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• Microsoft's IE8, Google's Chrome post record gains in browser share

  Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) were the big winners last month in the browser share sweepstakes, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.

• Flock enhances social browser's links to Twitter, Facebook

  Flock has released a new version of its social browser that improves its links to social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

• Apple, Opera slammed over browser patch regimes

  Apple and Opera lag behind Google and Mozilla when it comes to distributing Web browser updates due to how they've structured their patch programs, according to new research.

• Safari loses, Firefox gains market share

  Although Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) continued to bleed market share last month, Apple Inc.'s Safari was an even bigger loser during February, an Internet metrics company said Monday.

• IE8's clickjacking fix not much help, experts say

  New Microsoft technology designed to protect Internet Explorer users from a powerful new Web-based attack will not fix the problem, security experts said Tuesday.

• Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 Beta 3

  Mozilla said Tuesday that it will delay the third beta of Firefox 3.1, citing a "large number" of remaining bugs as the reason for the slip.

• IE lost share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December

  Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.

• Google Chrome may leave beta soon

  Three months after its release, Google appears ready to take its Chrome Web browser out of beta.