Say it ain’t so, Microsoft: secret APIs in new mobile Windows?

You’d think we’d be finished with all the nasty antitrust legal issues surrounding computer operating systems by now. Windows is still powerful, but it’s a shadow of its former monopolistic self, and Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and Linux are …

Mozilla creates a more secure Firefox with automatic Google search encryption

Mozilla may get criticized for releasing too many versions of Firefox, but at least the company makes some smart changes with each addition.

Released today, Firefox 14 is no exception. The latest version of the browser adds a number of …

Firefox for Android gets a major update, may be the best mobile browser yet (hands-on)

Watch out Google Chrome: For many Android users, Mozilla’s updated Firefox app could quickly become their favorite mobile browser.

Mozilla has been beta testing a revamped version of its Android Firefox app for over a month now, and today the …

Unlucky number 13? New Firefox browser version exposes private data

The latest update to web browser Firefox may have an unlucky number, but it certainly has an unlucky feature: a privacy slip that could allow anyone using your computer to view private, encrypted pages that you previously visited.

The problem …

Watch out Internet Explorer, Apple’s mobile Safari is eating your lunch (infographic)

Mobile Safari, the browser found on Apple’s iOS devices, is quickly emerging as a major player in the new browser wars. Now as Internet Explorer’s market share is falling, mobile Safari is snapping up Internet Explorer users alongside Google’s Chrome …

Google Chrome is now the world’s top web browser, says StatCounter

Google Chrome isn’t just for über-geeks anymore. Google’s minimalist web browser is now the most popular web browser in the world, according to the latest figures from StatCounter.

For the week of May 14th to May 20th, Chrome edged out …

Mozilla CEO on mobile web openness: “We have to do better”

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs is optimistic about the future of the mobile web, but as it stands now, he simply isn’t satisfied with the mobile web’s accessibility and openness.

“We’re standing in the middle of a tremendous platform shift,” Kovacs …

Retickr turns your RSS feed into a desktop news-ticker

If you feel that your Mac’s desktop is missing a news ticker displaying top stories and your RSS feed, Retickr has got you covered. The company announced Reticker 2.0 and a $1.5 million round of funding.

Retickr is a simple …

Mozilla moving forward with Metro-style Firefox for Windows 8

Mozilla has decided to begin work on a touch-enabled version of its popular Firefox web browser for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, the company revealed yesterday.

The Windows 8 OS allows companies to develop apps for its touch-based Metro …

Firefox 10 gets developer-friendly with Inspector features

Firefox 10, the latest version of the Mozilla web browser, was released today and brought a bunch of developer tools with the new update. Non-developers get a few new features too: faster updates and better add-on compatibility.

Page Inspector, a …

Microsoft celebrates the demise of Internet Explorer 6

Microsoft pulled out the champagne today with a report that its Internet Explorer 6 browser had dropped below 1 percent usage in the U.S., a sign that businesses and crazily stubborn users have finally upgraded to a better browser.

“IE6 …

Google paying nearly $1B for Firefox search deal

The prominent search box atop the popular Firefox browser played the coveted prize jewel in a Christie’s-like bidding war between the web’s wealthiest whales.

Google competed in an aggressive auction with Microsoft and Yahoo to maintain its place as the …

Google decides to keep Firefox around for 3 more years

Mozilla has renewed an agreement that will keep Google as the default search engine on its Firefox web browser.

The agreement replaces a similar default search deal between the two companies, which ended in late November. As part of the …

Shodogg will let you pause and restart video from any device (exclusive)

There’s a series of DirecTV commercials where a TV viewer is immersed in an action scene but easily pauses and begins the scene where he left off in a different room. While that idea is easy to grasp, it’s not …

Chrome passes Firefox in popularity, but Internet Explorer is still number one

Don’t start sniggering into your sleeves over your puerile “number two” jokes, but Chrome is now the second most popular Web browser in the world.

According to data from StatCounter, as of November, Chrome claims a 25.7 percent share of …

Firefox 8 gets official, adds handy Twitter search function

Mozilla has released the newest version of its popular Firefox browser today, Firefox 8, adding in a useful Twitter-search ability and disabling add-ons by default to boost performance.

Firefox users have seen quick updates of their browsers ever since Mozilla …

Chrome to surpass Firefox in market share by December

Google Chrome is well on its way to surpassing Mozilla Firefox’s No. 2 market share position and should overtake the fox no later than December, according to Irish analytics company StatCounter.

We reported at the beginning of August that Chrome …

Go ahead, open more tabs; Firefox 7 runs even faster

Mozilla released Firefox 7 today, and the new version of makes web browsing faster than ever.

The update is especially helpful for the hardcore web junkies among us who browse with scores of open tabs and browsing sessions that span …

Mozilla launches Firefox 6 with tasty treats for developers

Firefox 6 is available for download today, and Mozilla wants developers to know the release includes some special tools just for them.

There aren’t any major interface tweaks in Firefox 6; you’ll pretty much be seeing the same browser you’re …

Mozilla: Firefox 6 will be officially ready tomorrow

Though several reports have suggested users can download the new Mozilla Firefox 6 browser early from the company’s FTP server, Mozilla says that version is not final and the real build will be available tomorrow.

“As part of Mozilla’s open …