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  2. Massive changes coming to Google Chrome threaten to ... - AOL

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    Chrome, which commands 60% of global internet traffic, is the last major browser to allow third-party cookies. For years Apple's ( AAPL) Safari and Mozilla's Firefox have blocked third-party ...

  3. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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    One particular one changes the browser settings of Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer to show the website "istartsurf.com" as the homepage. It does so by changing registry settings and installing software which resets the settings if the user tries to change them.

  4. Ad blocking - Wikipedia

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    Journalists concluded that "visiting the home page of Boston.com (the site with most ad data in the study) every day for a month would cost the equivalent of about $9.50 in data usage just for the ads". It is a known problem with most web browsers, including Firefox, that restoring sessions often plays multiple embedded ads at once.

  5. Firefox - Wikipedia

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    In conclusion, Tom's Hardware determined that Firefox was the best browser for Windows 7 OS, but that it only narrowly beat Google Chrome. In June 2013, Tom's Hardware again performance tested Firefox 22, Chrome 27, Opera 12, and Internet Explorer 10. They found that Firefox slightly edged out the other browsers in their "performance" index ...

  6. Google Chrome's massive changes threaten the open web - AOL

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    In a move designed to safeguard the privacy of web users, Google will end the use of third-party cookies on its Chrome browser, doing away with one of the commercial web's foundational ...

  7. History of the web browser - Wikipedia

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    History of the web browser. A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. It further provides for the capture or input of information which may be returned to the presenting system, then stored or processed as necessary. The method of accessing a particular page or ...

  8. Download or update your web browser - AOL Help

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    To get the best experience with AOL websites and applications, it's important to use the latest version of a supported browser. • Safari - Get it for the first time or update your current version. • Firefox - Get it for the first time or update your current version. • Chrome - Get it for the first time or update your current version ...

  9. Home page - Wikipedia

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    The small house-shaped button in the upper left is for the browser's start page. A home page (or homepage) is the main web page of a website. [1] The term may also refer to the start page shown in a web browser when the application first opens. [2] Usually, the home page is located at the root of the website's domain or subdomain.