Google's Chrome has officially become the third most popular browser in the world, beating Apple's rival Safari browser into fourth place in December 2009.

Adobe's Acrobat PDF-maker and Reader PDF-viewer are under active attack by crackers exploiting an as-yet undetailed flaw in the software's security.

Security researchers have identified a Trojan which attacks a flaw in Adobe Reader's JavaScript handling to insert a backdoor - and a patch isn't due until tomorrow.

Google has launched a plugin for Internet Explorer - Chrome Frame - which allows IE to use the Chrome rendering engine, and Microsoft isn't happy.

Google has upgraded version 3 of its popular open-source web browser Chrome to stable status, and work has already begun on the dev release of version 4.

A flaw in the way Firefox 3.5 handles Unicode text can lead to remote code execution - the second such bug to hit the browser in less than a week.

A flaw in the just-in-time compiler introduced in Firefox 3.5's new JavaScript engine can lead to code execution, with Mozilla calling the un-patched hole "critical."

The latest stable release of Google's open-source Chrome browser features a tweaked JavaScript engine that boosts performance by up to 30 percent.

Adobe's popular Reader PDF viewer package is currently under attack by a zero-day vulnerability in its JavaScript implementation - again.

Google has launched a site to host advanced JavaScript applications which showcase Chrome's engine - along with early support for extensions in its browser.