Google Re-Re-Ignites the Browser Wars

profwhat.

Posted to Business on Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 03:13:25 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

Meeting a need that no one realized they had, Google has unleashed a new web browser upon the world: Chrome.  It offers a clean interface, really fast performance, crash protection, fast performance, an Opera-like "speed dial," and also, did I mention, fast performance.

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How Do You Browse?

port1080.

Posted to SciTech on Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 01:13:00 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

The last week has seen major new releases from two of the "big big four" web browsers. Firefox 3 was released Tuesday, June 17th, while Opera 9.5 was released last Thursday, June 12th (both have been released in beta form for a number of months).

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Browser Wars

skeeter1.

Posted to SciTech on Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 06:05:16 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

If you're here, you're using a browser of one flavor or another.

My latest computer came with Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 pre-installed.  It would crash on me every couple of hours.

I'm running on Mozilla Firefox 3 beta, and am much happier with it.  Even in beta, it's faster and more stable than IE7.

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