A slow browsing experience could hamper your tasks, especially when you use websites that run applications on them. And now with most applications moving towards the cloud computing platform, it is ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. "The web is evolving and so should the JavaScript benchmarks that measure its performance," says the Google blog announcing Octane, a new JavaScript ...

The new benchmark is designed to catch a new class of browser performance problems -- and perhaps to curry favor with rival browser makers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Mozilla has unleashed the Kraken, a new JavaScript benchmark test. It joins similar efforts like Google's V8 and the WebKit project's SunSpider tests, which are widely used to measure browser ...

While the race to make the fastest browser JavaScript engine continues at a heated pace, Microsoft senior product manager Pete LePage reminded the audience at Microsoft TechEd, held in New Orleans ...

All Microsoft's browser rivals are scrambling to speed up JavaScript, trying to get ahead as the Web expands into a foundation for programs. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Windows 8 is out with a new version of Internet Explorer, Firefox has boosted its JavaScript power and memory usage, and Chrome's been slowly improving its speed. How do the new versions stack up ...

Microsoft today launched BrowserSwarm, an open source tool to help Web developers automate testing of their JavaScript frameworks and libraries across devices and browsers. To take advantage, all you ...