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Google Hands Out $3,133.7 Reward for Chrome Bug

January 14, 2011
Google Hands Out $3,133.7 Reward for Chrome Bug

Google’s Chromium Security Rewards program offers participants cash bounties for the discovery of eligible bugs. Rewards range in value from $500 to an ‘elite’ $3133.7 (get it?), and up until now, that max payout has never been claimed.
Enter Sergey Gl…

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Firefox More Popular than Internet Explorer (in Europe)

January 4, 2011
Firefox More Popular than Internet Explorer (in Europe)

Call it merely a regional victory if you will, but Firefox’s rise to become the most used browser in Europe is a victory nonetheless. According to the free website analytics firm StatCounter, Firefox took 38.11 percent of the European browser market in…

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Chrome Browser Closes Out 2010 on a High Note

January 3, 2011
Chrome Browser Closes Out 2010 on a High Note

Google’s Chrome browser is now the go-to browser for 1 out of every 10 PC users, suggests new data by Net Market Share. Let’s put that in perspective. At the beginning of 2010, Chrome’s share of the browser market hovered around 5.6 percent. By the end…

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Mozilla Ships Firefox 4 Beta 8

December 23, 2010
Mozilla Ships Firefox 4 Beta 8

After failing to keep up with the original Firefox 4 release schedule due to “regressions and sources of instability,” Mozilla had to revise its initial estimates and push back the launch of the stable version to 2011. The open source outfit on …

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Opera 11 Release Candidate Now Available for Download

December 15, 2010
Opera 11 Release Candidate Now Available for Download

We get it, you’re not about to give up ______ (fill in the blank with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or IE), which other browser makers will have to pry from your cold, dead hands. But aren’t you the least bit curious what the competition is up to?
Now is as…

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Mozilla Plugs Up 13 Security Holes with Latest Firefox Update

December 10, 2010
Mozilla Plugs Up 13 Security Holes with Latest Firefox Update

Those of you rocking Firefox 3.6.x, go ahead and check to see if you’ve automagically downloaded the latest update, version 3.6.13 (or 3.5.16 if you’re still sitting pretty with Firefox 3.5). The latest update plugs more than a dozen security holes, in…

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Android Marks the Spot for Xmarks

December 9, 2010
Android Marks the Spot for Xmarks

Xmarks, the browser bookmark sync and search service that had a near brush with death, is alive and kicking thanks to being acquired by LastPass, makers of a cross-platform password manager. To celebrate its new lease on life, Xmarks this week official…

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Google Chrome 8, Now with Web App Support

December 3, 2010
Google Chrome 8, Now with Web App Support

The latest version of Google’s Chrome browser — version 8.0.552.215, or Chrome 8 from here on out — now supports Web apps, meaning it will work seamlessly with Google’s upcoming Chrome Web Store.
That alone doesn’t do Chrome users much good in the he…

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