Posts Tagged ‘browser’

EFF Study: Most Browsers Leave Trackable Fingerprints Behind

According to new research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), your browser may be leaving identifiable fingerprints that could be used to track you activities online. Several months ago, the EFF announced an expiriment on the topic, involving volunteers who visited http://panopticlick.eff.org/

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EFF Study: Most Browsers Leave Trackable Fingerprints Behind

Will The Wild Fox Firefox Fork Disregard Patents?

Most of us users of Mozilla’s Firefox browser are used to getting new versions of Firefox from Mozilla, but, like many open source projects, Firefox has already been forked into other versions. Now, as OSnews reports , a new fork of the browser is taking shape. Dubbed Wild Fox, one of the more interesting new aspect of it is that it supports the H.264 coded for video.

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Will The Wild Fox Firefox Fork Disregard Patents?

Will The Wild Fox Firefox Fork Disregard Patents?

Most of us users of Mozilla’s Firefox browser are used to getting new versions of Firefox from Mozilla, but, like many open source projects, Firefox has already been forked into other versions. Now, as OSnews reports , a new fork of the browser is taking shape.

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Will The Wild Fox Firefox Fork Disregard Patents?

If You Haven’t Taken To Chrome Yet, Try The New Beta

For years now, my browser of choice has been Firefox, an open source success story that now commands 25 percent of the browser market, according to data from Net Applications . The primary reason I use Firefox is that the extensions available for it are tremendously useful and keep annoyances to a minimum. From AdBlock Plus to iMacros , extensions help make the case for Firefox.

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If You Haven’t Taken To Chrome Yet, Try The New Beta

Open Source Browsers Continue to Grab Market Share

We’ve made the point many times that open source browsers are leading the way in terms of innovation, and that has had a big impact on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, which used to have over 80 percent share of the browser market. Now, new Net Applications data shows that Internet Explorer has less than 60 percent of the browser market. Meanwhile, Google’s Chrome browser–while it doesn’t yet command a huge part of the market–continues to see adoption grow at a swift rate.

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Open Source Browsers Continue to Grab Market Share