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Mozilla Whines About Apple Being First In Browser Ballot Screen
4:00AM Jesus Diaz | After getting cornered by the European Union, Microsoft offered a reasonable solution to the web browser monopoly dilemma: Let users choose whatever browser they want. Now, the developers of Firefox are whining about who’s first in the web setup screen. More »
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Not All WebKit Browsers Are Created Equal
5:40AM John Herrman | It’s behind some of the best desktop browsers, and all of the great mobile ones. But just because a company says they’re using WebKit, the open source website rendering engine, doesn’t guarantee an awesome browser. More »
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7:20AM John Herrman | People go to such great lengths to extend laptop battery life—going blind staring at dimmed screens, developing repetitive stress injuries by ditching mice—that they miss the obvious. Like browsers, which apparently have a huge impact on battery life. More »
Is Your Browser Stealing Precious Battery Life?
7:20AM John Herrman | People go to such great lengths to extend laptop battery life—going blind staring at dimmed screens, developing repetitive stress injuries by ditching mice—that they miss the obvious. Like browsers, which apparently have a huge impact on battery life. More »
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Google Chromium On Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser’s Ass
11:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Google Chromium 4.0, the pre-alpha version of Chrome, may still be buggy and crashy as all hell, but it’s also incredibly fast, according to benchmarks: 34 per cent faster than Safari, for one, and more than twice as fast as Firefox. More »
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Safari 4 Available Now, Dubbed ‘World’s Fastest Browser’
3:42AM Sean Fallon | Apple has introduced the final version of Safari 4, referring to it as the “fastest browser on any platform.” It is available now for OSX and Windows. More »
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Wanna Know What Apple Employees Are Eating?
12:30PM Wilson Rothman | Pull up Safari on your iDevice, punch in menu.apple.com, and you’ll get a beautiful web app explaining what’s cooking at the Caffè Macs at five different Apple campuses. Tonight at Infinite Loop: grilled snapper and pork carnitas, plus vegetarian pizza for the Jobs wannabes. [Thanks Tomhut!] More »
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Every Mobile Browser Should Give Up and Just Go WebKit
3:00AM Matt Buchanan | The ZuneHD looks like a lovely catchup to the original iPod touch—you know, before apps allowed it to be so much more—except for one thing. That damn browser. It’s not just they’re basing it off hellacious and reviled IE—it’s that it’s not WebKit-based.
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Amazon Optomizes Kindle Store for iPhone Browsers
10:20AM Wilson Rothman | It’s not exactly the same as letting you buy Kindle books through the Kindle iPhone app, but it’s useful: iPhone users can now shop for Kindle titles through a store optimised for iPhone Safari. [AppleInsider] More »
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Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
3:40AM Matt Buchanan | At the annual Pwn2Own competition, where hackers compete to crack software as fast as possible so you don’t sleep at night, browsers were on the first day’s menu. And Safari went down in seconds. More »
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