Posts Tagged ‘browser’

Firefox 4 beta 5 beefs up video, audio, security features

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Tuesday evening, Mozilla pushed out the fifth beta of its Firefox 4 Web browser. With this update, improvements to the browser’s audio, video, and security have been added. Two weeks ago, the Beta 4 release of Firefox 4 included new features to help users get organized,...
September 8th, 2010 | Hardware, Security, Software | Read More

Developer Preview of Chrome Web Store Now Available

The Google Chrome Web Store is now open to developers. The developer preview means that developers have a fair amount of time to acquaint themselves with important aspects of the web store ahead of its public launch later this year. They can begin uploading apps through the Google Chrome Extensions...
August 20th, 2010 | Hardware | Read More

How To: Make Cheap Phone Calls with VOIP

One of the topics we get asked about most often is VoIP (short for Voice over Internet Protocol), or Internet telephony. VoIP refers to any service that lets you make “phone calls” online. A lot of people have heard that you can make calls for cheap or even for free using VoIP, but they’ve got...
August 19th, 2010 | Hardware, Software | Read More

Microsoft’s last preview of IE9 before beta improves speed, standards compatibility

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Just shy of one month before Internet Explorer 9 is expected to launch in beta, Microsoft Wednesday released the fourth and final IE9 platform preview. The release is meant to give developers and designers an opportunity to observe the enhancements to the Internet Explorer...
August 5th, 2010 | Software | Read More

Internet Explorer Gains Market Share for Third Consecutive Month

For the third straight month, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer trended upwards in browser market share, doing so largely at the expense of Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser, according to Net Applications. Internet Explorer gained 0.42 percent in July, and now commands 60.74 percent of the browser...
August 2nd, 2010 | Software | Read More

Apple patches Safari AutoFill security flaw, adds extension support

By Ed Oswald, Betanews Delivering on a promise the company made back in June, Apple on Wednesday released an update to Safari 5 which turns on extensions support akin to what browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer have been offering for years. In addition to the debut of these plugins, Apple...
July 28th, 2010 | Security, Software | Read More

Epic 1.0 beta, new browser for Windows gives feel of browser-based OS

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Bangalore, India-based software startup Hidden Reflex has launched the beta of a new Web browser for Windows called Epic. The new browser is heavily focused on three areas: In-browser user multitasking, customization through plug-ins, and mashing up mobile Web content with...
July 27th, 2010 | Software | Read More