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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. Once people install the browser plug-in, they can read RSS content when they're offline...
[May 31, 2007, 8:26]
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. Its goal is to make Ajax-style development, which doesn't require...
[June 1, 2007, 15:36]
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 Search Will Go Beyond The Browser
Leader A browser plug-in that amalgamated general file management with knowledge of Outlook, multimedia data types and online searching would be tempting indeed. News that Google has hired one of Sun's senior Java chaps and a bunch of browser specialists...
[September 24, 2004, 12:35]
Google Browser Speculation Grows
News Employees of the company have also recently filed a patent application for delivering ads to client-side applications, including a Web browser or browser plug-in. The Google franchise could be coming to a Web browser near you; that is, if all the...
[September 24, 2004, 8:55]
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]
Web Giants Mull Taskbar
News The deskbar follows Google's earlier development of a browser plug-in for Internet Explorer, placing a search bar in the browser menu. EarthLink would not comment on specific talks, but Mecredy said it has spoken to all the major technology players...
[January 12, 2004, 14:40]
Jeeves Asking Mozilla For Support
News In addition to a Jeeves-branded browser, the company is also considering Jeeves-specific plug-ins for use with Firefox. Key Mozilla volunteers now also work for Google, and the browser showcases Google search in its interface.
[February 15, 2005, 11:45]
Firefox To Get Phishing Shield
News These include the Google Safe Browsing plug-in for Firefox and Microsoft's MSN Toolbar for IE. Although IE and Firefox, the two most-used Web browsers, don't include antiphishing features yet, there are browser add-ons that guard against such scams.
[March 9, 2006, 12:55]
Google Sees Surge In Mobile Web Use
News Google's mobile plug-in software lets users customise their phones to feature Google mobile services instead of relying solely on software features network carriers have pre-installed on the devices. The software shortcuts the time it takes for...
[March 19, 2008, 7:12]
Google Not Going To Enter Browser Market
News He added that as new browsers come onto the market, Google's application protocol interfaces and advertising network will be there to plug into and support them. Google board member and investor John Doerr said Tuesday that despite speculation, the...
[October 6, 2004, 9:15]
Firefox Gets Multimedia Plugin
News Project leader Dr Silvia Pfeiffer told ZDNet UK sister site ZDNet Australia on Friday morning that the reason the organisation chose Firefox as a development platform over Internet Explorer (IE) was the fact that Firefox’s plug-in architecture was...
[February 11, 2005, 8:40]
Adobe's Apollo Platform Goes Beta
News AIR is one of a growing number of browser plug-ins coming onto the market. But AIR applications can operate without the need for a browser. Online music service Finetune, for example, streams music to a browser, but an AIR version allows people to...
[June 11, 2007, 8:13]
DeepNet 1.3 Browser To Contain Anti-phishing Features
News For example, IE and Mozilla support plug-ins, which are one of the sources of malware and spyware. We don't support third-party plug-ins. DeepNet Technologies will release its DeepNet 1.3 browser on 1 December, and says it will contain...
[November 22, 2004, 12:40]
Mozilla Backtracks On EBay Plug-in
News Mozilla said on Monday it changed an eBay search plug-in that had originally directed queries through a Web address, or URL, owned by a third-party Swiss search company. And the first thing they see when they use an official search plug-in is [an...
[November 23, 2004, 8:25]
IE Stagnation Spells Trouble For All Concerned
News To a certain degree they also benefit from IE's security lapses, as some claim to plug security holes faster than Microsoft and provide additional protections. Such plans may signal a turning point in the browser wars, indicating that the open...
[October 8, 2004, 10:35]
Zoho Takes Hosted Office Apps Offline
News In May the search giant released the source code for Google Gears, a browser plug-in that lets web-based applications run offline. The online word processor Zoho Writer has been made available as an offline application, making use of Google...
[August 22, 2007, 11:16]
Microsoft Sets Out Its Online Services Strategy
News The company will release a beta and website dedicated to Silverlight, its cross-platform multi-browser plug-in for writing media-rich interactive web applications. The moves are part of an ongoing transition at Microsoft as it chases online rivals...
[April 30, 2007, 10:12]
Microsoft Opens Desktop Search To Developers
News Apple, meanwhile, already has an API available to allow developers to write plug-ins for the Spotlight search feature in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Enlisting developers to help combat Google's search dominance, Microsoft has quietly released...
[July 1, 2005, 10:15]
New Tools For Google Desktop
News The program requires a plug-in and a Google account. The new Google Desktop lets people use mini-applications from within its Sidebar without having to download software or open a browser, said Marissa Mayer, vice-president of search products and...
[May 11, 2006, 9:05]
