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  In the past, Microsoft has been penalized heavily by the European Commission for thwarting browser competition by bundling IE along with Windows copies. Not to attract unwanted attention and further fine from the EU Commission, Microsoft decided to launch Windows 7 E Editions without the IE browser. However, just a month before the official [...]

  Sony’s PS3 console is about to get a new browser, if the report from PSInsider is to be believed. A source close to Sony hit them up claiming the Japanese multinational is in talks with Mozilla to port Firefox to the console. However, it’s not clear if both the companies have signed the dotted [...]

  Opera today launched a beta version of its most used mobile browser. The fifth iteration of Opera Mini brings in a lot of new features that tries to make your mobile internet browsing at par with desktop browsing, if not similar. The Mini browser is fast because of its compression technology but the new [...]

  You can now download the final build of Opera 10 Desktop browser. If you’ve used the beta versions of Opera 10, there’s not really much to tell but if you’re a first time user or jumping from v9.xx, the new version brings a lot to the table. A new UI, visual tabs, Opera Turbo, [...]

  Interesting news to start the day. Google today introduced its own operating system dubbed as Chrome OS. It’s not a full fledged OS to give Windows or Mac a run for its money but for computers that only know to do one thing – surf internet. Though Google is targeting netbooks for its new [...]

  Mozilla has finally released the 3.5 version of Firefox. The new build is the fastest Firefox ever built which brings in a lot of improvements like HTML5 support, integrated Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora support, faster Javascript rendering with TraceMonkey, improved Gecko engine, Geolocation, Private Browsing and much more. Download Firefox from here, you [...]

  Opera had been hyping about reinventing the web and it seems they have partially succeeded, with the introduction of its new Unite service. Unite is nothing but a gateway to multitude of services that sits nicely in the browser. With Unite enabled, a user can instantaneously share pictures, files, run a web server, stream [...]

  Look, what an antitrust charge does it to you. After being fined heftily by European Commission for abusing its monopolistic position, Microsoft wants to play it safe. They have announced not to bundle their IE8 browser along with the next iteration of Windows which will hit in October. “To ensure that Microsoft is in [...]

  Apple released the Safari 4 browser at the WWDC yesterday. Moving from beta, the final build sports the same Nitro engine that loads javascript up to 4.5 times faster, support for web standards like HTML 5, fully passes Acid3 test and different processes for plug-ins and browser making it crash resistive. Safari 4 also [...]

  Opera 9.7 Mobile beta is now available for Windows Mobile users. The new version brings in some nice improvements, most notably the Turbo (read how it works), Opera’s server-side solution to save bandwidth and also enable faster browsing. Other features include Presto 2.2 rendering engine and widgets support. You can watch the video to [...]

  Opera 10 has just moved to beta from alpha bringing in a lot of improvements. The UI has been given a makeover, resizeable visual tabs that shows full snapshots of the opened tabs, a up to 5×5 Speed Dial with changeable background image and Turbo. The new Opera 10 is 40 percent faster than [...]

  Google’s Chrome 2 is now available for public consumption after serving as a Beta for the last two months. The second stable version irons out over 300 bugs and updated the WebKit and JavaScript’s V8 engine. On the visible features front, it now has a form autofill option, full screen mode and the option [...]

  Users who have no issues trying beta builds can go ahead and download a copy of Firefox’s 3.5 beta 4. Amongst the improvements – there’s a Private Browsing Mode aka Porn mode, new enhanced Javascript engine, improved Gecko layout engine, support for new web technologies and much more. The beta is available for Windows, [...]

  I doubt if anyone knew this but on this day in 1994, Jon von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy wrote the first line of code of a browser we better know as Opera. Fast forward it to now, the Norwegian product has come a long way, effectively found in many devices we use on a [...]

  Smashing Magazine got hold on a pre-release copy of IE 8.1 and with the features it boasts, it is set to sweep all the browsers off its feet. Here are some noteworthy features: – Better Security – Improved Web Slices – Firefox Extensions Support (Wow!) – Acid3 Test: 71/100 – Fastest Javascript Engine – [...]