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Browser Speed Tests: Chrome 24, Firefox 18, Internet Explorer 10, Opera 12.12
20Windows 8 is out with a new version of Internet Explorer, Firefox has boosted its JavaScript power and memory usage, and Chrome has been slowly improving its speed. How do the new versions stack up against each other? We found out in our latest round of browser speed tests.
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Need Maximum Laptop Battery Life? Use IE, Not Chrome
We regularly test the four most popular browsers for speed, but what about battery life? If you’re on a laptop, an extra 20 minutes can make a pretty big difference. Weblog 7Tutorials did a battery life test of each browser, and found that Internet Explorer was the most likely to give you a noticeable battery…
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What’s The Most Secure Web Browser?
A new Google-funded study of browser security by security research firm Accuvant Labs crowned Chrome the champion of security features, and ranked Firefox below Internet Explorer in terms of protection available from web-borne Predictably, Microsoft and Mozilla have different opinions on what makes a browser secure, and why Accuvant’s findings are off base. All of…
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How To Start IE9 Without Add-Ons Loading
While Internet Explorer 9 does a more efficient job than its predecessors of identifying troublesome add-ons, sometimes it will still refuse to load because of a weirdly-coded add-on. If that happens to you, you can start IE in stripped-down mode from the command line.