News tagged with browsers
India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools
India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop" -- a computing prototype that it aims to make available to students from elementary schools to universities.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 23, 2010 |
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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
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Firefox backs 'Do Not Track' with online stealth
As concern about online privacy grows, Mozilla is promising to let people cloak Internet activity in free Firefox Web browsing software being released early next year.
Dec 19, 2010 |
5 / 5 (21) |
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Google's SPDY will speed up downloads
(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Study linking browser choice and IQ level a hoax
In a truly bizarre case of what is both right and wrong with modern technology, a hoax has been uncovered regarding a story about a psychometric consulting company that had supposedly undertaken a study correlating ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Your web surfing history accessible via JavaScript: researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Web surfing history saved in your Web browser can be accessed without your permission. JavaScript code deployed by real websites and online advertising providers use browser vulnerabilities ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Superior 3D Graphics for the Web a Step Closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of improved three-dimensional graphics in Web-based applications took a step forward recently, when programmers began building WebGL into the Mozilla Firefox nightly builds, ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Google Chrome Browser dropping H.264 support
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google will soon stop supporting the H.264 video codec in their Chrome browser and will support its own WebM and Ogg Theora technologies.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Hackers expose weakness in visiting trusted sites
(AP) -- A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.
Aug 02, 2009 |
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Google and Mozilla take 'Do Not Track' steps (Update)
Mozilla and Google on Monday took steps toward giving people more online privacy but each said hurdles remain to creating simple "Do Not Track" buttons for Web browsing software.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Internet (Update 2)
(AP) -- The Web has changed a lot since Marc Andreessen revolutionized the Internet with the introduction of his Netscape browser in the mid-1990s. That's why he's betting people are ready to try a different Web-surfing ...
Nov 07, 2010 |
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Microsoft's browser sees notable decline in usage
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet browser lost a notable number of users during the last half of 2008, according to recently published data, a trend that underscores the growing competition in a market long dominated ...
Jan 04, 2009 |
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New technology displays math problems on browsers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technology developed with help from Project Euclid at Cornell University Library makes it possible to display complex mathematics problems on Web pages.
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Internet Explorer 8 is fast becoming the go-to browser
I generally don't care about Web browsers. I care about getting where I want to go on the Internet quickly and without hassle.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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KIDO'Z: Internet for Kids
(PhysOrg.com) -- When my son first started going to pre-school, I was surprised by the fact that there was a computer in the classroom. Aren't 3-year-olds a little young for this? However, the computer wasn't ...
May 18, 2009 |
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