Global Chromebook shipments are on the rise as folks around the world are stuck working, studying, and binge watching from home. They tend to be affordable, reasonably responsive, and fairly simple to learn to use. But a key selling point for some is a turnoff for others – Chromebooks put Google’s Chrome browser front and […]
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Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser preview now available for Windows 7 and up
Microsoft is designing a new version of its Edge web browser based on Google’s Chromium. Two months ago Microsoft released the first preview of the new browser, but it was only available for Windows 10 at the time. Now you can download Microsoft Edge preview builds and run them on Windows 7, Windows 8, or […]
Mozilla releases Firefox 67 with speed, privacy enhancements
Microsoft may have taken the if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them approach to web browsing by basing its new Edge web browser on Google’s Chromium. But Mozilla continues to be lead the charge of browser independence. Mozilla’s Firefox web browser is compliant with modern web standards, but it uses a different rendering engine and overall design than Chrome, Edge, or […]
Firefox 66 blocks auto-playing audio, improves multi-tab search, and more
Firefox 66 is out today, and the latest version of the web browser includes a bunch of new features including support for Windows Hello authentication (so you can login to websites using a fingerprint, facial recognition, or a PIN, basic support for the macOS Touch Bar, and the number of processes used to render web […]
Google’s Password Checkup lets you know if your login data has been compromised (Chrome extension)
3 Comments on Google’s Password Checkup lets you know if your login data has been compromised (Chrome extension)Odds are that an online service you’ve used has suffered a data breach sometime in the past few years. Sometimes they’ll send you a message letting you know to change your password once the data breach is discovered. Sometimes they don’t. And sometimes they may not even know. There’s little you can do to protect […]
Google’s Project Stream will let you play AAA games in the Chrome web browser (starting with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)
5 Comments on Google’s Project Stream will let you play AAA games in the Chrome web browser (starting with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)Google wants to let make it possible for you to play the latest PC games in a web browser. Rather than load a game on a PC with powerful hardware, the game would actually be running on a remote server — which means all you need to play is a halfway decent computer and a […]
Vivaldi 2.0 web browser released with data sync, UI enhancements and more customization options
Comments Off on Vivaldi 2.0 web browser released with data sync, UI enhancements and more customization optionsIt’s been a few years since the co-founder of Opera Software started a new company and launched the Vivaldi web browser aimed at power users. Today the team is releasing Vivaldi 2.0. The new version of the browser comes more than two years after the launch of Vivaldi 1.0, and it brings a lot of […]
Tor Browser 8.0 released, makes anonymous web browsing easier
Tor is a tool that allows users to access the internet anonymously by routing data through a network of thousands of relay servers run by volunteers, making it harder for governments, businesses, or anyone else to track individual users. It can be used by political dissidents to shield their communications from oppressive governments, by criminals […]
Google Chrome’s upcoming “Lazy Loading” feature cuts down on resource usage
One of the tricks web designers can use to speed up the loading of web pages and cut down on the amount of data sent to your device is something called “Lazy Loading.” Instead of loading all web content as soon as you visit a page, lazy loading means that some content (usually images) will […]
Blockstack Browser could lay the framework for a decentralized web
Right now when you fire up a web browser and want to use it to do just about anything you have to connect to a remote server to run an application. That’s what happens when you try to read a news article, play a video, listen to music, play a game, or even emulate a […]
Opera Reborn web browser gets UI refresh, built-in chat apps and more
Over the past few years the developers of the Opera web browser have tried to integrate popular features directly into the browser so that you don’t need to install a plugin. Last year Opera added a built-in ad blocker and VPN (which is really more of a proxy than a true VPN). Now there’s a new […]
Chrome for Android gets a few new offline tricks
Google’s Chrome browser for Android already has a feature that lets you save web pages for viewing later… even if you don’t have an active internet connection when you finally get around to reading that article, opening those directions, or doing whatever it is you wanted to do with a saved page. But now Google […]