Rusty revenant Servo returns to render once more
Open Source Summit Mozilla gave it the boot, but the Linux Foundation Europe gave it the kiss of life instead
Software27 Sep 2023 | 10
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No joke: Cloudflare takes aim at Google Fonts with ROFL
Reckons it can deliver Comic Sans faster and keep your shame a secret
Software26 Sep 2023 | 38
Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks
Can you blame it?
Applications23 Sep 2023 | 67
Microsoft Edge still forcing itself on users in Europe
Updated Promised change to allow Windows system links open in the actual default browser not yet evident
OSes12 Sep 2023 | 31
Google Chrome Privacy Sandbox open to all: Now websites can tap into your habits directly for ads
In the march to rid world of third-party cookie tracking, we've picked up targeting APIs
Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 71
So you want to save energy? Ditch web apps and go native, boffins say
Take up less CPU time and memory? What amazing tech is this?!
Software04 Sep 2023 | 32
With version 117, Firefox finally speaks Chrome's translation language
It also beats its main rival in some speed tests now
Applications31 Aug 2023 | 51
Google 'wiretapped' tax websites with visitor traffic trackers, lawsuit claims
And this wiretap, is it in the room with us right now?
Personal Tech18 Aug 2023 | 54
Google opens up Chrome 117 Developer Tools box, drops in a few spanners
Web devs, rejoice: Finally something is happening in the quiet and steady world of JavaScript
Devops17 Aug 2023 | 8
Honey, can you shrink the plugin? Mozilla allows desktop extensions on Firefox for Android
Browser has added multi-process support
Software14 Aug 2023 | 17
Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out
Interview Anyone with sizable audience in this surveillance economy is invited to stuff their add-ons with tracking and ads
Security11 Aug 2023 | 25
India launches contest to build homegrown web browser
Almost certainly based on a FOSS engine, but with tweaks for the nation's particular needs
Software10 Aug 2023 | 21
Brave cuts ties with Bing to offer its own image and video search results
There's a word for describing going it alone against huge rivals, starts with a B, just can't put our finger on it
Personal Tech03 Aug 2023 | 43
Google's browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites
'The solution to the surveillance economy seems to be more surveillance' Vivaldi boss tells El Reg
Applications27 Jul 2023 | 85
Google's next big idea for browser security looks like another freedom grab to some
Analysis Safe to say, this proposal has gone down like a
poweroff -fn
Software25 Jul 2023 | 115
Firefox 115 browser breathes life into old operating systems
Release is good news for fans of Windows 7, 8, and macOS from Sierra to Mojave.
OSes05 Jul 2023 | 21
Browser extension developers targeted with schemes and scams
They're being asked to sell, or modify, their code – and trust in your favourite add-ons could be a casualty
Software08 Jun 2023 | 3
Microsoft to let Internet Explorer 11 haunt Windows some more
Icon and UI purge plan premuted after organizations object
Applications19 May 2023 | 19
Apple warns of three WebKit vulns under active exploitation, dozens more CVEs across its range
High school student and Amnesty International named among bug-finders
Security19 May 2023 | 13
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens
Just a small experiment – for now?
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 165
Zoho creates browser with 'Open Season Mode' for when you don't care about privacy
Indian software giant thinks you’ll ignore that in favor of the many tracker-killers
Software05 May 2023 | 17
Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff
Thanks for your service, now push off
Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4
Chrome's HTTPS padlock heads to Google Graveyard
Logowatch As blue check marks start showing up in Gmail
Security03 May 2023 | 40
Microsoft pushes users to the Edge in Outlook, Teams
The 1990s are back, baby
Applications02 May 2023 | 53
Open source Socket Runtime arrives, with aim to drop cloud as a dependency
Interview Web code-based cross-platform app kit offers a P2P alternative
Devops11 Apr 2023 | 3
Why UK watchdog abandoned its Apple monopoly probe
Analysis You win this round, Cook – but Europe has already lined up changes Britain fluffed
Personal Tech04 Apr 2023 | 31
Google halts purge of legacy ad blockers and other Chrome Extensions, again
Manifest V2 will die another day
Personal Tech01 Apr 2023 | 26
Microsoft to give more than microsecond's thought about your Windows 11 needs
Concerns over consistent dialog boxes, pinning, default apps mulled
OSes20 Mar 2023 | 38
My God, it's full of tabs: Vivaldi's coolest new features shine on phones and cars
Opera founder's outfit continues to push the browser functionality envelope
Software02 Mar 2023 | 40
Google Chrome fights the power drain (again)
Battery usage optimization comes to Apple MacBooks
Software28 Feb 2023 | 6
Microsoft begs you not to ditch Edge on Google's own Chrome download page
Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly
