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Microsoft Edge Browser won’t support ActiveX, VBScript, other Internet Explorer features

Windows 10 will ship with a new web browser called Microsoft Edge. PC users will still be able to use Internet Explorer, but Microsoft is really pushing its new browser which features a new rendering engine, a new user interface, and support for new features including the ability to annotate websites with handwritten notes or […]

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Google Chrome Dev browser now available for Android

Google’s Chrome web browser for desktops comes in three basic versions: Stable, Beta, and Dev Channel. The same is true of the Chrome OS software that runs on Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. And now all three are available for Android as well: Google has just released Chrome Dev to the Google Play Store. You can download […]

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Microsoft Edge is the Windows 10 web browser (formerly known as Project Spartan)

Microsoft will launch a new web browser with Windows 10. Up until now the company’s been calling the browser “Project Spartan,” but with Windows 10 expected to launch in a few months, the company has decided to do away with code names and give the web browser a name. Meet Microsoft Edge. The new web […]

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Google Chrome 42 lets web pages send notifications even after you close a tab (with your permission)

The latest version of Google’s Chrome web browser for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android adds support for push notifications from website: and not just websites you’re currently viewing. For example, an auction website might ask if you want to enable notifications to let you know when you’ve been outbid. You can then close that browser […]

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Project Spartan browser arrives in latest Windows 10 preview build

Microsoft plans to include a new web browser with Windows 10 when the operating system launches this summer. Code-named Project Spartan, it uses a different rendering engine than Internet Explorer, has a user interface designed to work across phones, tablets, and desktops, and includes better support for web standards thanks, in part, to involvement of […]

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Microsoft’s “Spartan” web browser to include code contributed by Adobe, other software makers

Microsoft plans to ship a brand new web browser with Windows 10. Code-named “Spartan,” the new browser won’t replace Internet Explorer right away — both web browsers will be included in the next version of Windows. But it’s pretty clear that Spartan is the future and IE is the past. Spartan has a new rendering […]

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Would you use a Microsoft browser not called Internet Explorer?

Microsoft is building a new web browser for Windows 10. It’s code-named Spartan, but eventually it will be called something else. What it won’t be called is Internet Explorer. While Windows 10 will ship with both Spartan and Internet Explorer so that enterprise users and others can continue to use the legacy web browser, Microsoft has confirmed […]

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Google stops updating Chrome for older versions of Android

When Google first brought its Chrome web browser to Android in 2012, Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was state of the art. Now Google has announced that it will stop developing Chrome for that aging version of Android. You can still download and run Chrome 42 on Android 4.0. But future versions of the operating system […]

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Vivaldi is a web browser for power users (with roots in Opera)

There’s a new web browser in town… and it comes from the makers of one of the oldest web browsers around. Vivaldi is a web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux that includes features for power users including keyboard shortcuts, the ability to save notes about the pages you visit, and a speed dial function that […]