Norway’s Opera Software released on Wednesday the first test version of Opera 10, the newest version of its browser, promising faster downloads, new design and new features. Opera is the world’s third-largest browser maker, but is far behind Microsoft and Mozilla Foundation. Competition in the browser market has escalated lately after Google launched its own Internet browser, Chrome, in... 

Despite some initial glowing reviews, Microsoft has been flooded with complaints about its new Internet Explorer 8 and has seen early users downgrade to the previous version, Information Week has reported. The software giant is hoping that its new browser will help stem a steady flight of surfers to rival products, most notably the open-source Firefox browser. According to the latest figures, Firefox...