Applications23 Feb 2023 | 184
What Brit watchdog redacted: Google gives Apple cut of Chrome iOS search revenue
Exclusive Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari
Applications17 Feb 2023 | 40
Google lets a few Android devices into its Privacy Sandbox
Chocolate Factory's ad tech renovation is moving ahead, like it or not
Security14 Feb 2023 | 9
Microsoft switches Edge’s PDF reader to pay-to-play Adobe Acrobat
And yes, sure, totally secure
Software10 Feb 2023 | 118
Google works on Blink-based iOS browser contrary to Apple's WebKit rule
Chocolate Factory insists project is an internal testing tool, isn't extending middle finger at Cupertino
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 24
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping
Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay ... and what others do is not
Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 21
Chrome bug bedevils file storage in the cloud
'I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that'
Storage29 Jan 2023 | 5
Google, Mozilla to collaborate with Apple on fresh Webkit browser benchmark
The lions shall lie down with the lamb on 'cross-industry' Speedometer v.3
Software19 Dec 2022 | 3
You can hook your MIDI keyboard up to a website with Firefox 108
Don't worry, there are some other improvements thrown in too
Software14 Dec 2022 | 35
Google once again stalls Chrome content-blocker shakeup
Our v3 prediction comes true
Software12 Dec 2022 | 13
TOR Browser 12 released with support for Albanian, Ukrainian
If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier
Applications12 Dec 2022 | 2
Mozilla Foundation launches ethical venture capital fund
An unexpected move, but we suspect that Carl Sagan might have approved
Software04 Nov 2022 | 6
Google kills forthcoming JPEG XL image format in Chromium
And just for balance nixes version 2 of its own format, WebP, as well
Software31 Oct 2022 | 65
Firefox points the way to eradicating one of the rudest words online: PDF
Comment The ghosts of dead trees haunt us still
Columnists24 Oct 2022 | 238
How I made a Chrome extension for converting Reg articles to UK spelling
Hands On Long live the King's English or something like that
Applications22 Oct 2022 | 338
Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions
Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends
Applications30 Sep 2022 | 20
Serious surfer? How to browse like a pro on Firefox
Mozilla may seem like it has forgotten, but this is the most customizable browser going
Software26 Sep 2022 | 96
Mozilla drags Microsoft, Google, Apple for obliterating any form of browser choice
If you've got no OS of your own, you've got little chance to compete, Firefox maker sighs
Applications23 Sep 2022 | 134
'I Don't Care About Cookies' extension sold to Avast
Users of cookie-warning-buster add-on already forking off due to privacy concerns
Security21 Sep 2022 | 24
Firefox 105 is here, and it's faster and more memory-frugal
If you love having thousands of tabs open, this might be one for you
Software21 Sep 2022 | 48
Ad blockers struggle under Chrome's new rules
Analysis As deadline for mandatory code rewrite approaches, Manifest v3 still looks like a step backward
Software08 Sep 2022 | 151
No longer prepared to svn commit: WebKit migrates to GitHub
Apple's web engine to take advantage of Git’s distributed nature, GitHub’s large community
Devops01 Sep 2022 | 23
Let there be ambient light sensing, without fear of data theft
Six years on web devs finally settle on sensor privacy defenses
Security13 Aug 2022 | 22
Microsoft tightens Edge security for less visited websites
We're pretty sure that doesn't mean it's safe to click on sketchy popups
Security08 Aug 2022 | 13
Luca Stealer malware spreads rapidly after code handily appears on GitHub
Cool, another Rust project ... Oh
Security26 Jul 2022 | 3
Browsers could face two regimes in Europe as UK law set to diverge from EU
British government wants to boost innovation but lawyers warn of risk to adequacy ruling
Legal25 Jul 2022 | 128
Chromium's WebRTC zero-day fix arrives in Microsoft Edge
Update addresses heap buffer overflow and type confusion bugs in Google's browser engine
Security07 Jul 2022 | 3
If you can find and fix this subtle Chromium bug that breaks some extensions, there's $8k waiting for you
Unlucky few percent of netizens affected by weird timing issue
Applications05 Jul 2022 | 9
W3C overrules objections by Google, Mozilla to decentralized identifier spec
Oh no, he DIDn't
Applications01 Jul 2022 | 69
California's attempt to protect kids online could end adults' internet anonymity
Websites may be forced to verify ages of visitors unless changes made
Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 50
Brave Search leaves beta, offers Goggles for filtering, personalizing results
Freedom or echo chamber?
Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 8
Cookie consent crumbles under fresh UK data law proposals
Campaigners fear erosion of rights as narrowing of law proposed as well as political control over independent watchdog
Security17 Jun 2022 | 121
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