Browsers

Google: Chrome in 'never-ending' beta

Google Thursday announced that its Chrome browser would be in a "never-ending" beta test, and gave users three options to update their copies at varying intervals.  read more »

Mozilla CEO: Ties with Google 'complicated' since Chrome

Mozilla has a "reasonable" relationship with long-time partner Google Inc. , but it's gotten complicated since Google launched its own browser, according to Mozilla's chief executive.  read more »

Researcher: Chrome, Safari password managers need work

Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari browsers could do a better job of protecting passwords, according to a security researcher who released a study of browser password managers Friday.  read more »

Google dumps Firefox from download bundle, swaps in Chrome

Google Friday replaced Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox with its own Chrome as the default browser in the English version of Google Pack , the search company's application bundle for Windows.  read more »

Google Chrome ditches beta label

Google Inc. dropped the beta label from its three-month-old browser today, saying that Chrome is ready for prime time.  read more »

Google patches Chrome file-stealing bug

Google Inc. has patched Chrome to prevent attackers from stealing files from PCs running the open-source browser.  read more »

Google patches Chrome 'carpet bomb' bug

Google has patched its Chrome browser to block a months-old bug that can be used to trick people into downloading and launching malicious code.  read more »

WebKit browser engine aces Acid3 test, stakes claim to No. 1

Developers working on WebKit announced late last week that the newest build of the browser engine, which powers both Apple Inc.'s Safari and Google Inc.'s Chrome, has aced all of the requirements of an important Web standards test.  read more »

Chrome fades as users return to IE, Firefox

Chrome's share of the browser market is fading as users who abandoned Internet Explorer and Firefox start to return, an Internet measurement company said Tuesday.  read more »

Chrome steals share from every rival but Safari

Two weeks after the launch of Chrome, Google Inc.'s browser has stolen market share from every competitor except Apple Inc.'s Safari, an Internet measurement company said Tuesday.  read more »

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