On Windows, Chrome’s omnibox gets Google Instant results when enabled through about:labs. Also shown is the side tabs option.screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Fulfilling a pledge to hasten the pace ...

A leaked build of Microsoft's next browser shows signs that the company could be reversing its opposition to a standard for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics on the Web. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

While support for native video and audio has been dropped from the HTML 5 specification after cross-browser compatibility concerns and squabbling between big companies, plugin-free 3D acceleration ...

Google's campaign to make web apps perform as well as desktop apps hit a roadblock this week when Microsoft and Apple separately dismissed an emerging specification to render 3D web graphics using ...

The Khronos Group, the same industry consortium that on Monday released the OpenGL 3.2 specification, on Tuesday announced WebGL, a new initiative that its proponents hope will drive a standard for ...

Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Khronos Group released the final WebGL 1.0 specification, marking a significant milestone in the world of web development. This new ...

The past 18 months have seen a significant evolution in browser graphics. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera have all added support for such standards as OpenCL, HTML5, and Direct2D acceleration.

With new media gaming technology and streaming video websites, browsers will be put under more and more strain in the future. Mozilla is looking to tackle this issue by developing a Direct2D feature ...