Browsers

Do you constantly ignore that pop up message telling you to update your web browser? An online retailer in Australia plans to put a kind of tax on customers who shop using outdated browsers.

Advertisers are not amused. In the upcoming version of Windows, Internet Explorer will have its "Do Not Track" feature turned on by default. Goodbye creepy ads that seem to follow you around -- hello, more generic ads for great deals on car insurance?

Google's Chrome topped Microsoft's Internet Explorer for seven days straight for the first time. The numbers mean less than Google's growing share of the market.

Powdered wigs and town crier optional

Self flagellation ensues.

The big news of the Kindle Fire announcement was the price point. $199 ridiculous dollars for something that doesn't offer nearly the power and...

After all, the browser is three months old. How could Mozilla be expected to support a dinosaur like that?...

The latest version of Chrome lets you talk into your computer's microphone and it will translate what you say into text. It's another incorporation...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the next version of the Apple operating system, code name Lion, will feature a Do Not Track feature baked...

I think we need a new story category on this blog: Geek Chow. Stories that probably don't matter a whole lot in the short term to the average...