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Google is testing an Opera Turbo-style feature for Chrome that will allow users to surf the web faster without spending more on download charges.

Big changes are afoot at Opera - the alternative Internet browser software developer - as the Norwegian company announced its "fastest acceleration in user growth" in recent times to 300 million monthly users, and the beginning of a transition to the WebKit layout engine.

Adblock Plus has released their browser addon as an app for Android devices. It's not perfect but we need such apps to control our smartphone & tablet apps

Twitter takes a dig at Facebook's poor mobile revenue but Zuckerberg's network might have the last laugh

Mozilla shows off the power of HTML5 and CSS3 by creating an MMO, called BrowserQuest, using these and other modern web technologies.

Over half of Facebook users prefer to use Google’s Chrome browser, according to the evolving results of an ongoing Facebook Question. Out of the 1,037,303 Facebook users who have answered the browser related question at the time of writing, 51.66% of those surveyed chose Google Chrome as their first choice web browser.

It has been billed as the safest, the fastest, the most beautiful and “a game changer”. But however Microsoft pitches Internet Explorer 9 it is obvious that it is entering a very different environment to its predecessors.

The makers of Opera are calling for the creation of web opera browser addon standards. Håkon Wium Lie, the chief technology officer of Opera believes that the browser addon market needs to be standardised to help both programmers and users.