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  Mozilla has launched a new beta of its Firefox browser for mobile phones. The Firefox 4 beta for Maemo and Android is built on the same platform as for the desktop and brings a lot of similar features. This release emphasizes on performance and responsiveness and features Electrolysis and Layers. Electrolysis makes the browser [...]

  Opera today confirmed that its Opera browser will come pre-loaded on Toshiba’s HbbTV supporting Regza VL and WV line of TVs. HbbTV is the latest standard in Europe that brings broadband and broadcast technology for an integrated experience. With the help of Opera browser, users will be able to enjoy strong support for web [...]

  Microsoft has released the first ever beta of its Internet Explorer 9 browser and after giving it a spin for some time, I must say, it’s worth the attention. Microsoft has not only worked under the hood but also on the outside. The result is a cleaner look, which is somewhat reminiscent to Chrome [...]

  Google’s Chrome browser has come a long way since its launch in 2008. Not only it has a faster startup, it also boasts an improved JavaScript engine, multi-process browser tabs and simplistic UI. Now to commemorate its 2 years in browser business, Google has released a stable version of Chrome. It is three times [...]

  Apple today announced an update to its Safari 5 that activates Safari Extensions. Apple introduced the Extension feature with Safari 5 and with the latest 5.0.1 update, users will be able to download various Extensions from the newly launched Extensions Gallery. The extensions are built on web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript and [...]

  Opera has released an update of its Opera Mini browser (v5.1) for Android devices. The world’s most used mobile browser now sheds its beta tag for Android phones and promises faster web browsing with improved performance. Opera Mini 5.1 now offers optimized page layout on Android phones with large screens. Furthermore, it has the [...]

  Opera has released a new version of its desktop browser. The software now stands at v10.60 making the browser faster than ever before along with loads of other improved features. Opera has revamped the design a little bit and is 50 percent faster than the previous versions thanks to an optimized Javascript engine. New [...]

  Microsoft has released third update of its IE9 Platform Preview. The Platform Preview gives you a glimpse of what’s coming to the latest iteration of Microsoft’s browser. Microsoft has added some new features in this update like the new Javascript engine known as Chakra, HTML5 with Canvas elements and the use of GPU-acceleration for [...]

  At the WWDC, Apple also announced an update to its web browser. The new Safari 5 is touted as the world’s fastest browser and comes with some new features to make both consumers and developers happy. Safari 5 includes the new Safari Reader that allows the user to read the multipage article in a [...]

  Google’s I/O Developer conference has kicked off in San Francisco and they’ve announced a Chrome Web Store or simply put, an app store for web apps. Developers can create their web apps using standard web tools and sell it in the store for a price. An advantage these web apps have is that in [...]

  Opera users on Mac can grab the latest build of one of the fastest browsers in the world. Opera says the new version 10.52 is 10 times faster than the previous v10.10 and has been customized greatly to suit Macintosh PCs. v10.52 integrates improved UI, Cocoa support, multi-touch trackpad gestures and Growl support. Additionally, [...]

  iPhone app developers generally come out only after they’ve been approved but here’s Opera whose issuing a release for submitting their Opera Mini application to the App Store. The approval is obviously on the mercy of Apple (which for now looks slim) but it seems Opera is trying to gain some media hype so [...]

  After a series of betas, Opera Software has released the final builds of their popular mobile browsers – Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10. These browsers tout compatibility with almost any phone in the market and bring a lot of enhancements to user’s web browsing experience. In addition to faster browsing speeds, the [...]

  Android users can now take advantage of faster browsing and bandwidth savings with the beta version of Opera Mini 5. With the help of Turbo, Opera can show users compressed pages that helps to save up to 90 percent of bandwidth and speed up web browsing. Opera Mini also comes with tabbed browsing, Speed [...]

  Norway-based Opera has released a native version of its most used Opera Mini browser. Native version means the new Opera Mini won’t require Java, which was a prerequisite for the browser to function properly. Opera Mini 5 is compatible with WinMo 5 and 6-based handsets and brings the same advantages of the Java version [...]