Skyfire Demos Free Mobile Browser
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Skyfire unveiled a free mobile browser that does everything a full-fledged browser can.
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Opera Software ASA released a new version of its mini browser for mobile phones Tuesday.
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Apple's beta version of its Safari Web browser -- released this week for Windows users -- is a speedy app with new features that works as promised. It also offers another glimpse of the big picture: Apple is suddenly, seemingly, everywhere.
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The Mozilla Foundation has released Version 1.0 of its Firefox browser, an open-source product that has generated lofty expectations that it will offer real competition to Microsoft Corp.'s ubiquitous Internet Explorer.
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The Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday launched a version of its stand-alone Firefox browser that incorporates all the features of the final which is scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter.
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Widgets, or small Web applications that supply useful information direct to the desktop, could soon be appearing on your cell phone screen.Japan&#39;s Access, the company behind the NetFront browser that is used in hundreds of phones on sale worldwide, has developed a widget system for the latest version of the browser and will demonstrate it next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.Much like those on Apple&#39;s Mac OSX or Windows Vista, the NetFront widgets can do things like provide updated weather information, news headlines, favorites from YouTube, local maps, and photo feeds from Web sites.The intention is that users will be able to download widgets for sites like Google Maps, YouTube, and Wikipedia so those sites become services available directly from the desktop. In the case of some sites, say an auction site where prices change all the time, the widget will be able to provide constantly updated information to the desktop so the user doesn&#39;t have to go through a browser to the Web site.The widgets can be kept minimized at the bottom of the screen or placed on the desktop, where they appear as small boxes showing just a few highlights of the information they contain. Click on the boxes and they expand to full screen and their entire contents can be accessed.In a demonstration the minimized weather widget showed a symbol for the sun -- the current weather conditions at the time. When placed on the desktop it added the current conditions, &quot;clear,&quot; and the temperature and when fully expanded a three-day forecast was provided.The news widget displayed just five headlines on the desktop but expanded to show more news and the full text of each story while the video widget on the desktop had a screenshot from a single video and expanded to show details of the video and related content.In addition to linking up with data stored on the network the widgets framework also supports communication with parts of the phone hardware, like the camera, GPS chip or e-mail client.Access has developed the widget framework for NetFront 3.5, the latest version of its browser. The software isn&#39;t in any products available to consumers but is on its way. Access said it has already released NetFront 3.5 to partners and products are coming. It has also had interest on the widgets from partners but wouldn&#39;t identify them.On Monday Access will begin offering a preview of NetFront 3.5 intended for software developers. The software runs on Windows Mobile.The NetFront browser has been fitted in 1,349 different products to date including cell phones, televisions, set-top boxes, and PDAs. On Thursday Access said more than 544 million copies of the browser have been installed on such products.
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Apollo runtime is dubbed 'Adobe AIR' and due for testing along with Flex update.
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By David Crow  Browsing the internet on a mobile phone can be frustrating. Cramped screens, tiny keypads and slow download speeds do not lend themselves to the rich multimedia experience offered by Web 2.0.
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AOL has unveiled a prototype of its revived Netscape browser without half the hype that Mozilla programs like Firefox and Thunderbird have been fetching.
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All it takes is a decent browser Opera has launched a beta of its mobile browser, Opera Mini: version 4 supports smooth zooming around web pages and server-based page optimisation, giving Opera claim to deliver the whole internet ahead of Apple's much-anticipated iPhone.â¦
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America Online (Quote, Chart) released an updated prototype of its Netscape Navigator browser today to a limited number of beta testers.
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Google&#39;s short message service (SMS) is accessible immediately to beta testers. The service will enable users of mobile phones and other handheld devices to send text message queries and receive
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The latest beta release of the next Mozilla Firefox browser is unleashed. Read our review. Plus: Having trouble finding a Firefox 2 download? We've got links. In Monkey Bites.
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The last planned alpha update to Firefox 3.0 is released.
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Adobe Integrated Runtime, formerly dubbed Apollo, paves the way for Web applications that perform like desktop-bound programs.Images: Building apps on AIR
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Mozilla appears to have another winner on its hands. Its free Thunderbird e-mail client reads e-mail from Web and POP accounts, accesses RSS feeds, and offers significant flexibility.
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Norwegian browser vendor Opera Software said Tuesday it has developed a version of its browser for devices using the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform.