Internet Explorer

Google Chrome is not only the world’s most popular browser; it’s also the most vulnerable to attack, a pair of studies show. Using information compiled by CVE Detail, the analytics firm Statista said the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) browser led its competitors with the most errors in...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has confirmed that it will be doing away with its browser, Internet Explorer (IE), after 20 years and is developing a new browser code-named Project Spartan. Capital IQ analyst, Angelo Zino, was on CNBC Tuesday to discuss what dropping the IE brand will mean...

Investors barely reacted to the news that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) will replace Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) as the default search engine in Firefox. Google previously paid Firefox upward of $300 million to secure its place as Firefox's default search engine. Google will...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Sunday issued a security warning regarding an issue affecting Internet Explorer. The security flaw allows remote code execution if users visit a malicious website with an affected browser. No one seems to really care. One would think that kind of news would at the very...

For starters, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) had to pull the Windows 8.1 RT update due to a “situation affecting a limited number of users.” The “situation,” aka, the Blue Screen of Death, was only part of the problem for Windows 8.1. As for the PC version, issues have included booting to a blank...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chrome Web browser is one of the most highly touted available for computers and devices. It offers speed, efficiency, and ease of use but for security (at least password security), it might need some work. Software developer Elliott Kember, in a blog post Tuesday, said...

Better, faster and more intuitive, Internet Explorer is poised to become the chief Windows 8 app for innovation and intuitive controls. It is not an overstatement to say that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has improved the experience of surfing the Web on a touch device. Using a multitude of touch...

There is something disconcerting about the state of internet advertising. Web users are constantly "tracked," and advertisers use this massive cache of data about individuals' browsing patterns to customize relevant ads. Most internet surfers are undoubtedly aware of how this surveillance of their...