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  • Google Chrome steadily becoming more popular; Windows 7 as well

    Good marketing campaigns can do wonders for the product.  Case in point with Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows 7, as they both became more popular in the month of January.  According to Net Applications, Chrome managed to gain popularity in terms of web browsing by stealing popularity from Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.  In January, Google Chrome had a 5.20% usage share, which increased from 4.64% in December.  IE had 62.18% in January, decreasing from…

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Mozilla Firefox Mobile headed to Android sometime next month

by Cheng Hung on Jan 28, 2010 at 06:37 PM

With Android finding its way into more mobile devices, Firefox Mobile is now set to conquer Android-powered devices. Apparently, someone at the German Mozilla Community website, camp-firefox.de, announced that the first usable version of Firefox Mobile for Android will be available in February and, coincidentally, the Google Labs site listed… Continue Reading »

Chrome extensions we like: Google Mail Checker Plus

by Robert Nelson on Jan 25, 2010 at 11:43 AM

Like all things Google I am quickly becoming more and more of a fan of Chrome. In fact, the only thing keeping me from using it full time is the lack of extension support on the Mac side. But Chrome has replaced Firefox as my default browser for the times… Continue Reading »

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 is now officially released

by Cheng Hung on Jan 21, 2010 at 07:55 PM

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 has finally arrived a few hours ago! You can go on and update your browsers to version 3.6 now. I’ve had some issues with addons incompatibilities, such as the IEtab, but everything else is fine so far. I’ve noticed a slight improvement in performance since updating my… Continue Reading »

France says “non” to using Internet Explorer

by Natesh Sood on Jan 18, 2010 at 09:03 PM

Recently, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology had advised their citizens to stop using Internet Explorer.  Whether they had an older version or the latest, the German Federal Office discovered some severe vulnerabilities in the browser security.  Now France has taken similar measures and advised their citizens… Continue Reading »

Firefox 3.6 RC1 now available

by Cheng Hung on Jan 11, 2010 at 08:03 PM

Firefox version 3.6 is the first major update since 3.5, which was released approximately 6 months ago. Several new features await us, such as Personas (allows changing of the browser’s appearance with a click of a button), performance improvements, new web technologies, and better third party application support. If you… Continue Reading »

Chrome takes the spot of third most popular browser

by Greg Billetdeaux on Jan 3, 2010 at 10:01 AM

Passing up Safari, Google’s Chrome internet browser has been named third most popular internet browser with a 4.63% share compared to Safari’s 4.46% according to California-based measurement firm Net Applications. This is the first time that Safari has been in fourth place but I doubt it will be there for… Continue Reading »

Firefox Mobile RC1 released for Nokia N900

by Cheng Hung on Jan 2, 2010 at 05:54 PM

Remember the Fennec? In case you forgot, Fennec is another name for Firefox Mobile. It won’t be long before the final version of Firefox Mobile arrives. With the release of the first release candidate version, Nokia N900 is the first to get its hands on Firefox Mobile RC1. The RC1… Continue Reading »

Google is pushing Chrome all over the web

by Robert Nelson on Dec 29, 2009 at 11:31 AM

At this point many of you that frequent Gadgetell have most likely noticed the Chrome advertising that Google has been doing on their search page. And for those that have not, the ad was placed in the upper right hand corner and displayed a small Chrome logo with text that… Continue Reading »

Firefox 3.6 delayed, 4.0 in 2011

by Shawn Ingram on Dec 28, 2009 at 09:18 PM

The most popular open source web browser, Firefox, looks to have a bit of a change of plans.  Mozilla had originally intended to release the next major update, Firefox 3.6 before the end of 2009, and now it looks like that won’t be happening.  The delay in 3.6 seems to… Continue Reading »

Firefox 4.0 reveals new design changes

by Greg Billetdeaux on Dec 23, 2009 at 10:04 AM

Firefox 3.5 is currently the most popular browser out there; and while the next version won’t come out for another year, design changes have been revealed by one of the developers on their blog. The biggest design change is being called the App Button. The App Button is just like… Continue Reading »

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