Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4 We thought you people wanted choice, IT colossus sniffs Applications15 Mar 2024 | 54
Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn't leak to ad giant Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it Personal Tech14 Mar 2024 | 14
Chrome users – get an alert when extensions are in danger of falling into wrong hands Under New Management is an early-warning system for potential poisoning of add-ons with malware Applications07 Mar 2024 | 22
Supermium drags Google Chrome back in time to Windows XP, Vista, and 7 If you really need obsolete OSes, here's a modern(ish) browser OSes06 Mar 2024 | 47
Worried about the impending demise of Windows 10? Google wants you to give ChromeOS Flex a try Hello, Mr. Frying Pan, meet Mr. Fire Personal Tech15 Feb 2024 | 61
Chrome engine devs experiment with automatic browser micropayments I'd buy that for a $0.00000001 Applications13 Feb 2024 | 105
Still no love for JPEG XL: Browser maker love-in snubs next-gen image format Fans of the spec bemoan lack of transparency in Interop 2024 process Applications03 Feb 2024 | 76
Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission Updated What goes together better than Redmond and respecting people's preferences? Everything, really OSes30 Jan 2024 | 56
Native Chrome arrives fashionably late to the Windows on ARM party If a new browser arrives on an OS nobody cares about, did it arrive at all? Software29 Jan 2024 | 15
YouTube video lag wrongly blamed on its ad-blocking animus Slowdowns apparently due to a bug afflicting browser extensions, not retaliation against filters Personal Tech17 Jan 2024 | 92
Irony alert: Lawsuit alleging Chrome’s Incognito Mode isn’t will settle on unknown terms Google accused of tracking you even when you think it won’t Personal Tech29 Dec 2023 | 44
Mozilla decides Trusted Types is a worthy security feature DOM-XSS attacks have become scarce on Google websites since TT debuted Security21 Dec 2023 | 15
Google pencils in limited third-party cookie purge for January One percent of Chrome users will experience the web as if using Firefox or Safari Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 19
How to deorbit the Chromebook... and repurpose it for innovators Opinion Better than a Pi? It’s an open and shut case Personal Tech11 Dec 2023 | 128
What's really going on with Chrome's June crackdown on extensions – and why your ad blocker may or may not work Special report Manifest V3 transition deemed 'far from terrible' and yet not great for content filters Personal Tech18 Nov 2023 | 97
Theora video codec to be coded out from Chrome and Firefox Usage barely measurable so ax will swing on compression dinosaur Software02 Nov 2023 | 26
Google - yes, that Google - testing proxy scheme to hide IP addresses for privacy Plan for Chrome echoes Apple iCloud Private Relay Software23 Oct 2023 | 26
Google's third-party cookie culling to begin in Q1 2024 ... for 1% of Chrome users And in full swing starting Q3 Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 11
CISA adds latest Chrome zero-day to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Chrome’s second zero-day of the month puts fed security at 'significant risk' Security03 Oct 2023 |
Google doubles minimum RAM and disk in 'Chromebook Plus' spec Some may be made in India, where the Big G has teamed to make kit with HP Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 24
EFF urges Chrome users to get out of the Privacy Sandbox Google says Topics warning is anti-innovative fearmongering Personal Tech30 Sep 2023 | 81
Google promises eternity of updates for Chromebooks – that's a decade for everyone else I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, laptops on fire off the shoulder of Orion... Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 51
Chrome, Firefox and more caught with their WebP down, offer hasty patch-up Updated Exploit observed in the wild against codec lib in browsers, apps Patches12 Sep 2023 | 10
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
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
4 in 5 Chromebooks sold to US students in Q2 as demand rises Education buyers ignore campaign group's intense criticism of device's lifespan, 'expect expiration dates for milk, not tech' Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 41
Lacros rescues Chromebooks by extending their lifespans 'Play sports and live longer' apparently now applies to ChromeOS as well as sedentary geeks Software03 Aug 2023 | 32
Linux has nearly half of the desktop OS Linux market Opinion It would be twice as much if people could stop arguing about who counts and who doesn't OSes18 Jul 2023 | 239
AMD scours parts bin for old CPUs, GPUs to put in Chromebooks Do you really need the latest and greatest cores to doomscroll the web? Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 7
Google IO: A deeper dive into the developer day's details WebGPU, Chrome extensions, Android, Dart, Flutter, and more Applications11 May 2023 | 7
What you need to know from today's Google IO: PaLM 2, Pixel Fold, AI everywhere We sat through the Chocolate Factory's PR blitz so you don't have to Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 8
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
Microsoft probes complaints of Edge leaking URLs to Bing Remember next time Redmond begs you not to install another browser Security26 Apr 2023 | 36
Appeals court spares Google from $20m patent payout over Chrome Chocolate Factory can afford some staples now, or? Security19 Apr 2023 | 8
Chromebook expiration date, repair issues 'bad for people and planet' Updated US PIRG slams Google for selling schools short-lived, repair-resistant kit Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 110
Google crams more AI into search as Apple, Samsung sniff around Bing Mountain View may have nothing to fear, though – Microsoft's browser is still the underdog AI + ML17 Apr 2023 | 6
Google halts purge of legacy ad blockers and other Chrome Extensions, again Manifest V2 will die another day Personal Tech01 Apr 2023 | 26
Google euthanizes Chrome Cleanup Tool because it no longer has a purpose Times have changed and unwanted software on Windows is a rarity (unless you count Windows itself) Security11 Mar 2023 | 4
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
ChromeOS now runs on top of Linux and, er, Zephyr ... Column Google's finest via the what now? Plus: RISC-V-powered Chromebook isn't out of the question OSes14 Feb 2023 | 15
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
Google opens arms to VMware in the cloud and Microsoft 365 on ChromeOS From the Department of Improbable Alliances Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 9
Chromebook SH1MMER exploit promises admin jailbreak Schools' laptops are out if this one gets around, tho beware bricking Security30 Jan 2023 | 15
Chrome bug bedevils file storage in the cloud 'I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that' Storage29 Jan 2023 | 5
This is the end, Windows 7 and 8 friends: Microsoft drops support this week Time has run out for users of legacy operating systems – will you upgrade or buy a new PC? OSes09 Jan 2023 | 156
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
Google once again stalls Chrome content-blocker shakeup Our v3 prediction comes true Software12 Dec 2022 | 13
Firefox patches Windows 11 Ctrl+C hang, introduces new bug Copying text now works without issue, so naturally pasting is getting iffy Software01 Nov 2022 | 7
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
Why I love my Chromebook: Reason 1, it's a Linux desktop Column We appreciate power but sometimes it's about getting up and running sooner OSes28 Oct 2022 | 152
If you're still on Windows 7/8.1, it's time to say goodbye to Google Chrome Even better, upgrade to Windows 10 at the very least OSes25 Oct 2022 | 61
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
ChromeLoader, what took you so long? Malvertising irritant now slings ransomware Doesn't make cents, makes bigger bucks instead ... probably Cyber-crime21 Sep 2022 | 10
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
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
Chromebooks are here to stay thanks to COVID, even though shipments crashed: IDC Tablet sales tumble, too – except at Amazon Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 14
Weird Flex, but OK: Now you can officially turn these PCs, Macs into Chromebooks Just a feeeeew caveats to bear in mind, though OSes14 Jul 2022 | 48
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