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Go to most boardrooms today and you’ll see less and less people with laptops and more people using tablets and smartphones.As Android and iOS have firmly cemented themselves into the on-the-move computing via tablets and smartphones, Microsoft is yet to make its cautious leap into the fray. While Microsoft’s Windows ...

Here we go again. Microsoft has apparently banned browsers other than Internet Explorer in one mode on ARM devices running Windows 8.In an official blog post, Mozilla says that Microsoft's proposed browser practices around Windows 8 Metro could signal a return to "the digital dark ages" before there was ...

Last year, Mozilla managed to get Firefox back on track. While the long delay of Firefox 4 gave competitors like the up-and-coming Google Chrome a chance to gain quite a bit of market share. Mozilla adapted to the changing environment and switched to a Chrome-like rapid-release schedule that is focused ...

Earlier this year I reported that Chrome was destined to become the default web browser for Ubuntu. At that time, Chrome still had a fair way to catch up to Firefox's userbase. Meanwhile, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was holding out strong as the preferred browser on the internet. These stats are ...

Last week, I wrote an article titled Is it time to rethink SSL?, where I pointed out that SSL's reliance on Certificate Authorities is inherently flawed due to the fact that there is no guarantee that a CA will never be compromised. One of the key problems with the CA ...

We here at Memeburn know you our esteemed reader. Being the busy people you are we know -- that, try as you may, and as interested as you are -- it’s not always possible to keep up with everything.In light of that, starting today, you can expect this weekly ...

Recently, African IT billionaire Mark Shuttleworth announced that Google Chrome or its open-source cousin, Chromium, is likely to replace Firefox as the default browser in Ubuntu Linux. While this is unlikely to happen for the next major release of the Linux distribution, it is already scheduled to take place in ...

The browser wars may come to a head at the end of 2012, according to a projection by Memeburn.Using data from reputable analytics company StatCounter, Memeburn analysed the current and future growth rates of the web's three main web browsers excluding Safari, namely Internet Explorer, Chrome and FireFox.StatCounter ...

April 1 is generally associated with hoaxes, false news, pranks, tomfoolery and (un)noteworthy nonsense. Over the years social media and tech news sites have capitalised on the April Fool's day trend by posting grandiose announcements covering advancements in technology, changes to existing social platforms or adding new game-changing functionality to ...

The web browser. That simple software application that traverses URIs presented as web pages, images, video or any other content and renders it all neatly inside a compact window may often be taken for granted by the online community who demand 24 hour access.The rapid succession of mobile browsing ...