InPrivate

First Test of Google’s New Browser

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on September 2, 2008 at 12:01 pm PT

Google’s new Chrome Web browser will make using the Internet faster and less frustrating, but this first version is rough around the edges and lacks some features, says Walt Mossberg in the first hands-on review.

IE 8 Team Nearly Finished Copying Safari 10.3 Feature Set

John Paczkowski in News on August 21, 2008 at 11:46 am PT

Apple’s Safari browser has offered “private browsing” since 2005, Firefox since 2006 (via the Stealther extension), and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer may soon offer it as well. Earlier this week, Natya Nadella, senior VP of Microsoft’s search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company is planning to give IE 8 a privacy feature for erasing search histories and the other data that browsers often log automatically.