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World Wide Maze turns any website into a 3D maze in Google Chrome

, Mar 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

There's no shortage of browser-based games available to casual gamers, but none are as quite unique as a new project called "World Wide Maze." The game uses actual websites to build 3D mazes in which players can then guide around a small steel ball, similar to the likes of Marble Madness or Super Monkey Ball. Read The Full Story

Mozilla will not bring Firefox to iOS

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Mozilla stated at SXSW that it is not currently developing a version of its Firefox browser for iOS and it does not intend to do so in the future. Mozilla feels that it can better focus its time and development elsewhere because it won't be able to build the browser it wants on the iOS platform. As CNET says, it won't be able to "carry over its sophisticated rendering and javascript engines to iOS." Read The Full Story

Microsoft fined $731m for EU violation

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

The European Union has decided to impose a 561 million euro (a little over $731 million) fine on Microsoft for violating one of its rulings. The announcement was made today by Joaquin Alumnia, the EU's Competition Commissioner. The EU asked Microsoft back in 2009 to allow users to choose which web browsers they wanted to install on their machine. The choices would appear in a "Browser Choice Screen pop-up" when they first start up their PC. Read The Full Story

PSA: Chrome for iOS update crashes on jailbroken devices

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, Google released an update to its Chrome web browser for most of the major platforms, including Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. However, it appears that a lot of users have been experiencing crashing issues with the new update on iOS, including many of our readers, as well as myself. It turns out that the update doesn't quite work well on jailbroken iDevices. Read The Full Story

Opera Browser beta for Android now available via the Play Store

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

During Mobile World Congress earlier this month, Opera showed off its all new browser, which it had announced last month. This browser, which is the full deal, has been built from the ground up and utilizes the WebKit rendering engine, the same used by Chrome. The browser is in beta mode, and is now available to Android users via the Google Play Store. Read The Full Story

Google Chrome updated on Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today is a big day for Google's Chrome web browser. It received an update on four major platforms, including Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. While Windows and Linux users aren't getting huge updates for their versions of Chrome, both iOS and Android are getting their own new features that they'll definitely enjoy. Read The Full Story

Microsoft facing EU browser fine by end of March claim insiders

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft faces a potentially huge fine from the European Union over its PC browser choice goof last year, with insiders claiming the penalty will be imposed before the end of March. "The Commission is planning to fine Microsoft before the Easter break" a source familiar with the investigation told Reuters; though the exact amount Microsoft faces in penalties is unknown, there are whispers that it will be considerable since this will be the second time the company has not complied with the EU. Read The Full Story

Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 now available

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in October last year, we heard for the first time that Internet Explorer 10 would be making its way to Windows 7, and right on schedule the release preview became available to users in mid-November. Finally, though, Microsoft has quietly rolled out the final version of Internet Explorer 10 to Windows 7 users today. Read The Full Story

Opera cuts down its workforce by 10%

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Opera has just reported that it lost about 91 of its employees, which amounts to almost 10% of its workforce. Half of the employees were developers for the software company, and the reason for the cut was due to Opera's decision to switch over to the open-source WebKit browser. The switch left the company with 840 employees last quarter, down from the 931 that it had previously had. Read The Full Story

Opera hits 300m users: Celebrates with WebKit/Chromium adoption

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Browser developer Opera has passed the 300m monthly users mark, celebrating the milestone by transitioning to WebKit for its Android and iOS apps, with the first open-source contributions already apparently made. The shift to WebKit, away from Opera's home-grown browser engine, will begin this year, though the roadmap is described as "gradual"; it'll get its first public preview, meanwhile, at Mobile World Congress at the end of February. Read The Full Story

Apple says no to Java 7, blocks browser plug-in

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

You've likely already heard of the Java security scandal, which was something Oracle looked to fix quickly with an update to the software. Even though Oracle says it has patched the issue, some entities disagree. The latest to add its name to the list of dissenters seems to be Apple, as it has decided to block the Java 7 browser plug-in, even after the update was delivered by Oracle. Read The Full Story

Mozilla to implement Click-to-Play for all Firefox plugins except Flash

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

Mozilla has announced that sometime soon, it will be no longer automatically load any plugins on Firefox except the latest version of Flash, instead utilizing Click to Play, which requires users to manually authorize the use of a plugin. This is in an effort to reduce security risks that result from automatically using plugins like Java and Silverlight. Read The Full Story
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