First Opera 11.60 Build Goes Live

By | November 5, 2011 | 71 Comments

First Opera 11.60 Build Goes Live

Instead of assigning all the resources to continue the Opera 12 development, it looks like Norwegian browser maker has decided to take a different route and will be releasing Opera 11.60 (codenamed “Tunny” (meaning Tuna)), before that.
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Firefox 10 To Remove The “Forward” Button

By | November 4, 2011 | 24 Comments

Firefox 10 To Remove The Forward Button

Even though the final version of Firefox 10 is expected sometime in early 2012 and we are yet to see the Firefox 8 Final release, Mozilla has already cooking 10a1 nightly builds for you to play with.
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What Is IE?

By | November 4, 2011 | 15 Comments

Do you use Internet Explorer?

What Is Internet Explorer?

Via: Reddit

Blurry Text In Firefox or Internet Explorer?

By | November 3, 2011 | 6 Comments

Blurry Text In Firefox or Internet Explorer?

Due to a Hardware Acceleration related issue, some users might see blurred text in Firefox or IE web browsers. Turns out, there are a few ways to fix that.

1. Download Windows Updates (KB2545698) for Windows 7, Vista or Server 2008
– Follow the setup instructions
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Internet Explorer Falls Below 50% Market Share Mark

By | November 2, 2011 | 52 Comments


Months and months after the continuous Internet Explorer’s market share decline, Microsoft’s web browser has finally breached the 50% mark and now sits at the 49.58%, down from 50.97% (1.39 point decrease).
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Microsoft Tried To Buy Netscape In 1994

By | October 31, 2011 | 10 Comments

Microsoft Tried To Buy Netscape In 1994Remember the great web browser war in the 90s? Internet Explorer vs. Netscape, the battle of two titans.

Turns out, things might have taken slightly different turn. According to Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript language, Microsoft tried to acquire Netscape back in 1994, just before the Netscape Navigator release.

Thankfully, it did not happen and a monopoly was avoided, at least for some time.
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Delete All The Cookies?

By | October 30, 2011 | 4 Comments

Delete Cookies?

Via Reddit.

Internet Explorer, Google Chrome And Firefox Halloween Themes

By | October 29, 2011 | 9 Comments

Internet Explorer, Google Chrome And Firefox Halloween ThemesThis is a guest post by Mark Subel.

It’s that time of year where the ghosts and goblins come out and we get ready for Halloween night. Kids are making last minute changes to their costume and parents haven’t yet figured out what they’re wearing to the Halloween party. Whatever the case, you won’t run out of options for dressing up your browser this Halloween season. Firefox, IE and Chrome users have a wealth of options for decorating their browsers this year with several amazing Halloween themes available online. Here are our favorite Halloween themes for your browser:
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Record Sum Paid Out In Chrome Bug Bounties

By | October 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

Record Sum Paid Out In Chrome Bug Bounties$26,511 were paid out by Google to researchers who made the search giant aware of some of the 18 Chrome vulnerabilities that were taken care of recently. 11 of the 18 vulnerabilities received the second highest rating on Google’s danger meter, namely “high,”  while three were classified as “medium” and another four were pegged as “low.”

The $26,511 were paid out to four researchers, two of which were Sergey Glazunov and “miaubiz” who earned $13,674 and $10,337 respectively. Being regular Chrome vulnerability finders, they account for 57% of all bug payments this year. An amount exceeding $170,000 in bounties has been paid out by Google so far for the year of 2011. Set more than two months ago, the previous bounty amounted to $17,000.
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Nokia Ditches Opera Web Browser

By | October 28, 2011 | 21 Comments

Nokia Ditches Opera Web Browser

Will use its own creation instead.

Nokia, the largest handset manufacturer in the world, is known to use the Opera Mini web browser in some of its products. However, things are about to change as with the launch of four new Series 40 devices, Nokia has decided to use its own web browser instead.
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