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HTML5 is the new standard for Web browsers, say the geeks who build them at the Web 2.0 Expo. This means faster browsing, drag and drop features -- and the death of older browsers like IE 6.

Microsoft has sealed a deal to end a decade of litigation with the European Union over charges that it unfairly used its dominant operating system to promote its Web browser, Internet Explorer. The computer giant agreed to give European users a choice of up to 12 browsers in future editions of Windows.

Google (GOOG) likes to blow up entire industries. Two weeks ago, the search giant dropped a bomb on the GPS industry with the release of its free and open-source voice-activated navigation app -- sorry, Garmin (GRMN) and TomTom. Google is also in the process of blowing up the productivity...

Sony (SNE) has started to distribute the Google (GOOG) Chrome browser on its Vaio PCs, offering a small challenge to Microsoft's (MSFT) Internet Explorer and Firefox. The deal does not mean much because of Sony's small share of the computer market, but if Google can get companies with larger sales...

First Microsoft Bing-ed Google's dominant search service. Now Google is striking back by announcing a operating system called Chrome, which may challenge Microsoft's Windows OS. The technology industry is a battleground as two of its biggest companies go after each others' meal tickets. Google...

Microsoft (MSFT) makes a huge amount of its profit from its PC operating systems. Google (GOOG) plans to enter that business in earnest. The search company already offers certain applications for PCs that handle word-processing and spreadsheet functions. Its Android software for phones is a...

Microsoft (MSFT) wants into Google's search business. Google (GOOG) wants a part of Microsoft's business in the desktop applications sector. Those pieces of information are both old news, but perhaps the growing violence of the battles is not. The Wall Street Journal reports that "Microsoft said...

This post is part of our series ranking the top 25 bygone products and trends we'd like to see return. Chromed metal is created by electroplating the base element chromium on a surface to provide corrosion protection or aesthetic beauty. Who ever would have thought it would become an art form of...