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Internet Explorer Increases Market Share Lead Over Chrome, Firefox in January 2012

Paul Lilly — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:00:21 +0000

Google's Chrome browser failed to increase its market share last month for just the second time in two years, while Microsoft's Internet Explorer added more than a percentage point, according to data by NetMarketShare. That's not the start to 2012 Google was hoping for, though there are still reasons to be optimistic about Chrome's future. This is just one month, after all, and Chrome dropping from 19.11 percent in December 2011 to 18.94 percent in January 2012 is not cause for panic. [......]

Week in tech: state of the browser, hacking WiFi, and Wicca-free browsing

Michael Brown — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Modern Warfare 3 ads don't sanitize war, they reveal game's truth : The Modern Warfare series has found fame and fortune in selling us a safe version of armed conflict. That success says more about us than it does Activision. State of the Browser: Chrome closes on Firefox, IE6 dying out : In the continuing browser wars, 2011 was a bad year for Microsoft and Mozilla. [......]

Google Sends Chrome Browser to Search Penalty Box for Sponsored Shenanigans

Paul Lilly — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:31:50 +0000

Trying doing a search for "browser" using Google. Notice anything odd? Yep, Google's Chrome browser is suspiciously missing from the front page search results, which is exactly where you would expect it to be. [......]

Firefox 9 Now Final and Available for Download

Paul Lilly — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:26:03 +0000

The cool thing about Mozilla's rapid release schedule for Firefox is that you never have to wait long for the next version to come out, which is a real boon if you want to play with the latest and greatest but aren't real keen on the thought of mucking around with beta code. And if you've been waiting around for Firefox 9 to go gold, your day has come. On the flip side, having a rapid release schedule inevitably leads to less dramatic changes in between most builds[......]

Technically Speaking, Chrome 15 is the World’s Most Popular Browser

Paul Lilly — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:32:16 +0000

There are more people surfing the Web with various builds of Internet Explorer at this moment than there are for any other browser, which has been the case ever since Microsoft buried Netscape Navigator a long time ago. [......]

Opera Dev Bites at Apple for Undermining Open Standards with "Malicious" Patent Grabs

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:29:38 +0000

Opera Software developer Haavard Moen digitally penned a scathing blog post in which he stops just short of calling Apple an outright patent troll. Though he didn't use the term, he didn't pull any punches in exposing what he believes are Apple's attempts to use invalid or irrelevant patents or patent applications for the sole purpose of undermining open standards, something Apple has done before, according to Moen. [......]

Opera 11.6 Browser Graduates Out of Beta, Now Available to Download

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:10:36 +0000

You're not likely to get away with installing a new browser on a loved one's PC this holiday season and calling it a gift, but hey, if you want to give it a shot, Opera Software says "a new browser is a gift that keeps on giving all year round." It just so happens Opera 11.6 is no longer bearing a beta tag and is ready for prime time. Should you bother to give it a spin? [......]

Opera 11.6 Browser Graduates Out of Beta, Now Available to Download

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:10:36 +0000

Long Time Coming: Google Chrome Leapfrogs Mozilla Firefox for First Time

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000

At the rate things were going, it was only a matter of time before Google's Chrome browser skipped ahead of Mozilla Firefox, and according to at least one Web analytics company, it's finally happened. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's paid attention to the browser market. Chrome has been gaining ground ever since it was released, while Firefox long appeared to plateau, and even fall back a step a time or two[......]

Week on the web: IE wanes, 20 years of Vim, and Big Content raking in the dough

Brad Chacos — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0000

The end of an era: Internet Explorer drops below 50% of Web usage : Two things happened during October: Internet Explorer lost its majority share of the browser market, and here at Ars, Chrome overtook Firefox for the first time ever. [......]