Microsoft squanders browser dominance in record time
An estimated 33 million users deserted Microsoft's browsers last month, pushing the company's browser strategy closer to the edge of irrelevancy.
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Opera offers iPhone users free VPN, with strings attached
Opera Software yesterday released a free VPN app for Apple's iOS.
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Mozilla fights to keep users with new Firefox for Windows 10
Mozilla today released a Windows 10 version of Firefox, making good on a pledge last month to get something in users' hands as soon as possible after the debut of the new OS.
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Opera browser maker up for sale
Directors of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said that they were considering selling the company and had hired bankers to help them explore options after the firm missed a second-quarter revenue forecast.
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Mozilla issues quick fix for Firefox zero-day bug
Mozilla yesterday updated its Firefox browser to patch a zero-day vulnerability being used to harvest passwords on Windows and Linux machines.
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Patch halt looms for half of all IE users
With just over four months left before Microsoft stops serving security updates to most versions of Internet Explorer (IE) other than IE11, nearly half of all IE users are still running a soon-to-be-retired edition, new data released Saturday showed.
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Mozilla slams Microsoft over Windows 10's default browser switcheroo
Mozilla yesterday went public with its complaint about Windows 10 resetting the default browser, calling it "disturbing" and demanding that it "undo its aggressive move to override user choice."
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Mozilla CEO blasts Microsoft over Windows 10 defaults
Mozilla CEO Chris Beard has blasted Microsoft in a pair of posts to the organization's blog, arguing that Windows 10's default browser settings are a "dramatic step backwards" for respecting user choice.
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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.
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Mozilla to pick up Firefox release pace, ship version 'soon' for Windows 10
Mozilla will accelerate the release of new features for its Firefox browser, dumping its current 18-week development schedule for something nimbler, a company manager told contributors last week.
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Google recants, restores old UI to Chrome bookmarks manager
Google last week retreated after Chrome users revolted against a change in the browser, saying that it's given up on a radical redesign of the bookmarks manager.
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Mozilla restarts work on multi-process Firefox
After years of spinning its wheels, Mozilla recently stepped up work on separating page rendering from content in Firefox to make the browser more secure and more stable.
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Google promises power reduction in Chrome on the Mac
Google last week promised to lower the power appetite of Chrome on the Mac to make its browser more competitive with Apple's Safari.
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Apple now charges Safari extension developers for distribution
Developers who build extensions for Safari will have to choose between paying Apple and having their browser add-ons pulled from the company's extension gallery later this year, thanks to policy changes the company announced Monday.
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Microsoft's update IE mandate pushes people to Chrome
Rather than follow Microsoft's mandate to update older editions of Internet Explorer (IE) by January, a significant chunk of IE's users switched to Google's Chrome browser instead, data released Monday showed.
