Web browsers are among the most essential pieces of software we use daily, yet we often take them for granted. Most users settle for whatever default ships with their devices -- and that's a mistake.

In 2025, software is more of a lifestyle choice. If I am going to stare at a screen for eight hours a day, then I want it to ...

The startup wants to rid the web of privacy-invading trackers, but some people sign up just for speed improvements over Chrome. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...

Vivaldi 4.1 offers something that’s a rarity in the world of browsers: a new macro system that complements the niche browser’s implementation of new “accordion tabs,” too. Both features offer some ...

Remember browser bars of the '00's... Going over to grandma's and launching IE only to be met with half a screen of browser bars. Spending a good hour uninstalling them, cleaning up the debris left ...

Kagi, best known for its telemetry-free search engine, has released version 1.0 of Orion, its privacy-focused browser for Mac ...

Google Inc.’s new Chrome browser grabbed 1% of the browser market in its first day out in public, Web metrics providers said today. Both U.S.-based tracking company Net Applications Inc. and Irish ...

Opera has now released its latest Opera Mobile 10.1 browser available for Symbian/Series 60 phones. The new release brings a Javascript update that significantly increases the browsing speed on ...