown some challenges for Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer. While Chrome stood tall at the contest with contestant hackers finding it difficult to find any security loopholes, the others famed browsers failed in arresting the onslaught of hackers. Nils, a German Computer Science student used Sony Laptop running Windows 7 to [...]

YouTube videos for offline viewing

There are tools to download Youtube videos for offline viewing.

Apple Safari 4 beta browser launched

Apple has come out with  Safari 4 beta browser for Mac and Windows. Some of the Bloggers and Tech journals have been quick to lap it up and have made grandiose announcements claiming Safari 4 beta to be 42 times faster than IE 7.

Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome eats away IE’s share

IE continues to lose its market share in the web browser market to its rivals Mac’s Safari, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome. IE has been over the years steadily losing its market share to its rivals. Since 2005, Net Applications Inc. has been tracking market share of major web browsers. IE’s continued decline may be [...]