New iteration of Apple’s operating system for desktops would include that a feature to allow quick access to the Internet surfing without logging back to the system when it is locked. Apple is introducing to its new coming OS X Lion desktop OS a browser-only mode called "Restart to Safari.” With this feature appearing as an option on Lion's lock screen users will be able to access to a sandboxed version of the Safari browser. However, users won’t access their desktop applications or other files from this mode.

Mozilla’s latest Firefox 4 browser is sweepingly outpacing Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 even though there is still time before the open source company will introduce an automatic update to its aging Firefox 3.5 browser. Mozilla's Asa Dotzler reported that early this month Firefox 4's usage began to show a sharp increase while IE9 continued on a much more gradual climb.

Adobe's John Nack wrote in a recent blog post that the new version of Flash Player (10.2) will be up-to ten times more efficient than previous versions. The new product comes with a number of upgraded features including mouse cursor options for developers, full-screen playback support for multiple monitors, and IE9 rendering support.

Mozilla claims that its browser has the fastest SunSpider scores on the planet after its internal tests revealed that the company’s latest Firefox JavaScript engine — which includes the new JagerMonkey extension — outperforms both Google Chrome's V8 engine and Apple Safari's Nitro. The tests, apparently excluded Opera and Internet Explorer. Director of community development Asa Dotzler made the claim on Monday morning with a blog post. While the new Firefox engine trails Chrome on Google's V8 benchmarks Mozilla has reached a milestone nonetheless.

According to the data from the Net Applications regarding to browser market share in August, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 holds its leadership, advancing all its rivals in growth.  However, elder Internet Explorer 6, an outdated and insecure browser, refuses to die down, though it’s losing ground violently.

Opera unveiled the preview its next browser release, 10.6 - featuring support for geolocation and royalty-free WebM video and HTML5 offline web apps. The app is supposed to be the next major milestone for Linux and BSD users, since Opera is skipping an official 10.5 release for those platforms. As the company assures the new version of the JavaScript engine is up to 75% per cent faster

Long-term dispute between the EU and Microsoft Corp is likely to come to an end next week when EU antitrust regulators will accept company’s amended offer on allowing consumer choice on Internet browsers.  European Commission was expected to approve Microsoft's plan to make it easier for consumers to choose rival browsers on the firm's Windows operating system, which is used on a majority of personal computers.

A new malware was developed to attack Firefox users so as to steal the information about their searching habits and then inject ads into the user’s Google search results pages. The malicious code poses itself as an Adobe Flash Player 0.2 update but in reality it has nothing to do with either Adobe or Mozilla.

An updated version of Firefox browser was released on Tuesday by Mozilla, reports the Register. The new pack is meant to address nine security vulnerabilities one of which is the most critical.The critical flaw addressed by Firefox 3.09 relates to a memory corruption problem. The two "high-risk" flaws involve same-origin violation security bugs. The remnant six flaws are as follows:

Microsoft said that starting the third week of April users of IE 6 and 7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 will be receiving notifications through the Automate Update service that encourages them to upgrade their system to the latest IE 8 version of the browser.

Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8. The new Web browser that can be downloaded in 25 languages from the company site from noon EDT on March 19 when compared to other browsers is easier to use, works faster and offers leading-edge security features.A research commissioned by Microsoft and the National Cyber Security Alliance and conducted by Harris Interactive Inc.

Google reintroduced Chrome’s beta "release channel," seeking user feedback on a new beta that's allegedly 35 per cent faster on the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, reports the Register. Interestingly, just three months ago in December the Mountain View Chocolate Factory took an unprecedented step to remove the “beta” tag from its Chrome browser and now we have another beta channel of Chrome.

While Google continues to develop and introduce new technologies its partners become concerned about the future of their business that can be impacted by the new products of the searching engine giant. Mozilla is considering possible options to go on without Google’s default search feature on the toolbar of Firefox.

Microsoft has launched updated browser, Internet Explorer 8. The new browser is projected to help make Web browsing with safer, easier, and more compatible with Internet standards.  First of the main changes introduced to the IE is related to tabs. In cases of accidentally closing a browser window in IE 8, user is able to restore it when the program is reopened. IE 8 uses color coding to group related tabs together.

The European regulators' attack intends to make Microsoft include rival browsers with Windows simultaneously with Internet Explorer and therefore give users option. They pretend to turn Windows into a system that distributes other companies' software.