European antitrust regulators will slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot, the New York Times reported today. According to the ...
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European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. The announcement made by Joaquin Almunia, ...
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Browser developer Opera Software will acquire Skyfire Labs, which develops technology to speed video delivery over mobile networks, the companies said Friday. The deal is valued at $155 million, which includes a mix of cash and stock and ...
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Creating some consternation in the Web development community, Opera Software is switching from a home-built rendering engine to the more widely used open-source WebKit, now employed in the Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers. "It ...
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Norwegian web browser provider Opera Software has announced its acquisition of California-based mobile video optimisation provider Skyfire Labs in a deal that could be worth up to $155m (£100m). The move comes after Opera revealed ...
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Web browser provider Opera has reached 300 million users and has announced plans to drop its own Presto rendering engine in favour of WebKit. It means that future updates to Opera's browser will use the same engine as rivals in the space, ...
Symantec on Wednesday began offering multi-algorithm SSL certificates for Web servers that go beyond traditional crypto to include what’s known as the Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA). The firm ...
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Mozilla yesterday announced it would automatically disable all plug-ins in Firefox except the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player, citing security and stability reasons for the move. The feature, called "click-to-play," has been part ...
Mobile operator Orange and Chinese Internet giant Baidu have developed a co-branded mobile browser for Android-based smartphones in the Middle East and Africa. The browser is the result of an exclusive deal between the two companies that ...
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Computerworld - Mozilla on Tuesday shipped its newest browser, Firefox 18, which sports a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution Retina displays. The open-source developer also patched 28 security ...
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Google yesterday made good on a promise from earlier this year and shipped Chrome 23 with the "Do Not Track" privacy feature. In September, Google added a Do Not Track (DNT) option to Chrome's precursor, the open-source Chromium, and ...
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The two most-cited browser tracking firms reported significantly different results for June on Sunday, with one claiming Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) easily maintained its No. 1 spot as the other said Chrome extended its lead over IE. ...
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European Union regulators will not force Microsoft to open its Windows RT operating system to rival browsers, the Brussels-based antitrust agency said Wednesday. At the same time, the European Competition Commission served Microsoft with ...
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Prices are dropping on tablets running Android 4.1 OS, with Indian company Karbonn Mobiles announcing a tablet priced at around $125 and using Google's latest OS, code-named Jelly Bean. The Smart Tab 1 tablet is the second with Android ...
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IDG News Service - Apple's iOS continued to deliver more revenue per advertising impression to content publishers than any other mobile operating system in the quarter that ended in June, according to an Opera Software report. IOS edged ...
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