Test Your Browser’s JavaScript Performance
Cnet ran some tests on the JavaScript performance of selected browsers like the latest Firefox version, Firefox beta and Google Chrome builds. JavaScript performance was in the news since Google and...
View ArticleTest Center Guide to Browser Security
The recent out-of-band emergency patch for Internet Explorer has many pundits recommending any browser but IE as the best security defense. Although there is some safety in using less frequently...
View ArticleIs There a Dark Cloud Over SSL’s Green Glow?
Use just about any major browser to sign on to a secure Web site like a bank’s or credit card company’s, and chances are the URL bar will glow green. That’s the mark of extended validation secure...
View ArticleChrome 4.0 and Opera 10 Take On All Challengers
Opera 10 final is out, Chrome just turned one year old, and Firefox 3.5 has settled into stability. It’s time once again to break out the timers and speed test today’s web browsers. Like all our...
View ArticleSSL Security Hole Still Prevalent in Most Web Browsers
Users of Internet Explorer and other Web browsers’ computers still remain vulnerable because Microsoft hasn’t patched an underlying security hole, even after more than two months that a hacker easily...
View ArticleAfter 5 Years, Firefox Faces New Challenges
Five years ago, Mozilla made it clear that the browser wars weren’t over after all. In the 1990s, Netscape had lost its dominance in the browser market to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, and the...
View ArticleAlternative Mobile Browsers Tested: Skyfire vs Opera Mobile vs Fennec vs...
Surfing on your phone doesn’t mean riding it over wind-swept waves — it’s actually worth getting on the mobile Web. Mobile browsers are doing a good job of bringing the Internet to life, even on the...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s EU Browser Ballot Approved, Arrives March 1
After protracted legal wrangling with the EU, the Microsoft browser ballot is at last heading towards roll-out. The EU’s complaint was that Microsoft’s bundling of Internet Explorer made the browser...
View ArticleLast Rites for Microsoft’s Loathed Browser IE6
Mark your diaries for 4 March because in Denver the funeral arrangements are well underway for the planned passing that day of Internet Explorer 6, commonly referred to as IE6. Few however will shed...
View ArticleBrowser Fingerprints – How Unique Is Your Browser
Now this is another interesting attack vector using little bits of data not many people consider. I have heard about this kind of technique before and considered how it’d be done myself. Finally...
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