Vivaldi 1.7 Stable has just been released by the makers of the web browser for the supported operating systems Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The new version of the Vivaldi browser […]
Google announced yesterday that it has implemented several improvements in the company's Chrome web browser that improve how the browser renders content. While improvements in raw speed are always good, there is […]
Google made a change in Chrome 57 that removes options from the browser to manage plugins such as Google Widevine, Adobe Flash, or the Chrome PDF Viewer. If you load chrome://plugins in […]
If you are using a third-party web browser on your Android device and Google Sync, you may have noticed that syncing stopped working all of a sudden. Quite a few browsers are […]
Google plans to roll out a change in Chrome Stable soon that will have the browser throttle timers in background tabs to improve battery life and browsing performance. The motivation behind the […]
When Adobe released an update for the company's Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software in January, it installed alongside with it a browser extension for Google Chrome. This "feature" was not mentioned in […]
Researchers have discovered a new phishing attack that is currently underway that is targeting Google Gmail accounts in a sophisticated way. What's interesting about this specific attack is that it uses a […]
Opera Software revealed a new concept browser called Opera Neon a moment ago both in a life stream and on the official Opera Blogs website. Opera Neon is a prototype web browser […]
Silverdog is a free browser extension for Google Chrome -- it should work in other Chromium-based browsers as well, and maybe even Firefox (not tested) -- that acts as an ultrasound firewall […]
Most modern web browsers support comfortable features like auto-filling forms on sites using data that you have entered in the past. Instead of having to enter your name, email address or street […]
The year 2017 will be an interesting one for the Firefox web browser, Mozilla, and users of the browser. 2017 will see new technology being integrated in Firefox, and also some removed. […]
Google revealed yesterday how it plans to make the shift to prioritizing HTML5 over Flash in the company's Chrome browser. The company announced previously that it will deprioritize Flash content on the […]
AnonTab is an add-on for the Firefox and Chrome web browsers that enables you to load unknown or seemingly dangerous sites in a secure environment. While you may trust some sites to […]
Vivaldi is working on version 1.6 of the web browser currently and pushing out updates to the developer channel regularly that introduce new features. You have probably come across sites in the […]
Vivaldi 1.5 is the newest version of the web browser based on Chromium code and developed by former Opera Software employees. The Vivaldi browser has been out for a while as a […]
Lossless Cut is a free portable cross-platform program that enables you to cut videos in an easy to use interface without quality reductions. The program is quite the heavyweight when you consider […]
The following guide walks you through the steps of adding custom search engines to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer. The guide covers the major browsers on […]
Malwarebytes reports that a new tech support scam is exploited in the wild that targets all recent versions of the Google Chrome browser. The scam exploits a bug in Chrome's implementation of […]
Google announced today that the company's Chrome 53 web browser is up to 15% faster on Windows thanks to a technique called Profile Guided Optimizations. The improvement comes from making use of […]
Mozilla has made the decision to cut website access to the Battery Status API in Firefox 52 to improve user privacy while using the browser. Battery Status API was introduced back in […]
Google has removed support for panels in Chrome 54 on all platforms except on Chrome OS. Panels, which were only enabled on developer versions of Chrome by default, and had to be […]
Recolor is a free open source browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that switches the color scheme on websites you visit to a custom one. Some sites may use colors […]
The web browser Google Chrome 55 will use less memory thanks to improvements made to the browser's JavaScript engine. Memory use may be one of the deciding factors when it comes to […]
Otter Browser Beta 11 is the latest version of the web browser that aims to recreate the best aspects of classic Opera. The Otter Browser project was announced back in 2014 as […]
Mozilla announced on September 30, 2016 that it made the decision to enforce stronger Diffie-Hellman keys in the Firefox web browser. Firefox users who visit websites that use weak -- now less […]
Tunnello is a relatively new browser VPN extension for the Google Chrome web browser that is currently in beta and thus offered for free. The extension works similar to how other VPN […]
TunnelBear 3.0 is the latest version of the VPN client for Windows and Mac OS X that ships with a new Trusted Network feature and performance improvements. We have talked about TunnelBear […]
Google announced today that it will discontinue Chrome apps on all desktop operating system systems, but keep supporting them on Chrome OS. Google Chrome supports web browser extensions and so-called Chrome apps. […]
Vivaldi 1.3, a new version of the up and coming web browser, is now available for download and as an automatic update for all supported operating systems. If you are new to […]
How did you end up with the web browser that you are using right now to read this article? Was it installed with the device, or did you install it manually? If […]
LastPass has a bunch of critical problems of which at least one allows attackers to compromise the password manager remotely according to Google researcher Tavis Ormandy. LastPass is one of the most […]
After years of development and several delays, multi-process Firefox, also known as Electrolysis or e10S, is about to be enabled for a subset of Firefox stable users. The following guide provides you […]
Save Image Router is a new browser extension for Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that enables you to configure multiple download directories for images. Google Chrome supports a single download location by […]
Netmonitor is a browser extension for Google Chrome and other Chromium browsers that highlights background requests web pages made after loading. Google Chrome, and other browsers for the matter, displays a loading […]
Mozilla released the first public Servo Nightly build yesterday for Mac and Linux devices to give interested users options to play around with the new web rendering engine. Servo is a new […]
Scroll Anchoring is a new feature of Google Chrome 51 and newer that prevents visible jumps of the active page when offscreen content changes. You may have experienced the following situation when […]
Symantec is the latest security company shamed by Google for having critical security vulnerabilities in business and consumer products. Google employee Tavis Ormandy discovered several critical vulnerabilities in Symantec programs that put […]
Which browser is the fastest? When Google introduced Chrome, one area the company put a lot of emphasize on was performance. Google ran benchmarks regularly showing that the browser's performance was way […]
Google dropped Chrome support for several older operating systems, including Windows XP and Vista, in April 2016. The company started to remove code from Chromium, the open source foundation of the Chrome […]
Google announced last week that it plans to change the default state of the integrated Flash plugin of the Google Chrome browser to click-to-play. The company plans to set Flash to click-to-play […]
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