"browsers" news, interviews, and features

Slideshows about browsers

In Pictures: A visual history of Netscape Navigator

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Netscape Navigator's release this week, let's take a look back at the rise and demise of the browser that introduced many to the World Wide Web.

In Pictures: A visual history of Netscape Navigator
In Pictures: First look (and listen) - Firefox 25

Firefox's new support for HTML5's Web audio feature steals the show

In Pictures: First look (and listen) - Firefox 25
In Pictures: Yahoo Chief Marissa Mayer’s first year

Acquisitions, culture change have kept Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer busy

In Pictures: Yahoo Chief Marissa Mayer’s first year
In Pictures: The 10 most important milestones in Web browser history

Okay, say you have this shiny new car. It looks great, it performs like a demon, it features all the latest safety gadgets, and it's crawling with creature comforts. Just one problem, though. The local tinkerer, clearly consumed by jealousy, comes by sometime during the night to disassemble the entire thing.

In Pictures: The 10 most important milestones in Web browser history
In Pictures: 10 things to know about Firefox 17

A brief look at what’s new in Mozilla’s latest browser.

In Pictures: 10 things to know about Firefox 17
In Pictures: Firefox 17

We take a look at the latest version of Mozilla's browser

In Pictures: Firefox 17

Microsoft squanders browser dominance in record time

Loses nearly 200M Internet Explorer users so far this year
Opera offers iPhone users free VPN, with strings attached

Ads almost certain; Opera will sell anonymized user data
Mozilla fights to keep users with new Firefox for Windows 10

Mozilla has released a Windows 10 version of Firefox, making good on a pledge last month to get something in users' hands quickly.
Opera browser maker up for sale

Directors of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said that they were considering selling the company
Mozilla issues quick fix for Firefox zero-day bug

Mozilla has updated its Firefox browser to patch a zero-day vulnerability being used to harvest passwords on Windows and Linux machines.
Patch halt looms for half of all IE users

Microsoft's Spartan browser vs. the rest: How will it stack up?

Microsoft's upcoming Spartan browser is set to be the first big new release in the desktop browser market for quite some time, upsetting a tentative ...
WebRTC close to tipping point as Cisco, Microsoft announce products

Announcements by Cisco and Microsoft this week may signal that the WebRTC project Google released in 2011 for web-based communications apps might be ready for ...
Get to know iOS 8: Five convenient new tricks in Safari

The changes aren't radical, but they do add some extra flexibility and convenience to browing the web on your iPad and iPhone
How Google's I/O moves measure up to what Apple offers

But here was nothing that'll cause a parade of iPhone and iPad users to swap their devices for the Android counterparts
13 killer Chrome apps to replace your desktop software

Can you get all your work done without ever leaving your Web browser?
With shopping scams on the rise, watch for these threats

An overview of common holiday shopping attacks, and tips for a safe, secure online shopping experience.