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Internet Explorer 9 beta

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta is a little rough in spots, but its improved performance makes it a solid upgrade.

Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 1

The first beta of Mozilla's new Firefox 4 browser has some rough edges, but it's off to a good start.

Apple Safari 5 browser

By far the most important addition Apple's Safari Web browser is the Safari Reader.

Opera 10.53

Opera 10.53 offers high-speed browsing thanks to fast JavaScript rendering and a Turbo mode, along with many customisation features

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (Release Candidate)

The Web browsing world is exciting again. Google's Chrome browser is faster than fast and there's serious thought that Internet Explorer may actually lose its top spot in the browser market-share wars.

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Internet Explorer 9: A visual tour

IE 9's main browser window takes minimalism to a new level.

Microsoft previews Internet Explorer 9

Windows recently released the latest preview of Internet Explorer 9, titled the Internet Explorer Platform Preview. It showcases some of the enhancements that IE9 will feature, including what HTML 5 capable of.

The Web browser turns 15: A look back

The Web browser turns 15 on Oct. 13, 2009 - a key milestone in the history of the Internet. That’s when the first commercial Web browser - eventually called Netscape Navigator - was released as beta code. While researchers including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and a team at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications created Unix browsers between 1991 and 1994, Netscape Navigator made this small piece of desktop software a household name.

News about web browsers

Mozilla to focus on minimizing desertions to Edge with new Windows 10 Firefox

Mozilla plans a campaign to stop or slow desertions from Firefox to Windows 10's new Edge browser because the OS's express setup changes previous defaults to Edge during an upgrade, according to published documents.

News Jul 21
Anything but IE: Microsoft searches for new browser's name

Microsoft yesterday confirmed that the new default browser in Windows 10 will not be named "Internet Explorer," essentially marking the end of a 20-year reign by the nameplate.

News Mar 18
13 features that make each Web browser unique

Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.

News May 02
Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads

Google on Tuesday said it will add malware download warnings to its Chrome browser.

News Apr 14
Three annoying things about Firefox 4 (and how to fix them)

Mozilla Firefox 4 offers a host of improvements compared to previous versions of the open source Web browser.

News Mar 24

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Tutorials about web browsers

Install the latest Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu Linux

Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it "provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.

Tutorials Jun 30
How to foil Web browser 'tabnapping'

A new, incredibly sneaky identity-theft tactic surfaced earlier this week when Mozilla's Aza Raskin, the creative lead of Firefox, unveiled what's become known as "tabnapping."

Tutorials May 27
Pimp my browser: How to get the most out of Firefox

Thanks to online video, Web apps, social networking, and so on, the humble Web browser is being pushed to do more and to do it faster. With a few simple tweaks and tools, you can improve your browsing experience and save yourself some time in the pro...

Tutorials Sep 04

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Features about web browsers

Internet Explorer 9: A visual tour

IE 9's main browser window takes minimalism to a new level.

Features Sep 17
Microsoft previews Internet Explorer 9

Windows recently released the latest preview of Internet Explorer 9, titled the Internet Explorer Platform Preview. It showcases some of the enhancements that IE9 will feature, including what HTML 5 capable of.

Features Aug 18
Which Web browser is best?

Of all the software on your PC, the Web browser may be the most important tool you use each day--but you may not give it much thought.

Features Aug 12
First look: Firefox 4 Beta 1 shines on HTML5

While it's impossible to sum up the thousands of enhancements and bug fixes both big and small, the Firefox 4 beta version brings the browser that much closer to taking over everything on the desktop. There are fewer reasons for anyone to interact wi...

Features Jul 09
Your Browser in Five Years

What will your <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/196496/browser_wars_are_back_the_downside_for_you.html">Web browser</a> look like in 2015? Five years doesn't always bring dramatic change to some technologies--today's desktop PC, for instance, ...

Features Jun 18