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  • Google plugs Chrome browser into IE

    Google released an Internet Explorer plug-in on Tuesday designed to let Microsoft's browser use the features and performance of Google's own Chrome browser.

  • Microsoft unveils web Office preview

    Microsoft has unveiled a technical preview of its newly christened Microsoft Office Web Apps services.

  • Application virtualisation hits handsets

    VMware is in the early stages of embedding its technology in a range of smartphones, enabling them to connect to PCs and run applications that were designed for other mobile phones.

  • Mozilla switches on Firefox 3.5 update

    A month and a half after Mozilla issued a significant update to its open-source web browser, the organisation has begun encouraging users of Firefox 3 to install version 3.5.

  • Chrome, Safari taking browser share

    Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari web browsers have continued to steal market share from their much larger rivals Internet Explorer and Firefox over the past six months, according to internal ZDNet.com.au statistics.

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    Fixing Firefox 3.6's tab blunder

    I've been playing around with a beta build of Firefox's 3.6 browser for some time, and while it's been completely stable, its new tab behaviour has annoyed me.

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Even the giants make mistakes

    Next time you begin to berate yourself for making that awfully stupid coding mistake remember that it happens to the best and biggest of us and happy sysadmin day.

  • 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 marketing: MS takes the low road

    Microsoft's current Internet Explorer 8 marketing push continues to leave a bad lingering aftertaste.

  • 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.

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  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • McAfee Total Protection 2010: Photo gallery

    McAfee Total Protection 2010 is the latest in McAfee's security stable to offer all the bells, whistles and options that the company can squeeze into one security suite. This program is nothing if not extensive, as the following screenshots show.

  • Office 2010 Technical Preview: A first look

    As Microsoft unveils the next version of its flagship Office suite, we ask: is it revolution or evolution?

  • Norton Internet Security 2010 beta: Screenshots

    This week Symantec made beta versions of its flagship Norton Internet Security 2010 and Antivirus 2010 products available for testing. We put NIS 2010 through its paces to see how it stacks up.

  • Norton Antivirus: When did it get good?

    It seems that thinning down your application for greater performance has finally caught on, and bloat is being stripped away. This year's surprise contender: Norton.

Videos (12)

  • 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.

  • Can Chrome give Internet Explorer a run for its money?

    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Senior Editor Sam Diaz about the perks and pitfalls of the newly released browser from Google. Diaz also reveals why Sergey Brin is bugging the Chrome team on a daily basis.

  • Looking forward to IE8

    Michael Kordahi talks about IE8 and the new features it contains.

  • 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.

  • MacBook Air alternatives

    Apple's groovy, new laptop isn't for everyone. Try these other high-end options to find the your perfect portable computer.

Reviews (452)

  • How effective is endpoint security?

    Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.

  • HP ProBook 4310s

    If you find that the price is right and you are only planning on doing menial tasks, you could do a lot worse than the HP ProBook.

  • AVG Internet Security 9.0

    The feature-rich versions of popular security program AVG have been updated, with AVG Technologies claiming faster scan times, faster boot times and other under-the-hood improvements.

  • Google Wave

    Developers make good stress testers, and the initial Wave service has had a lot of testing in the last few months. We take a ride on the wave, which should be opening to a wider beta program at the end of September.

  • ViewSonic VNB101

    The netbook market is so tight, you need some sort of competitive advantage to stand above the crowd. ViewSonic brings a standard netbook with two negatives instead poor battery life and a bad touchpad.

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