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Opera Browser for Android Out of Beta, Officially Launches

Posted 05/21/2013 at 11:54am | by Paul Lilly

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A meeting of the mobile minds.

Opera isn't uber popular on the desktop, though it's been able to spread its wings on mobile. The same can be said for Google's Android platform (which makes sense, considering Android is a mobile platform). If you want to mash these two together, feel free to do so starting today. Opera for Android is now officially launched for free from Google Play, Opera Software announced on Tuesday.

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Maxthon Adds LAN Transfer Option to Multi-Platform Cloud Browser

Posted 05/08/2013 at 9:52am | by Paul Lilly

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Transfer files easily between desktop and mobile devices.

Like underwear, changing your browser every once in awhile can give you a fresh feeling. If you're at that point where you're ready to try something different, Maxthon's Cloud Browser is an option worth investigating. We bring it up because Maxthon let us know it just added a LAN transfer feature that allows users to transfer files of any size from their browser directly to any device on their network.

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Internet Explorer is Killing Chrome in Browser Wars, But Also Losing - Huh?

Posted 05/02/2013 at 9:14am | by Paul Lilly

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Conflicting data makes it difficult to gauge the browser landscape.

Depending on which data collection service you trust the most, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is either wiping the floor with Google's Chrome browser, or getting spanked by the relative newcomer. Starting with the former, NetMarketShare has IE way out in the lead with a 55.81 percent share of the desktop browser market, virtually unchanged from last month and up a little more than a percentage point from a year ago.

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Is Microsoft Getting Ready to Embrace WebGL?

Posted 03/30/2013 at 12:59am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Microsoft has hitherto viewed WebGL as a security threat

Is Microsoft getting ready to ditch its earlier stance on WebGL (Web-based Graphics Library)? If changes inside an early Internet Explorer 11 build are anything to go by then Microsoft’s opposition to the 3D acceleration standard could be on its last legs.

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E.U. Slaps Microsoft with $731 Million Fine Over Botched Browser Ballot

Posted 03/06/2013 at 7:42am | by Paul Lilly

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A "technical error" related to a Windows Service Pack ends up costing Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.

It was rumored the European Union wanted to close its investigation into Microsoft's "browser ballot" screw-up and levy a fine before Easter break, a mission it's now achieved with weeks to spare. E.U. regulators decided to punish Microsoft to the tune of €561 million, or a little more than $731 million in U.S. currency, for failing to comply with an agreement to provide users with a browser choice screen (the so-called browser ballot) upon firing up Windows for the first time.

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Internet Explorer 10 Now Available for Windows 7

Posted 02/26/2013 at 8:47am | by Paul Lilly

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Internet Explorer 10 delivers a 20 percent increase in real-world site performance versus IE9, Microsoft says.

Microsoft may have taken its sweet time porting Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) over to Windows 7, but it's finally finished and ready for mass consumption. IE10 is available to download worldwide in 95 languages, with Microsoft planning to auto-update Windows 7 customers to its latest browser in the coming weeks, starting today with customers running the IE10 Release Preview.

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Opera Software Scoops Up Mobile Browser Rival Skyfire Labs

Posted 02/15/2013 at 8:54am | by Paul Lilly

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Performance based earn-out payments over the next three years could make this deal worth $155 million.

Opera Software today announced that it has acquired Skyfire Labs, a rival in the mobile browser space, in a deal that could be worth as much $155 million when all the checks are written. The Norwegian browser maker agreed to pay $50 million in cash and stocks upfront (including $8 million in cash on the Skyfire balance sheet), and will also make performance based earn-out payments over the next three years that could ultimately value the deal at $155 million.

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Presto Change-o, Opera Browser Shifting to Webkit Engine

Posted 02/13/2013 at 10:24am | by Paul

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Opera is pulling its Presto browser engine and replacing it with WebKit.

Opera Software today put the world on notice that its Presto rendering engine will be making a disappearing act. Going forward, Opera will make a "gradual transition" to WebKit, as well as Chromium, for just about every upcoming browser release for smartphones and computers, the Norwegian browser maker announced today. The engine replacement was mentioned as an aside to the fact that Opera's collection of browsers across all products now boast 300 million users.

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Chrome 25 Browser Supports Speech Driven Web Apps

Posted 01/14/2013 at 3:33pm | by Paul Lilly

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The next version of Chrome features the Web Speech API for developers.

Other than a U-Haul truck full of bug fixes, Google's Chrome 24 didn't really introduce any uber exciting features to the masses. There was an update to Flash, some speed improvements, and not much else. Such is the side effect of having rapid fire browser releases, but lest you find yourself overly jaded these days, Chrome 25 looks to be a little more interesting with the inclusion of the Web Speech API for developers.

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Mozilla Backtracks on Decision to Cease Development of 64-bit Firefox

Posted 12/24/2012 at 11:11am | by Paul Lilly

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Don't look now, but 64-bit Firefox nightlies are set to return.

Mozilla in November made the decision to pull the plug on 64-bit Firefox for Windows, disabling 64-bit nightlies because of a lack of resources required to make it worthwhile. What Mozilla didn't anticipate was that there would be "significant negative feedback" from the online community, and because of that, the open source browser maker said it's willing to make a compromise.

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A meeting of the mobile minds.

Transfer files easily between desktop and mobile devices.

Conflicting data makes it difficult to gauge the browser landscape.

Microsoft has hitherto viewed WebGL as a security threat

A "technical error" related to a Windows Service Pack ends up costing Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.

Internet Explorer 10 delivers a 20 percent increase in real-world site performance versus IE9, Microsoft says.

Performance based earn-out payments over the next three years could make this deal worth $155 million.

Opera is pulling its Presto browser engine and replacing it with WebKit.

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