Can Firefox and Google Bring More Privacy to the Web?
Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are developing tools that will allow Web users to block advertisers from collecting information about them.
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Firefox Overtakes Internet Explorer in Europe
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.
Fox Blocks Its Shows From Google TV Web Viewing
After resolving its differences with Cablevision and Dish, News Corp.'s Fox has now blocked Web access to its shows from Google TV. Owners of televisions equipped with the Google TV service will still be able to watch regular Fox television on their sets, but won't be able to use it to view Fox shows on the Web.
Microsoft Starts Beta Testing Internet Explorer 9 Web Browser
Microsoft Corp. today said it will start letting people test its new Windows Internet Explorer 9 Web browser, as the company looks to augment to popularity of its Windows 7 operating system it unveiled last year.
Microsoft Strikes Deal with E.U. on Browser Bundling
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.