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WebKit Offers Early Preview of ‘Web Intents’
The new "Intent" tag debuts in WebKit, the engine that powers web browsers like Chrome and Safari. Web Intents, as the new API behind the Intent tag is known, allows websites to easily pass data between each other -- for example, to edit a photograph or share a link with friends.

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:50:27 -0700

Safe web browsing for kids
Summer's almost here and that means kids will have a lot of time on their hands to surf the Internet. So you may be concerned about what they'll be looking at online. Fortunately most web browsers like Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer have easy to use privacy settings.

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:09:34 -0700

Running client-side Ruby on the Web with Native Client or Emscripten
Experimental ports are bringing the popular programming language to the Web.

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:38:15 -0700

Android browser beta battle: Chrome vs Firefox
It wasn’t all that long ago that Mozilla and Google started making web browsers that, in their own ways, completely changed the way we interact with websites. The goal for both companies was pretty simple — get people away from Internet Explorer and make a better web. Since then, Mozilla and Google have been consistently [...]

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:32:53 -0700

Google Joins Gripes About Microsoft Shutting Out Rival Web Browsers
Google is echoing concerns from Firefox parent company Mozilla that Microsoft is hindering rival Web browsers on some computing devices designed for the next version of Windows.

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:22:10 -0700