New Opera Web browser offers more tab options

Web browsers from the Norwegian company Opera Software ASA have been better known for their innovation than their usage.

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Small-screen browsers get bigger role

Maybe “mobile Web browsing” should be called “mobile Web squinting” considering what it takes to view the Internet using a cell phone. Yet, largely because of Apple’s iPhone and other smartphones such as the BlackBerry and Palm, more users are checking the Internet this way, and the importance of those browsers are growing.

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Google shifts Chrome browser out of test mode

Google Inc. is shifting its Web browser out of test mode just 100 days after its debut, an unusually quick transition for a company known for keeping the "beta" tag on some products for years.

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Google polishes product line with Chrome browser

The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.

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Firefox 3 browser downloads strong in first day

The new version of the Firefox Web browser was downloaded more than 8 million times in the first 24 hours it was available, the software's developers said Wednesday.

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Firefox 3 browser downloads strong in first day

In just five hours, the new version of the Firefox Web browser had as many downloads as its predecessor got during its entire first day, the software's developers say.

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Social Web browser Flock out with new test version

Developers of a "social" Web browser called Flock have released a new test version.

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Feature in new Opera browser addresses portability

A new Web browser from Norway's Opera Software ASA addresses Internet users' growing tendency to use multiple computers and devices.

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Firefox 3 Web browser is now out as free download

The new version of the Firefox Web browser became available as a free download Tuesday.

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Opera Opens New Round in Browser Battles

Web browser developer Opera Software ASA asked European regulators Thursday to force Microsoft Corp. to give users a choice of Internet software with its Windows operating system.

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Firefox Share Gains Slightly in Study

Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent of the U.S. market on a typical weekday, according to research by WebSideStory.

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Microsoft Releases New IE Web Browser

Microsoft Corp. is giving its Web browser software its first major upgrade in years, amid signs that Internet Explorer's market share is eroding.

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Microsoft Releases Near-Finished Browser

Microsoft Corp. released a near-final version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser Thursday, and the company said the free Web-surfing software is on track for completion by the end of the year.

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Internet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditional program.

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Not only does the home tab page on the new builds of Chromium (and the dev builds of Chrome) feature not-yet-turned-on links to what looks to be an extensions gallery, but there are plenty of references (and pictures) in the Chromium boards as to what Google is planning with exte …

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Fastest Browser?

As you all know, I had computer problems a few weeks ago. Now that it has magically fixed itself, I would like your opinion of browsers. I currently use Sahara, but I've used Firefox and, of course, IE in the past.

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POLITICAL power is rarely ceded without good reason.

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The game speaks for itself.

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Tweaks to an offer by Microsoft to plug rival web browsers alongside its own Internet Explorer on new computers sold in Europe saw Brussels edge closer on Wednesday to ending an epic competition probe.

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The Opera 10 browser is now ready to download for Windows, and Mac, and Linux, three months after the beta first emerged (hands-on Opera 10 beta review).

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Earlier today Robin Wauters posted about Yahoo's advertorial promotion of IE8 across Yahoo sites. "Get The New, Safer IE8," says the message, which Robin viewed via Firefox 3.

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Mozilla has released the first alpha of Firefox 3.6. Ars takes a look at the new features, such as CSS gradients.

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Ever since the new Firefox 3.5 came out about a month ago, I've been using it as my main browser. Generally I am very happy with it.

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Mozilla's Firefox browser is about to hit a major milestone: 1 billion total downloads. As you can see on this Twitter account set up to monitor the download numbers, it just crossed the 999,000,000 threshold earlier today.

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Just a hilarious piece from cracked.com of new possible personality disorders caused by the internet and their reasons. I'm sure many newsvine readers would relate (I think I have problems 4 or 5! Who knows I could have problem number 2 as well!)...;)!

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The pace at which Mozilla works can seem insane. It was less than a month ago when the the company released Firefox 3.5. Only three weeks later, Firefox (Firefox) posted screenshots of Firefox 3.7, which includes a change to the Tools bar and an Embracing Glass design.

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BOXES lined the cubicles and hallways in the offices of Mozilla on a recent afternoon, and its chief executive, John Lilly, seemed a bit disoriented as he looked for a place to sit.

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Responding to widespread carping, Microsoft has made it less likely that Internet Explorer 8 will become the default browser against the user's wishes.

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Despite it success, the open-source browser maker finds itself in an all familiar situation: fighting the odds on multiple fronts. Unlike the past when it had to contend just with Microsoft, Mozilla's competition has grown many fold.

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The new browser wars are on. More than a decade after Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer, competition in the browser market has never been stronger. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 3.5, which has now been downloaded nearly 14 million times.

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Mozilla's security patch is expected to rock up in the next few weeks. It will kill at least three bugs and "topcrashes" that remain present in the latest iteration of the popular Internet Explorer rival.

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MacMagazine has released a tutorial on how to enable multi-touch gestures in Firefox 3.5. The gestures allow users to alternate tabs via twisting.

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Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5 into the wild. Not surprisingly, it's flying off the virtual shelves. And unlike when Mozilla released Firefox 3.0 last year, its servers are staying up and reliable, so the rate of downloads is pretty incredible.

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Firefox 3.5 brings the world's second-most popular browser up to speed with current browsing technology and trends, and perhaps nudges it just a bit ahead of the competition.

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Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3.5, the next major version of its popular open source Web browser. Ars takes a close look at the new version and evaluates its enhancements.

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Later this week we will be shipping the first Release Candidate build of Firefox 3.5, which is currently in the process of being evaluated by our exceptional QA team and testing community. This also means that we are now ready to finalize the design of the new Firefox icon.

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Opera may be reinventing the web next week, but in the meantime the browser wars continue to rage on. Apple has come out with a news release claiming its latest browser, Safari 4, has topped 11 million downloads in the first three days of its release.

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We've heard the phrase 'reinventing the web' too many times already, so we're wary of Opera's claims, but this made us curious anyhow.

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