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Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are developing tools that will allow Web users to block advertisers from collecting information about them.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the most popular Web browser by far in North America, but in Europe, it has just been overthrown by Mozilla's Firefox. The coup illustrates the rapid growth of Google's Chrome browser, which has been eating away at Microsoft's market share.

Mozilla Corp., the maker of the Firefox Internet browser, is considering creating a do-not-track mechanism to offer users more privacy. Web browsers are caught in the cross fire between regulators seeking to protect user privacy and online advertisers who want more information on users'...

To boost its Chrome browser, Google is dishing out free WiFi access to passengers traveling domestically on Delta Airlines, Virgin America or AirTran between Nov. 20 and Jan. 2.

RockMelt, a startup backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, will unveil its new browser today. It is directly aimed at Web surfers who spend most of their time on social networks.

Software developer Mozilla will not develop a version of its Firefox Internet browser specifically for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, according to an announcement from the company.

Keywords, user IDs, account numbers, passwords that must contain both letters and numbers: the list of important login information we are required to remember is overwhelming indeed. Remembering increasingly complex and often-changing password combinations can be extremely difficult -- and for some...

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.

In the beginning, most computer viruses were simply aimed at causing trouble for users and giving the virus creator bragging rights. But increasingly, these individuals and organizations are writing viruses aimed at making them rich. The most recent example is a virus that threatens to publish your...

At a hacker conference in Vancouver, techies compete to break into major operating systems.