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  • September 2008

    • Yahoo's Next Move: Third-Party Content

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Sep 12, 08 12:04 PM CDT

      Yahoo's Next Move: Third-Party Content

      (Newser) - After struggling through months of takeover battles and sagging stock prices, Yahoo says it’s working to become a web destination for users rather than simply a jumping-off point, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. It plans to add third-party content and newly developed applications on a new Yahoo home page, allowing users to access sites like Netflix without leaving. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Jerry Yang  • Craigslist  • web browser  • Netflix

    • Chrome Is 'Smart, Innovative'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 2, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Chrome Is 'Smart, Innovative'

      (Newser) - Google's innovative new browser Chrome could unseat Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but the beta version lacks some important features, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal . Chrome introduces the "Omnibox," a combination search box and address bar, as well as tabs that operate as self-contained browsers. However, its spare design sacrifices common tools such as bookmark management and a progress bar. More »

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      Microsoft  • Wall Street Journal  • web browser  • Internet Explorer  • tech review  • Google Chrome

    • Google to Launch Web Browser

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 1, 08 4:36 PM CDT

      Google to Launch Web Browser

      (Newser) - Google will soon launch its own Web browser, called Chrome, aiming to make web surfing easier and faster, the Wall Street Journal reports. The announcement is the latest volley in the long battle between Microsoft and Google, which released the news by sending a comic book outlining Chrome's features to a blog that follows the company. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Firefox  • web browser  • Mozilla  • Google Chrome

  • August 2008

    • Browser Solves Some Social Networking Poblems

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 7, 08 3:45 PM CDT

      Browser Solves Some Social Networking Poblems

      (Newser) - The web browser Flock is designed to ease multitasking for highly active web users, and it  mostly succeeds, writes Walter S. Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal . Billed as “the social Web browser,” Flock gives users a sidebar with feeds for email, and social networking, photo, video, or news sites. The sidebar is always visible next to the page in the main browser window. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • YouTube  • social networking  • Firefox  • web browser  • multitask

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Mash Up the Internet: Tool Makes Web Editable

      CNET  |  Apr 22, 08 12:53 PM CDT

      Mash Up the Internet: Tool Makes Web Editable

      (Newser) - Want to chart real estate listings on a Google map? A free browser extension from Intel can do that and more. Intel Mash Maker, released in beta today, lets users edit Web pages and combine information from different sites using widgets. Users can copy existing widgets from an Intel gallery, adjust them to work on different sites, or write their own, reports CNet. More »

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      Internet  • Intel  • web browser  • widget

    • Among New Browsers, Firefox Bests Safari and IE

      PC World  |  Apr 14, 08 6:17 PM CDT

      Among New Browsers, Firefox Bests Safari and IE

      (Newser) - Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft are in the final stages of developing new versions of their Web browsers, and Firefox 3 is the winner over spyware-susceptible Safari 3.1 and work-in-progress IE 8. The new Mozilla product has outstanding memory management and speed, boasts great groundbreaking bookmark features, and is impressively secure, Erik Larkin writes in PC World . More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • Internet security  • Firefox  • web browser  • Internet Explorer  • Mozilla  • Safari  • computer memory

  • March 2008

    • Google Sky Freed From Google Earth

      InformationWeek  |  Mar 14, 08 8:10 PM CDT

      Google Sky Freed From Google Earth

      (Newser) - Not only can stargazers store their telescopes, but now they can put away some of their software, too. Google has freed its Sky program from the Google Earth software, and computer-screen galaxy-watching can now be done simply via web browser. “This release makes Sky accessible to just about anyone with an Internet connection,” one Google rep tells InformationWeek. More »

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      Google  • lawsuit  • web browser  • Google Earth  • Google Sky

    • Speedier Firefox Aims to Lead the Way

      PC World  |  Mar 13, 08 3:31 PM CDT

      Speedier Firefox Aims to Lead the Way

      (Newser) - Early tests have found Mozilla's latest version of Firefox is much speedier than earlier versions and it runs rings around its rivals, PC World reports. One blogger found Firefox 3 Beta 4 was nearly twice as fast as Safari and Opera, and the Beta 4 version, and three times faster than Explorer. Mozilla's head of development said the company is tweaking Firefox  to make "really heavy-duty applications" run faster. More »

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      Firefox  • web browser  • Internet Explorer  • Mozilla  • Opera  • Safari  • Internet applications

  • December 2007

    • AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Browser

      CNET  |  Dec 28, 07 7:14 PM CST

      AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Browser

      (Newser) - AOL today announced that it will discontinue support and development of its Netscape Navigator browser, a program that first introduced many to the Internet when it launched 13 years ago. But, CNET's Stephen Shankland writes, Microsoft's Internet Explorer ate into market share for Netscape, which was bought by AOL—which in turn spun off the Mozilla Foundation and its popular Firefox browser. More »

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      Internet  • AOL  • Firefox  • web browser  • World Wide Web  • Netscape

  • November 2007

    • Firefox 3.0 Beta Unleashed

      PC World  |  Nov 20, 07 10:12 PM CST

      Firefox 3.0 Beta Unleashed

      (Newser) - Mozilla has rolled out a beta version of its Firefox 3.0 browser, PC World reports. The new version boasts added security and a host of new features - all of which it wants user feedback on while it's in beta, before the final release. The way Firefox manages browsing history has also been revamped, and memory leakage issues are said to have been fixed. More »

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      Internet  • Firefox  • web browser  • web surfing

  • June 2007

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