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(AP) -- More than 100 million Europeans will get to pick a Web browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines - a move that could represent a real thawing of long-standing tensions between the software company and the European Union. http://www.physorg.com/news180166472.html Technology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:19:18 EST news180166472 Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome Web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines. http://www.physorg.com/news179518449.html Technology Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:20:18 EST news179518449 (PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, 2009. Google is a platinum sponsor of the conference. An extensions site was unveiled a couple of weeks ago, but only for the use of developers. http://www.physorg.com/news179392670.html Technology Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:18:33 EST news179392670 The worst thing about losing your laptop isn't the cost of replacing your gear; it's the loss of personal info and saved passwords. Firefox extension FireFound tracks your lost laptop's location and nukes your personal data in a few clicks. http://www.physorg.com/news179152943.html Technology Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:50:01 EST news179152943 (PhysOrg.com) -- The web browser Opera 10.10 has been released as a stable version, and it has a number of new features to enhance the browsing experience, including "Unite", which is a group of applications for sharing music, photos and other files. http://www.physorg.com/news178270915.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:46:17 EST news178270915 (AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster. http://www.physorg.com/news177868136.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:49:39 EST news177868136 Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered mobile computer. With the Linux-based Maemo platform and with multiple ways to connect to the Internet, the Nokia N900 enables users to be online as it happens with a powerful computer in the palm of their hands. http://www.physorg.com/news177778483.html Electronics Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:20:02 EST news177778483 (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 and enable Web pages to download up to twice as fast. http://www.physorg.com/news177581905.html Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:06 EST news177581905 A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data. http://www.physorg.com/news176401722.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:29:50 EST news176401722 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by Martin Rinard, a professor of computer science at MIT, have developed new software that automatically patches errors in deployed software in a matter of minutes. http://www.physorg.com/news176040735.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:12:53 EST news176040735 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. issued a record number of security patches for its software Tuesday as part of its regular monthly update. http://www.physorg.com/news174670516.html Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:45 EST news174670516 A US technology company which won a patent case against software giant Microsoft filed suit on Tuesday against nearly two dozen other high-profile firms accusing them of violating the same patent. http://www.physorg.com/news174069684.html Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:58 EST news174069684 (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, and into WebKit, which is used in Google Chrome and Apple's Safari browser. http://www.physorg.com/news172825380.html Technology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:03:32 EST news172825380 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu. http://www.physorg.com/news172333038.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:30:02 EST news172333038 Facebook says more than 65 million people around the world now regularly use a mobile device to access the social network, more than triple the number who connected through a smart-phone or other mobile device nine months ago. http://www.physorg.com/news171825678.html Technology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:30:01 EST news171825678 Verizon Wireless and Nokia introduce the Nokia 7705 Twist, a fun phone with a unique square shape that swivels open to reveal a full QWERTY keypad. The phone's shortcut buttons provide quick access to messaging, the 3.0 megapixel camera, Web browsing, V CAST Music with Rhapsody, voice commands, and speakerphone options. http://www.physorg.com/news171815925.html Electronics Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:30 EST news171815925 Sony said Tuesday that its Vaio-brand computers sold in the United States would have Google's Chrome as their default Internet browser, boosting the search engine giant's fight against rival Microsoft. http://www.physorg.com/news171007421.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news171007421 Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news170931367.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:57:47 EST news170931367 (AP) -- Verizon Wireless is looking into ways to prevent subscribers without data plans from accidentally starting up the Web browser on their phones and racking up $1.99 in fees each time. http://www.physorg.com/news170521510.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:20:06 EST news170521510 More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues. A new study co-authored by a researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found that the practices of many popular social networking sites typically make that personal information available to companies that track Web users' browsing habits and allow them to link anonymous browsing habits to specific people. http://www.physorg.com/news170345266.html Technology Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:08:36 EST news170345266 Wikipedia said it has released an iPhone application as part of a drive to open the pages of its revered online encyclopedia to the booming ranks of smart phone users. http://www.physorg.com/news169959011.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:50:41 EST news169959011 Microsoft is touting freshly-launched Internet Explorer 8 as its champion in the competitive Web browser arena, urging holdouts to upgrade from earlier versions of the software. http://www.physorg.com/news169470998.html Technology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:40:02 EST news169470998 Microsoft said it would not separate its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser from versions of Windows 7 shipped to the European Union when the new operating system launches worldwide in October. http://www.physorg.com/news168498452.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:40:01 EST news168498452 (AP) -- A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust. http://www.physorg.com/news168412026.html Technology Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:10:02 EST news168412026 Mozilla announced Friday that it had passed one billion downloads of Firefox, its Web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer. http://www.physorg.com/news168280974.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:30:02 EST news168280974 Microsoft released a security patch on Tuesday aimed at preventing hackers from exploiting a vulnerability in its Web browser, Internet Explorer. http://www.physorg.com/news168071508.html Technology Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:32:24 EST news168071508 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of rival Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators and Microsoft said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news167664050.html Technology Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:40:02 EST news167664050 (AP) -- Intel Corp. has had a near lock on supplying processors for netbooks - the cheap, tiny laptops that are the biggest hit in the computer market these days. Now there's an alternative from a Taiwanese competitor, Via Technologies Inc. It might be time to leave your Intel-powered comfort zone. http://www.physorg.com/news166881891.html Electronics Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:05:29 EST news166881891 Get your hot, fresh Web browser from Firefox. http://www.physorg.com/news165752834.html Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:28:25 EST news165752834 It's been a long time coming, but the humble Web browser is finally entering a golden age. Some 20 years after creation of the World Wide Web and more than 10 years after Microsoft crushed Netscape, the browser market has become increasingly dynamic. Not only are a range of competitors vying for the turf that Microsoft's Internet Explorer once had almost to itself, but they also are spurring an increasingly rapid cycle of innovation. http://www.physorg.com/news165692536.html Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:43:33 EST news165692536