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Mozilla Could Form Base Of A Google Browser
Talkback Since Google is not going to make any money on a free browser, why reinvent the wheel? However inferior, Microsoft has substantial cash flow and means, and have proven they enjoy taking over ideas which are in their sphere of influence, and having...
[February 1, 2005, 19:44]
Mozilla Could Form Base Of A Google Browser
News Rumours flew around the Web on Tuesday about Google's potential plans to release a Web browser. A Google spokesman refused to comment on reports surrounding the 'Google browser', but analysts believe they may have some substance.
[September 21, 2004, 18:15]
Firefox Strengthens Ties To Google
News Google and Mozilla may or may not be working on a Web browser together, but the two are cosier than ever with Firefox's latest release. Rumours have circulated for months that Google is developing a Web browser, potentially in partnership with...
[November 12, 2004, 7:35]
Firefox Lead Programmer Now A Googlista
News Google has hired the lead programmer of the Firefox Web browser, the newest step in the search powerhouse's encroachment onto Microsoft's turf. The move is the latest of several that are fuelling speculation that Google plans its own Web browser.
[January 25, 2005, 8:30]
Google Browser Speculation Grows
News The Google franchise could be coming to a Web browser near you; that is, if all the recent clues add up. Evidence is growing that may support rumours that the pre-eminent search company plans to introduce a Google-branded Web browser down the road.
[September 24, 2004, 8:55]
Google Cuts Out The Browser
News Search company Google is testing software that lets people navigate the Web without opening up an Internet browser, placing itself in a field that Microsoft has designs on -- desktop search. It's just an experiment for now, but the Deskbar could...
[November 7, 2003, 9:35]
Google's Offline Web Apps Click Into Gear
News The search giant on Wednesday launched Google Gears, a browser plug-in that will let people run web applications when they're connected to the internet or not. One of the reasons we're doing Gears is that developers here at Google have really...
[May 31, 2007, 8:26]
Google Upgrades Toolbar
News Available free in beta at toolbar.google.com, the downloadable software lets people search the Web from a static box on the Internet Explorer Web browser and block annoying pop-up ads. Google, for example, makes money from sponsored listings that...
[February 17, 2005, 12:35]
Google Under Fire Over Autolinking
News Google's browser toolbar for Internet Explorer is raising eyebrows over a feature that inserts new hyperlinks in web pages, giving the internet search provider a powerful tool to funnel traffic to destinations of its choice.
[February 21, 2005, 8:40]
Pop-ups Bounce Back
News Google's pop-up blocker, included as part of the Web search engine's popular browser plug-in, "worked fantastically well for about two months, blocking everything," said Haigh, a photographer from the United Kingdom.
[June 7, 2004, 11:30]
Google's Android Paves Way For Mobile Supremacy
News Many would argue Apple's iPhone was the first mobile computing device to allow a web page to look exactly as it does on a PC's browser. But it's one of many companies vying for eyeballs on the PC browser.
[November 7, 2007, 15:23]
Google Tightens Up Search Privacy
News Google's servers log information every time someone conducts a web search, keeping data such as the keywords used, the internet protocol address or unique number assigned to that person's computer, and information from web cookies, which are small...
[March 15, 2007, 7:55]
Google Not Going To Enter Browser Market
News Google board member and investor John Doerr said Tuesday that despite speculation, the search giant would not enter the Web browser market, but he predicted others would. Most of the old Web-based services are in the process of being systemised...
[October 6, 2004, 9:15]
Google Unveils Desktop Search
News The company, which will report earnings for the first time as a public company next week, has created Google Desktop Search, a thin-client application that lets people retrieve email, office documents, AOL chat logs and a history of Web pages...
[October 14, 2004, 15:40]
Google Gears Races Towards Microsoft
News Several Google watchers said the browser plug-in is a significant step in the evolution of web-based applications, particularly with regard to the offline issue. Gears is a browser extension that will enable people to access their web applications...
[June 1, 2007, 8:59]
Google Fosters Ties With Developers
News In conjunction with the conference, the company on Wednesday announced Google Gears, a web browser plug-in that allows web developers to add offline access to web applications. Similarly, tools like Google Gears, available as open source, enhance...
[June 1, 2007, 15:36]
Google Keeping The Wolf From Firefox' Door
News The Mozilla Foundation's deal with Google is playing a crucial role in helping the non-profit organisation challenge Microsoft with its Firefox browser. Google was the default browser for Firefox before we even signed the deal.
[February 28, 2005, 14:10]
Google Develops Web App Security Tool
News An attacker can inject code into a web application, which is then executed in a user's browser session. Google is in the process of developing a security tool to automatically find cross-site scripting holes in its web applications.
[July 19, 2007, 12:46]
AOL Makes Desktop Search Move
News Google's search tool can be integrated into Microsoft's IE browser, but users have to download the software separately from its Web site. The desktop search tool is currently being offered as a feature within a test version of a standalone Web...
[October 15, 2004, 9:35]
Google Warns Of Drive-by Downloads
News Drive-by downloads, in which malicious websites exploit browser vulnerabilities to execute malicious code, have increased since April 2007, warned Google researchers last week. The malicious sites target web-browser vulnerabilities to automatically...
[February 19, 2008, 13:58]
