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Browsers

T-Mobil&s Gi – the first phone with Google’s Android operating system

November 29, 2008

T-Mobile, Google, and HTC unveiled the highly anticipated Android Smartphone. The first Android-powered Smartphone has a 3.2in touch display that flips out to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. The device is 4.60 inches tall, 2.16 inches wide, 0.62 inches deep and weighs 5.6 ounces. There’s also a trackball for navigation that’s similar to the navigation method [...]

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Opera 9.6 released for Indian markets

November 29, 2008

With the release of Opera’s latest desktop browser, Opera 9.6, the company has targeted the needs of the Indian market. Opera 9.6 is now available in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. In addition to accelerating browsing speed and enhancing unique features such as Opera Link and Opera Mail in this release, Opera aimed to make its [...]

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Mozilla debuts Fennec mobile browser

November 27, 2008

Mozilla has released the first beta of a mobile version of its increasingly popular Firefox browser. The browser, codenamed Fennec, is available only on Nokia’s N810 and N880 internet tablets at this stage, but Mozilla is including a PC emulator so that developers can try out the software’s capabilities on other platforms. “Fennec is being [...]

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Will Chrome takeover your desktop?

October 20, 2008

Many experts and analysts say that Google has hidden agenda behind Chrome. It will take over your desktop, encroach your personal browsing behavior, and will gather information about users’ likes and preferences to serve right kind of ads on the page. We spoke to Google and they defended themselves. They said, “At Google, we’re committed [...]

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Surf without a browser

September 19, 2008

Desktop applications are being closely integrated with the web. With Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) it is possible to surf the web, play videos, and even make Net calls from within the application itself, sans a browser. You’ve probably heard about Web 2.0, a new way for end-users and web developers to use the web. In [...]

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Opera Mobile 9.5 beta released

August 25, 2008

Opera has released the latest version of its mobile browser, s that it adds many new features and will make developing for the platform much easier. Announcing the beta release Opera called the browser, “a powerful foreshadowing of what is to come, this beta takes mobile browsing speed and features to a new level, complete [...]

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Firefox users are safer than IE users

August 24, 2008

A new study has shown that Firefox users are the most likely to have fully patched browsers and thus be safer online. The 18-month study was conducted by researchers at the  Swiss Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, along with IBM and Google.

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