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• Microsoft fixes security tool after Google reports Chrome problems

  Microsoft on Wednesday patched an enterprise security tool that had blocked some copies of Chrome from updating.

• Microsoft's IE exec downplays JavaScript scores

  Microsoft's top executive for Internet Explorer (IE) today dismissed browser speed trials as "at best, not very useful, and at worst, misleading."

• What if Facebook and Chrome mated: Meet RockMelt

  Does the world need yet another browser? It depends. If you're like me, and spend a lot of time on the Web, but not too much time with social networking sites, you don't. Firefox and Chrome and even IE (not to mention Safari or Opera) are more than enough. But if you can't live without instant Facebook updates and the latest Tweets, you should check out RockMelt, a new browser designed for the social networking aficionado.

• Post Twitter updates from the Firefox address bar

  Do you still go to Twitter.com every time you want to tweet something? That, my friends, is one colossal waste of time (not to mention a hassle).

• Windows 7 and IE6: 4 tips to solve the incompatibility catch

  You want to deploy Windows 7 but you can't let go of Internet Explorer 6. Unfortunately, that's no longer feasible: IE compatibility problems need to be solved fast to prevent Windows 7 delays, according to recent report from Gartner.

• IE9 lags on popular websites: Report

  Speed is supposed to be a hallmark of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9, but the head of a Web optimization firm says improvements are negligible on the most popular Websites.

• Firefox F1 fights back against RockMelt

  The timing might sound suspicious to some observers, but Mozilla has just announced a social networking plugin for Firefox that offers some of the features found in the much-heralded RockMelt social browser, the limited-availability beta of which was announced a few days ago.

• Firefox 4 regains speed mojo

  With the release of Firefox 4 Beta 7, Mozilla returned to near the top spot in browser performance rankings.

• Chrome browser set to become 'wicked fast'

  Earlier this fall Google promised that hardware acceleration advances were going to make Chrome 7 as much as 60 times faster than its predecessor, and now the company is working on a new feature that could boost the browser's speed even more.

• Mozilla Firefox celebrates 6 years

  Mozilla is celebrating the sixth birthday of its Firefox browser today, and it's inviting users of the popular free and open source browser to help by sending in a postcard for display in Mozilla's Mountain View or Paris offices.

• iPhone's Safari dials calls without warning, says researcher

  A security researcher is asserting that Apple has made a poor security decision by allowing its Safari browser to honor requests from third-party applications to perform actions such as making a phone call without warning a user.

• Rockmelt: The Facebook of Web browsers

  A new Web browser, Rockmelt debuts in limited beta Monday and aims to help you keep tabs on your Facebook friends, your favorite sites, and make your Web searches faster. Backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, Rockmelt was first reported on by The New York Times in August 2009. At the time, Rockmelt was supposedly going to be a next-generation Web browser designed to take advantage of new Web applications and services.

• RockMelt social browser faces tough sell

  The odds are stacked against RockMelt, a new browser designed to serve as a social networking hub, industry analysts said today.

• Google promotes Chrome with free in-flight Wi-Fi deal

  Google today said it will sponsor free Wi-Fi on three major U.S. airlines during the last six weeks of the year to promote its Chrome browser.

• 20 must-have IE and Firefox shortcuts

  I spend hours and hours exploring the Web. At times all that mousing around makes my right hand hurt. So I try to use keyboard shortcuts at least some of the time. At the very least, using different muscles in the hand relieves some of the strain, and sometimes those shortcuts save time compared to the corresponding mouse commands.