Web Inventor Auctions Source Code as NFT By Ian Evenden published 16 June 21 Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is to auction his browser source code as an NFT.
Microsoft's Chromium-Based Edge Arrives on January 15 By Nathaniel Mott published 4 November 19 Microsoft announced that its new Edge browser, which is based on Chromium, will debut on January 15.
Google Adds Drive-By Download Protection to Chrome By Zak Storey published 28 January 19 Google adds drive-by download protection to Chrome 73 in a bid to prevent malware and other malicious covert software downloads.
Firefox To See A 'Quantum Leap' Improvement In Performance, Security By The End Of 2017 By Lucian Armasu published 27 October 16
China Reforms Advertisement Policy, Banning Ad Blocking By Michael Justin Allen Sexton published 20 July 16 China prepares a new Internet policy that bans ad-blocking software and hardware, but the policy also comes with strict government regulation of advertisements.
Firefox 50 Nightly Brings Contextual Identity Containers To Isolate Personal, Work Browsing By Lucian Armasu published 16 June 16
Tor Browser 6.0 Released With DuckDuckGo Search Engine Support Enabled By Default By Lucian Armasu published 31 May 16 Tor Browser 6.0 is now available for all the major desktop operating systems with DuckDuckGo search engine support by default and other new Firefox-related improvements.
Opera Now First Major Browser To Support Free Built-In VPN Service By Lucian Armasu published 21 April 16 The developer version of Opera added support for the SurfEasy VPN service that the company acquired last year. The service is unlimited and free to all Opera users.
Vivaldi 1.0 Targets Browser Power Users With Advanced Features, Chrome Extensions By Lucian Armasu published 6 April 16 Vivaldi, a new desktop browser created by Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner, launched its first stable version with many advanced features out of the box, targeting power users.
Firefox 43 Launches With 64-Bit Windows Version And 'Strict' Tracking Protection By Lucian Armasu published 15 December 15 Mozilla announced Firefox 43, which comes with a 64-bit version for Windows and strict protection option for the Tracking Protection feature, but it lacks the promised initial Electrolysis support.
Mozilla Deprecating HTTP For A More Secure Web (Update: Mozilla Responds) By Lucian Armasu published 4 May 15 Mozilla announced that it's going to deprecate browser features for non-secure HTTP content and will build new features only for HTTPS connections.
BitTorrent's P2P Browser For Decentralized Websites Now In Beta By Lucian Armasu published 10 April 15 BitTorrent announced its Maelstrom browser, a P2P browser based on Chromium that can load torrent-based websites.
Bittorrent's 'Project Maelstrom' Aims To Deliver All Websites Through Torrents By Lucian Armasu published 10 December 14 Bittorrent announces a browser that can deliver websites P2P through the torrent protocol.
COWL Puts A Firewall Between Your Data And Untrusted Web Code By Lucian Armasu published 6 October 14 COWL or "Confinement with Origin Web Labels" is a new type of sandbox for web applications that protects user data from being leaked by untrusted 3rd party code.
Pop-Up Ad Creator Apologizes By Kevin Parrish published 15 August 14 He's sorry for creating the most hated advertising tool on the Internet.
Report: Google Told EU About MSFT Browser Ballot Issue By Jane McEntegart published 7 March 13 Was Microsoft's mistake only discovered because the company's competitors tipped off the EU?
EU Fines Microsoft for Failing to Comply with Browser Ballot By Jane McEntegart published 6 March 13 Microsoft has been fined for failing to offer all Windows users a browser ballot.
Internet Explorer 10 Now Available for Windows 7 By Kevin Parrish published 27 February 13 Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is now available worldwide.
New Chromebook Pixel Has Hidden Konami Code Easter Egg By Jane McEntegart published 23 February 13 Up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-B-A unlocks a special surprise on Google's newest laptop.
Google's Touchscreen Chromebook Priced for UK By Jane McEntegart published 22 February 13 Shocker: It will be more expensive in the UK than in the U.S.