Nearly four years after Google Chrome became the most-used web browser according to StatCounter, rival metrics firm NetMarketShare has come to the same conclusion. Both firms now say that Chrome is ...

Google’s Chrome is now the most popular Web browser worldwide, surpassing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for the first time, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. After years of slowly ...

Google’s Chrome Web browser has continued to gain market share since its introduction in 2008. Despite surpassing Internet Explorer in select regions and on weekends, Google’s browser has never been ...

Chrome did not retain its lead, however, in the statistics released by monitoring firm Statcounter. As of this week, Explorer is in first place again. Chrome's figures tend to surge at weekends, ...

Google’s recent announcement that it has updated its Chrome Web browser with new add-ons to extend its functionality and has optimized the browser for use as a native desktop client is the latest ...

A month ago, Google’s three-year effort to push its Web browser, Chrome, took a major step when analysts said it had passed Mozilla’s Firefox to become the second-most popular tool of its kind on the ...

The victory was short-lived, however, as the lead was obtained on March 18 and quickly given up the next day. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything from ...

The last time Internet Explorer (IE) wasn't the top Web browser in the world, late 1998, Bill Clinton was president; France was the World Cup champion; Netscape was IE's top rival; and, oh yes, Google ...