News tagged with browser software

Browser bypasses put Google in privacy cross hairs

Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services. ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HP to make webOS software public by September

Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September.

Technology / Software

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

NIST improves tool for hardening software against cyber attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This ...

Technology / Software

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US anti-trust oversight of Microsoft ends Thursday

Justice Department oversight of Microsoft is ending on Thursday, more than a decade after the US authorities filed an historic anti-trust lawsuit against the US software giant.

Technology / Business

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Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 (Update)

The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month.

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Mozilla unleashes sleek new Firefox Web browser

A fast, sleek new version of Firefox was released on Wednesday to vie Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and Google Chrome in the fiercely competitive market for Web browsing software.

Technology / Software

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 23

Microsoft upgrade to let phones connect to Xbox

(AP) -- Now that it has hooked up with Nokia phones, Microsoft hopes to connect its phone software to the Xbox this year too. It's also planning other improvements that include a faster Web browser and quicker switching ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google's Android tablet software inches closer

Google Inc. is getting closer to releasing a version of the Android software meant for tablet computers, one that will include a fresh look and updated Web browser and keyboard.

Technology / Software

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Cyber crooks out for LinkedIn members' bank accounts

Cisco on Monday warned that crooks have inundated LinkedIn with emails crafted to trick members of the career-oriented social networking service into downloading software that loots bank accounts.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft: Millions download freshly-launched Internet Explorer 9

Millions of people have downloaded Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) since Microsoft released the test version of its next-generation Web browser a week ago.

Technology / Software

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

IBM endorses Firefox as in-house Web browser

Technology giant IBM wants its workers around the world to use free, open-source Mozilla Firefox as their window into the Internet.

Technology / Software

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 6

Microsoft's newest Office goes on sale Tuesday

(AP) -- The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software will be available to consumers and small businesses starting Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Microsoft gets more aggressive with free software

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new edition of its Office programs to businesses Wednesday, and for the first time it's adding versions of Word and other programs that work in a Web browser and will be free for ...

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 4

New software design technique allows programs to run faster

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach to software development that will allow common computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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