Gadgetell | Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things

Subscribe to our content for free: (?)
Get our Daily Email
Articles about browsers

Windows 7 without IE: Microsoft confirms

by Jodie Andrefski on Jun 12, 2009 at 09:19 AM

In a continuation of the anti-trust skirmishes that Microsoft is facing, it seems they have decided to lose the battle in hopes of still winning the war.  In a confidential memo leaked to Cnet News originally intended for PC makers, it is made clear that Windows 7 will in fact… Continue Reading »

Chrome shines compared to Safari, IE, and Firefox in a hacking test

by Jodie Andrefski on Mar 22, 2009 at 09:17 AM

Wednesday was day one of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest, and the results are in.  Using fully patched copies of Safari, IE8, and Firefox, hackers broke them all.  They each failed to what is called hacker “Nils.” The Pwn2Own contest challenges experts in security to find and exploit vulnerabilities in… Continue Reading »

Walt Mossberg’s Google Chrome review

by Michael Goonan on Sep 7, 2008 at 03:42 PM

Walt Mossberg is the personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal who has been a very influential reviewer of tech products for some time.  If you release a tech product and you want it to be successful, a good review from Walt Mossberg is a big step in the… Continue Reading »

PayPal clarifies; we are not blocking Safari users

by Arnold Zafra on Apr 20, 2008 at 08:54 AM

It looks like we may have all misinterpreted PayPal’s announcement that it will block users who are using old browsers when doing online transactions at PayPal. Some reports have included Apple’s Safari browser as among those that will be blocked by PayPal. PayPal has denied this report by saying that… Continue Reading »

PayPal to block unsafe browsers for online transactions

by Arnold Zafra on Apr 18, 2008 at 01:34 PM

As outlined in a white paper on managing phishing written by its risk management unit, PayPal is set to implement a new policy that will block users from using PayPal from “unsafe browsers.”  These browsers include Internet Explorer 4 and 5 and other older version browsers. But don’t worry if… Continue Reading »

Special Features