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• Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

  By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08

  With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

• Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41

  Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

• Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01

  Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

• Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

  By Lucian Constantin | 22 May, 2012 02:34

  Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.

• EU to 'remain vigilant' on Microsoft's browser commitments

  By Loek Essers | 16 May, 2012 07:34

  Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser is being excluded from Windows RT.

• EU-Microsoft browser deal requires ballot screen in Windows 8

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 May, 2012 06:41

  Microsoft today declined to comment when asked whether it believed it's required to offer a ballot screen in Windows 8 to European users for selecting rival browsers in the new operating system's desktop mode.

• Mozilla hits Microsoft with complaint about Windows RT browser choices

  By Loek Essers | 10 May, 2012 20:38

  Mozilla complained Wednesday that Microsoft prohibits running any browser except Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows RT, hampering choices for users. Google said on Thursday it shares the concerns.

• Adobe preps silent Flash updates for Macs

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 May, 2012 21:49

  Adobe last week released a new beta of Flash Player that includes silent updates for Macs.

• IE on a rebound, browser share data shows

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2012 05:41

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) in April again gained usage share, the third time in the year's first four months, to stay well above the 50% mark and remain the world's top browser, a Web analytics company said today.

• Developer builds privacy-enhancing web browser for Apple devices

  By Jeremy Kirk | 30 April, 2012 14:33

  A new privacy-enhancing web browser aimed at Apple users has steadily risen in popularity in the company's App Store.

• Google details Chrome browser security-testing technology

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 27 April, 2012 05:34

  Since late last year, Google has been using an industrial-strength testing system to identify, analyze and fix security holes in its Chrome browser, helping it significantly cut down on the number of vulnerabilities that slip through to the most recent version product in production.

• Mozilla delivers silent updating with Firefox 12 release

  By Gregg Keizer | 25 April, 2012 06:35

  Mozilla today released Firefox 12, patching 14 security bugs in the browser and moving it one step closer to matching rival Chrome in silent updating.

• Firefox skirts Windows security feature to make silent updates happen

  By Gregg Keizer | 24 April, 2012 03:13

  Mozilla will ship Firefox 12 tomorrow with a key component of its years-long silent update project.

• Chrome for Android gets new features, languages

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 18 April, 2012 04:34

  The Android OS version of Google's Chrome browser is now available in a host of new languages and has gained several new features, but it remains in beta testing and is afflicted with a variety of bugs.

• Limited first beta of Notes Social Edition now available

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 April, 2012 23:42

  IBM has distributed to partners the first external beta code of Notes/Domino Social Edition, which will allow Notes client applications to run in a browser, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.