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  Analysis: Microsoft - Too old and too big to survive?

  What browser do you prefer? According to w3schools.com, which tracks browser usage of people interested in Web technologies and hence more likely to try alternative tools, as of April this year, 38.3 per cent of us preferred Google's Chrome, 35.8 per cent went with Mozilla's Firefox, and 18.3 per cent were still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (Apple's Safari and Opera were trailing way behind). Over the last year IE and Firefox have seen their shares decrease and only Chrome has gained share.

• Chrome trumps IE as world's top browser

  Google's Chrome edged past Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) last week to become the world's most widely-used browser, according to data from an Irish metric firm.

• Chrome streaks past Internet Explorer to become world's top browser

  If the numbers at StatCounter are accurate then the world has a new Web browser champion: Google Chrome.

• Mozilla readies Firefox for Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper

  Mozilla is scrambling to craft a code-signed version of Firefox for the Mac in case Apple launches OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, early.

• Twitter jumps on Do Not Track bandwagon

  True privacy can be hard to come by in the socially enabled online world, but Twitter on Thursday announced that it has joined Firefox maker Mozilla in taking a big step forward for users.

• Mozilla product director says Firefox on Window RT 'probably not worth it'

  A Mozilla product director yesterday said that unless Microsoft allows other browser makers to call important APIs in Windows RT, it is "probably not worth it to even bother" building a version of Firefox for the new operating system.

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  Google releases Chrome 19, adds tab sync and patches 20 bugs

  Google on Tuesday released Chrome 19, patched 20 vulnerabilities in the browser and doled out $16,500 in bug bounties and rewards to independent researchers.

• Mozilla readies app marketplace for public beta

  Mozilla Marketplace, which is Mozilla's entrant in the online application store arena, is set to move to a public beta stage in a few weeks, a company official said on Tuesday.

• Mozilla releases Firefox for Android beta

  Mozilla released a new beta version of its popular Firefox browser for Android on Tuesday.

• EU to 'remain vigilant' on Microsoft's browser commitments

  Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser is being excluded from Windows RT.

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  EU-Microsoft browser deal requires ballot screen in Windows 8

  Microsoft today declined to comment when asked whether it believed it's required to offer a ballot screen in Windows 8 to European users for selecting rival browsers in the new operating system's desktop mode.

• Senate to look at Mozilla's browser competition allegations

  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will look into accusations by Mozilla that Microsoft is restricting access to important programming tools for browsers that will run in Windows RT, a political blog reported Friday.

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  Windows 8 update: Firefox, Chrome cry foul over Windows 8 ARM

  Microsoft is taking heat from browser competitors Firefox and Chrome for blocking them out of planned Windows 8 devices that will be based on ARM processors.

• Mozilla on new browser brouhaha: Microsoft, Apple different cases

  Two wrongs don't make a right, Mozilla's chief counsel said Thursday when asked why his company hasn't lambasted Apple, as it did Microsoft, for blocking rival browsers from its mobile operating system.

• Mozilla accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior with Windows RT

  Mozilla yesterday accused Microsoft of withholding APIs necessary to build a competitive browser for Windows RT, and said the behavior "may have antitrust implications."