Weekly Browsers Recap, May 31st

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• Windows Phone 7 to Feature Upgradeable Internet Explorer
With many mobile web browser choices floating around, Internet Explorer is certainly not one of them.

• Synchronize Between Firefox and iPhone with Firefox Home
Mozilla has recently announced an upcoming project that is “Firefox Home”.

• Google Releases Chrome 5 Stable
Few days ago, Google has released the final version of Google Chrome 5 web browser, tagged as version 5.0.375.55, for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Read more

Weekly Browsers Recap, March 29th

• Introducing IE9’s User Agent String
• Browser ballot already hurting Internet Explorer market share
• Firefox gets a boost from browser choice in Europe
• Memory Fox
• Visualizing Usage of the Firefox Menu Bar
• Contacts in the Browser
• Firefox mobile beta for Android coming in 2010
• Google Chrome to do away with unique IDs
• Google Chrome 5 Beta
• Introducing the ANGLE Project
• Opera Mini for iPhone speed test
• Microsoft to extend Silverlight for Mac?
• Camino and the 2010 Google Summer of Code
• Maxthon Extends Isolator Protection to Page Crashes

Thanks to Ichan, mabdul and Nox for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, March 1st

• IE tag – Take Two
• Documenting Standards in IE
• Microsoft investigating new Internet Explorer vulnerability in Windows XP
• Microsoft plays dirty against other browsers in Russia
• Firefox Mobile Browser Fennec Spotted on Android
• External Text Editing in Firefox
• The Downfall of Personas
• Coming Soon To Chrome: Extensions That Can Alter Your Browsing History
• Google Chrome Tip: Recovering closed tabs
• Zero-days flaws surface in Apple Safari
• Opera Mini Server Upgrade to 4.16.916
• Browser history hijack + social networks = lost anonymity
• Camino 2.0.2 Released

Thanks to mabdul and Nox for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, November 23rd

• IE8 bug makes ’safe’ sites unsafe
• MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE
• Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding
• Firefox 3.6 locks down component directory – Update
• Security vulnerabilities in add-ons imperil Firefox users
• Google set to promote Chrome extensions
• Opera widgets without Opera…
• WebKit nightlies support HTML5 noreferrer link relation
• Camino 2 adds tab overview, phishing and malware protection
• Update on Camino 2 crashes

Thanks to Nox and mabdul for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, November 2nd

• Security fixes, JavaScript update bog down Internet Explorer 8
• Light the World with Firefox
• 3+ Awesome Ways to Make Sense of FireFox Tabs
• Beware the Fake Google Chrome OS Download
• Google sued for Courgette updates for Chrome web browser
• Opera Unite: Application of the Week
• Browser speed comparison – HTC HD2 vs Acer neoTouch vs iPhone 3GS
• Camino 2 Release Candidate Available for Download
• Flock Releases Spanish Language Web Browser

Thanks to Nox for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, September 28th

• Firefox 3.6 provides easier support with about:support
• Google barks back at Microsoft over Chrome Frame security
• Contest to Redesign Google (and Unofficial Google Theme Directory)
• Opera Unite Apps are coming ever closer…
• Opera urges EU exec not to rush Microsoft case
• Browser makers complain about Microsoft’s ballot-screen fix
• Camino 2 Beta 4 adds phishing protection
• Cross Browser Compatibility Testing (shareware software)
• One web, CSS3, and HTML5 (video)

Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks, Mabdul, Nox and Trygve Lie for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, September 21st

• Microsoft Internet Explorer SSL security hole lingers
• Electrolysis Firefox builds are now available
• Firefox Windows Theme Project (Progress Report) #4
• WebGL in Firefox Nightly Builds
• Mozilla speeds Firefox development
• Can Chrome Shake Up the Browser Market?
• Browser Wars Mobile Edition: Opera Mini 5 Beta on the Blackberry Storm
• Camino 2.0 Beta 4 Released
• Maxthon Releases Version 2.5.8 of Browser

Thanks to Nox and Shane Bundy for links.

Phishing and Malware Protection Comes to Camino

Starting from August 11th, nightly builds of Camino web browser now includes integrated phishing and malware protection.

The following feature is based on Google Safe Browsing service which is being used by Firefox, Chrome and Safari web browsers as well.

As for their competitors, Opera is using Netcraft, PhishTank and Haute Secure services while Internet Explorer has its own SmartScreen Filter.

Camino 1.6.8 Released

The latest Camino version 1.6.8 has been released to address a couple of bugs as well as improve user experience with improved ad blocking and updated Gecko rendering engine.

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Webware 100 (Browsing) – The Finalists

If you would like to support your favorite web browser by voting at cNET Webware 100, feel free to do that now.

Poll includes the following browsers: Camino, Firefox, Flock, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8, Lunascape, Maxthon, Opera, Safari, Skyfire and WebKit.

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