W3C publishes 'extremely silly' HTML5 test results suggesting win for Internet Explorer 9 A preview version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser engine passed more elements of a web standards test than a random selection of other browsers in the Worldwide Web Consortium's "vastly incomplete" HTML5 test suite, creating a news story that W3C members decried as "incorrect information" based on a "rather buggy test results page." Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 31
Google founders wanted to hire Steve Jobs as company's first CEO Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin considered hiring Apple CEO Steve Jobs as the company's first CEO, according to a new documentary. Josh Ong 15 years ago 52
HP's webOS 2.0 to take on iPhone 4, iPad later this year After making comments to the contrary this summer, Hewlett-Packard is now positioning its acquired Palm webOS as a competitor to Android and iPhone 4, as well as Apple's iPad, relegating its Windows 7 Slate PC offerings to a business tablet niche. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 87
Flash, HTML5 comparison finds neither has performance advantage A comparison of streaming video via the Adobe Flash and HTML5 formats with numerous different browsers on both Mac and Windows produced wildly different results based on the operating system and browser, making neither a clear winner. Katie Marsal 16 years ago 155
Google fights Flash, adds HTML5 support for YouTube videos in Safari Google this week added support for HTML5 playback of videos in its own Chrome browser as well as Safari from Apple. The new feature allows users to watch video without the longstanding Internet standard: Adobe Flash. Brian Garner 16 years ago 100
Chrome edges out Safari, iPhone OS continues growth in December - report Apple ends the year with solid iPhone OS growth, a slowing - but stable Mac OS X market share, and its Safari web browser being edged out by Google's Chrome. Brian Garner 16 years ago 160
Browser ballot leads EU to drop Microsoft antitrust case Microsoft's Windows browser ballot proved to be enough for the European Union to drop its antitrust case against the Redmond, Wash., software giant. Slash Lane 16 years ago 32
Mobile phone sales down in 2009, Chrome barely edges Safari Overall mobile phone sales are predicted to be down from 2008; the Android Market now has 20,000 applications; and the recent release of Google Chrome beta helped give the browser a slight lead over Safari in market share. AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 48
Safari retains speed crown over newcomer Chrome in OS X While besting Firefox by nearly 50 percent, Google's newly released Chrome browser was 12 percent slower than Apple's Safari in benchmark tests. Brian Garner 16 years ago 69
Google Chrome for Mac Web browser reaches beta release General users can now download the public beta of Google Chrome for Mac, as the Web browser software was finally made available Tuesday. AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 110
Google outlines Chrome OS plans for netbooks Google hosted a technical introduction to its new Chrome OS today, which it expects to officially launch on new netbooks by the end of 2010. Prince McLean 16 years ago 119
Kindle software coming to Mac; Google Chrome hits milestone Amazon Kindle customers will have the ability to read their content on the Mac when the official application is launched in the future; and Google Chrome inches closer to release with its developer preview. Katie Marsal 16 years ago 30
Google sneaks WebKit HTML 5 support into Internet Explorer Rather than waiting for Microsoft to implement HTML 5, Google has released a plugin for Internet Explorer 8 that injects its own WebKit rendering engine, resulting in a ten fold performance boost for JavaScript. Prince McLean 16 years ago 53
