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Briefly: Nook HD Mother's day discounts, Unreal Engine 3 in Firefox

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:28:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1209/nook-hd-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nook HD and Blink, that will serve as Chrome's alternative to the WebKit2 engine used by competing browsers such as Safari. The search giant suggests its WebKit-based engine will enable developers to streamline innovation, eliminating approximately 4.5 million...]]>

Opera WebKit switch caused loss of 90 jobs in last quarter

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:48:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352244477_ScreenShot2012-11-06at6.27.15PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Opera's move from the Presto rendering engine to WebKit has forced the company to restructure...]]>

Mozilla Firefox 19 includes built-in PDF support, bug fixes

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:46:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/firefoxin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Firefox 19 available for download, ahead of a launch scheduled for later today. The new version of the browser, available through Mozilla's Dolphin (free), has been updated (to version 7.2 for iPhone, and v6.2 for Opera is replacing the Presto rendering engine used in its web browser with WebKit. The migration to a different rendering engine comes at the same time the browser is celebrating 300 million monthly users in total over all formats, including smartphones, smart televisions, tablets,...]]>

EU prepares to charge Microsoft for browser violation

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:26:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1204/europeancommissionthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />violating a 2009 commitment, according to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. Comments from the antitrust head suggest Microsoft is nearing punishment, potentially a ...]]>

Mozilla ends Firefox Home, removes it from App Store

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:36:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346690583_Mozilla-FirefoxHome-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />suspending development on Thunderbird, has now pulled its two-year-old Hack In The Box security conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, following two successful hacks bein...]]>

Rumor: Facebook buying Opera team to make own browser

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:57:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/operasml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Opera web browser, according to a rumor. Sources of&...]]>