UK government urged to dump ancient browser

Search engine giant Google has updated its Google Maps for Android app to include maps of commercial establishments, including airports and malls, in the US and Japan. The Google Maps for Android version 6.0 is now available from...

A new survey of internet browser usage has revealed that Microsoft's once-dominant Internet Explorer software is now used by less than half of all internet users. The survey survey, conducted by Netmarketshare.com, revealed that...

Google’s Chome web browser continues to eat away at Internet Explorer’s popularity, with the browser now taking nearly 12 percent of the browser market, according to statistics released by online metrics firm Net ...

The overall market share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser fell by 0.34 per cent in August to end up at 60.4 per cent, despite a rise of 1.03 per cent in IE8's marketshare. According to data released by Net...

US-based banking giant Chase has declared that Microsoft's ageing Internet Explorer 6 web browser still offers better security for users than Google Chrome and Opera.The bank has announced that its online services will continue...

Today's News@Five round up brings to you the latest about Apple's war with Google, which is on verge of leaving China for good. Software giant Microsoft has announced in an advisory released with last weeks Patch Tuesday, that...

Microsoft has warned of a new security vulnerability in IE6 and IE7 browsers that are being exploited in the wild, just a couple of months after the company admitted to a critical weakness in its web browser that was exploited by...

Colorado based designer firm, Aten Design Group, hosted a 'funeral' for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 web browser, 'mourning' the 9 year old web browser, after support for it stopped by several prominent web services including...

Web analytics firm Net Applications has published fresh global internet browser market share data which reveals that Google's Chrome web browser is the only one which has seen an increase in market share with every other browser...

US investigators have zeroed in on the source of recent wave of cyber attacks that crippled the servers of Google along with 20 other companies, according to reports. Quoting a researcher working with the US investigators, the...

Google has confirmed that it will phase out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for Google Mail and Google Calendar as it attempts to introduce new features as well as improving performance through better JavaScript...

Microsoft has warned that there is a new weakness in Internet Explorer decidedly porous armour, one for which there are currently no solutions, possibly until next Tuesday when Microsoft goes ahead with its Patch Tuesday...

Data released by Market intelligence firm NetApplications confirms that Internet Explorer 8 has finally overtaken Internet Explorer 6 as the most popular browser in the world. IE8 accounted for 22.31 percent of the global browser...

Search engine giant Google has announced that it will not continue to provide support for its Google Docs and Google Sites on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 web browser. The company mentioned in a post on its official blog...

Microsoft will finally release a security patch for an ancient versions of its Internet Explorer web browser this evening. The company is expected to start seeding update notices to IE6 users at around 6pm UK time today but the...