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• Mozilla halts Firefox security updates

  Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week.

• Mozilla starts dropping features from Firefox 4

  Mozilla, which launched the latest beta of Firefox 4 last week, has started to drop features from the still-under-construction browser.

• Apple matches Mozilla, patches DLL hijacking bug in Safari

  Apple yesterday patched three vulnerabilities in Safari, including one in the Windows version that quashed a bug Microsoft said individual developers had to fix themselves.

• Schmidt says Google TV on track for fall release

  Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Tuesday that the company will launch its TV service in the U.S. this fall.

• Google toots browser birthday horn, ships Chrome 6

  Google today celebrated Chrome's second birthday by launching the sixth version of its browser for Windows, Mac and Linux.

• Microsoft uses Bing home page to push IE8

  Microsoft on Thursday started featuring a small advertisement on its Bing home page for Internet Explorer 8 in an apparent effort to encourage more people to migrate to the latest version of its browser.

• Firefox 3.6 becomes number two browser as IE6 declines

  The data from the Net Applications for browser market share in August show that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 continues to lead overall and outpace all competitors in growth. Even better news is that Internet Explorer 6--the archaic and insecure browser that refuses to die--is losing ground.

• Microsoft's IE loses momentum, drops market share

  The browser battle returned to what passes for normalcy in August as Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), which had a two-month run of usage share gains, lost ground to the usual suspect: Google's Chrome.

• Chrome jumps into hardware speed-up game

  Google will follow the lead of Microsoft and Mozilla by offloading some browser chores to the graphics processor to speed up Chrome, the company said last week.

• Mozilla unveils alpha browser for Android

  Mozilla today released an alpha version of its mobile browser for smartphones running Google's Android operating system.

• Mozilla mulls end of support for PowerPC Macs

  Mozilla this week said it's unlikely that the final version of Firefox 4 will run on older Macs equipped with PowerPC processors.

• Google's Chrome speeds up Flash patching seven-fold

  Google's decision to push Adobe Flash security fixes using Chrome's silent update service has resulted in a seven-fold increase in patching speed, a Google software engineer said.

• Google makes Chrome devs dig into pockets

  Google on Thursday announced it would require new Chrome extension developers to pay a one-time US$5 registration fee as a way to stymie malicious add-ons for its browser.

• Google previews Chrome Web Store for developers

  Google this week made available a developer preview of its Chrome Web Store, which enables access to Web applications.

• Chrome 6 beta may hint at mythical Chrome OS tablet

  The latest beta of Chrome 6 is out, and its menus have been optimized for touch--complete with buttons for copying, pasting, as well as zooming in on a page. Could this be a taste of what the rumored Chrome OS tablet will be like? Maybe.