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Why I switched from Firefox to Chrome

Sorry if it sounds like I'm drinking the Google Kool-Aid here, but I have switched from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome as my default browser for the very reason Google's executives said we should: speed. Read more »

Flock's 'social browser' set to fly

Start-up Flock plans later this year to release version 1.0 of its namesake browser, which intermingles online socialising and Web surfing. Read more »

Curtain rises on Opera 9

Opera Software on Tuesday released the newest version of its popular browser, which is designed to offer several improvements over its predecessors. Read more »

Firefox 3: New front in the browser war

Mozilla released Firefox 3 on Tuesday, opening a new front in the browser wars. Read more »

Netscape launches browser beta

Netscape has released a public test version of a Web browser that includes antifraud technology, with hopes of challenging Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Read more »

Google reveals Chrome security patch details

Earlier today, Google was keeping mum about a three-day-old security fix to its Chrome browser, but now the company has revealed details of two critical-risk vulnerabilities and some lesser issues it says are fixed. Read more »

Microsoft releases IE8 beta 2

On Wednesday in the US, Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8. Read more »

Public info kiosk running Citrix hacked in demo

A consultant from McAfee Foundstone has shown how to map the internal network on a public kiosk running Citrix XenApp. Read more »

Update released for Gnome Linux desktop

The Gnome project has released the first test version of the Gnome 2.22 desktop this week, with changes including a new Web-browser engine, updates for virtual network computer and accessibility, and a new file system. Read more »

Desktop virtualisation opens new doors for users

When Apple released Parallels Desktop in June 2006, it showed most users for the first time what they could achieve with desktop virtualisation. Read more »

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Comparison of CSS compatibility on IE, Firefox, Safari and Opera

We compare support for CSS pseudo-classes in Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3 Beta 4, Safari 3.1 and Opera 9.26. Read more »

Creating cross-platform browser event handlers

Handling browser events in a cross-platform environment requires careful design. See how browser events are handled in HTML and JavaScript. Read more »

Creating reusable Web components for Mozilla

Reusable components are the foundation of modular design in programming. In this article we'll explore Mozilla's component design capabilities through XBL and custom implementation. Read more »

Clickjacking: Potentially harmful web browser exploit

Clickjacking has the potential to redirect unknowing users to malicious websites or even spy on them. We all need to be aware of clickjacking and how to avoid its trappings. Read more »

Draw and annotate in your browser using SVG

SVG is a language for describing 2-D graphics in XML, and it lets you treat a browser like a drawing or painting tool. Although not supported by current browsers, SVG functionality is available via free plug-ins. This tutorial puts SVG through its paces. Read more »

Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?

The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »

HTTP and HTML: The paradox of dominance

The saying, "When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail," makes me think of the mess that we're in when it comes to the dominance of HTML and HTTP. Read more »

Learn how to use WebSlices with IE8 Beta 1

Learn how to use the new WebSlices feature of IE8 Beta 1 and get regular updates from different parts of Web pages you visit frequently. Read more »

Creating a three-level rollover vertical menu with CSS

In this tutorial, we'll build a three-level rollover menu that expands vertically when the user moves their mouse over the items. Read more »

Windows Presentation Foundation: Another piece of the .NET puzzle

Windows Presentation Foundation is just one of the major enhancements to the .NET Framework introduced alongside Windows Vista. Read more »

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Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Google already has customised some of its websites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software. Read more »

Del.icio.us for the rest of us

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Opera has announced their Link product that brings synchronised bookmarks into the browser. And yes you have seen all this before, however this time it is built into the browser itself, and that I think will be the key difference. Read more »

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