Mobile browsing continued to post gains last month at the expense of personal computers, a trend that has put Google into the second spot behind Microsoft as the browser maker with the longest reach, a Web metrics company said Sunday. ...
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Firefox is the most stable web browser and Internet Explorer (IE) the most error- and crash-prone, according to mobile testing company Sauce Labs. It made the claims after testing the various popular browsers. Further reading Microsoft ...
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Microsoft has confirmed the release date for Windows 8.1 as 17 October. The firm said on the Windows blog that it the Windows 8.1 update will be live at 12am on 18 October in New Zealand, so that’s midday on 17 October here in the ...
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The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on October 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Windows 8.1, previously known as Windows Blue, ...
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Hoping to generate more apps for its mobile platform, Microsoft has launched an online tool that could allow even non-developers to create new programs for Windows Phone 8. The tool, called Windows Phone App Studio, is free to use and in ...
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The Pirate Bay has introduced its own browser that can be used to circumvent censorship and blockades. The PirateBrowser is a simple, one-click, pre-configured Firefox browser that makes The Pirate Bay and other blocked sites instantly ...
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The World Wide Web Consortium has finalized its specification for Web Storage, a technology that would give Web applications more flexibility in storing data on user machines. Now that Web Storage is an official specification, browser ...
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Microsoft has detailed the next software update to its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. The next update (GDR2) to Windows Phone 8 will be coming soon but with only minor changes for users to enjoy. Unfortunately Microsoft hasn't ...
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Microsoft has unexpectedly pitched its upcoming Xbox One games console as a business productivity device, suggesting the £429 hardware's inclusion of Skype, SkyDrive and Internet Explorer could make it "an entirely justifiable ...
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Samsung's army of Android mobile devices have finally overtaken Apple's iOS in terms of global mobile web usage, according to a survey carried out by web analytics firm StarCounter. In June 2013, claims the survey, Samsung bounded ahead ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 is now a more popular operating system than the reviled Windows Vista, eliminating a source of embarrassment as Microsoft's latest OS slowly continues to gather steam. According to?Net Applications' NetMarketshare ...
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Microsoft today confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) will be ported to Windows 7, but declined to name a release date. The announcement, made during a Wednesday session at the company's BUILD developers conference, was first ...
While important, Google's new policy of scanning apps for malware before making them available on the official Chrome Web Store falls short of providing maximum protection, one expert says. Google launched an automated process for malware ...
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Microsoft has told Computing that enterprise users will see "a marked difference" in the Windows 8.1 patch's effects on productivity. Speaking at Microsoft's Build 2013 conference in San Francisco today, the operating system's principal ...
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Microsoft kicked off its Build conference in San Francisco this week by releasing a preview of the next version of its Visual Studio IDE, as well as updates to other development tools. How user input and follow-up interactions are ...
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