News (1018)

  • CIOs not testing Chrome

    Despite the hype, it seems few IT departments are testing Google's recently launched Web browser Chrome yet.

  • Microsoft tweaks browser to avoid liability

    Microsoft is changing the way its Web browser handles certain controls in an effort to shield itself from liability in an ongoing patent spat with a start-up backed by the University of California.

  • IM worm installs 'safe' Web browser

    A new instant messaging worm installs a rogue Web browser called "Safety Browser" and hijacks the user's Internet Explorer home page, experts have warned.

  • Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update

    Microsoft plans to automatically push Internet Explorer 7 to Windows XP users when the browser update is ready later this year.

  • Opera casts off legacy code for speed

    Opera, the self-described "fastest browser on earth," has decided to jettison its legacy code in favor of something a little faster.

Blogs (9)

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Google Wave to miss IE6

    Turns out that the "developer preview" of Google's latest creation, Google Wave, is not as open as one would expect, with the preview only being open to attendees of Google's I/O conference but there is another way to see it in action. And forget wanting to use IE6 with it.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Is Google asking for antitrust?

    Google has announced a new Chrome Operating System, designed for the web and with a browser baked directly into it so much so that the entire OS is named after it. But the search giant should watch out: this decision seems designed to attract antitrust attention.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    IE8 roll-out will finally kill IE6

    Microsoft has announced that from next week, it will begin deploying its Internet Explorer 8 browser to the majority of users via Automatic Update and there was much rejoicing and a feeling of relief.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    IE8 needs Canvas support

    IE may be the quickest browser to load pages, but this is not a 100m dash; seems like someone has forgotten to tell Microsoft that there is another 300m of JavaScript to go until this race is over.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Firefox is still king for developers

    Firefox is still king when it comes to daily work on the tubes, despite the steady increase in the buzz surrounding the open-source Webkit project, on which Safari and Google Chrome are based.

Features and Case Studies (202)

  • 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.

  • Apples vs apples: Chrome takes on beta browsers

    The internet has exploded in a single, joyous, mass-hallucination called Chrome. Apparently it's the fastest browser ever and will solve a myriad of problems from slowness within Google Spreadsheet to possibly creating an acceptable carbon trading scheme.

  • Photos: First Look at IE8

    We take a look inside the new beta of IE8 that was released to developers today.

  • Mozilla: More bugs mean Firefox is more secure

    The Mozilla Foundation is perhaps best known for its Firefox web browser, an open source offering that was first developed to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

  • Opera challenges Microsoft

    Opera Software has challenged Microsoft to develop a browser which adheres to standards but will Microsoft take it up?

Videos (3)

  • Will Web users flock to Flock?

    On "Working Webware," ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Webware editor Rafe Needleman sit down with Flock CEO Shawn Hardin to find out about the company's social media browser, its role in the open-source community, and how it plans to compete against rivals Microsoft and Mozilla. Farber and Needleman also analyze the company's odds for success and Flock's fate in the next-generation browser wars.

  • Is Microsoft learning from its Web standards mistakes?

    Microsoft has learned some very serious lessons when it comes to complying with Web standards after taking heavy criticism from the industry and, more importantly, a beating in the browser market share.

  • Internet Explorer 8

    Internet Explorer 8 takes some long-needed strides to bring it up to speed with its competitors. It's more secure, with tab sandboxing and more aggressive malicious site warnings, and introduces some slick new features like Accelerators and Web slices. Even with better support for web standards, it's far from perfect.

Reviews (359)

  • Tech doesn't buoy Netscape browser

    Despite new technology, Netscape continues to lose ground to Internet Explorer, which now has well over 90 percent of the market.

  • Mozilla pulls latest browser downloads

    Mozilla has pulled downloads of its open-source Web browser after discovering a bug that cripples dynamic HTML coding on some sites, according to the AOL Time Warner-backed group.

  • Opera Public Beta 7: Spirited fighter

    The for-pay Opera comes out with a new public beta of version 7. Will it rekindle the browser war? We take a sneak peek at the preview version.

  • Opera casts off legacy code for speed

    Opera, the self-described "fastest browser on earth," has decided to jettison its legacy code in favor of something a little faster.

  • Border patrol for Internet Explorer

    A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.

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