Browsers

Browsers

If you're looking for browsers or browser extensions, CNET Download.com has you covered. We feature all the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and more, as well as Firefox extensions, Internet Explorer add-ons, even RSS readers. If you want to surf the Web, CNET Download.com is the place to start. See all 924 products in this category.

for the week of: November 08Downloads

1.
Flash Player Mobile
Web Browsers10,599
2.
Opera Mini
Web Browsers7,452
3.
Opera Mini
Web Browsers5,621
4.
Adobe Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC
Web Browsers2,113
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5.
Viigo for BlackBerry
Newsreaders & RSS Readers1,196
6.
Windows Media Player (Pocket PC)
Web Browsers1,174
7.
Kinoma FreePlay
Web Browsers1,123
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Bolt Mobile Browser
Web Browsers953
9.
Sompy Media Player
Web Browsers602
10.
Opera Mini
Web Browsers547

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Release date

White House Checker for iPhone Nov 09
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
NASA Checker for iPhone Nov 09
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
Opera Mobile for Symbian Nov 05
Web Browsers
Kinoma FreePlay Nov 04
Web Browsers
G Rss Pro for iPhone Nov 02
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
SecFocus RSS Reader for iPhone Oct 30
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
Science News Updates for iPhone Oct 29
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
Flitter for iPhone Oct 28
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
Gardening News and Updates for iPhone Oct 23
Newsreaders & RSS Readers
Baseball News Reader for iPhone Oct 23
Newsreaders & RSS Readers

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1.
Viigo for BlackBerry
Access news, weather, entertainment, live sports, markets and stock portfolios with a single click.
2.
gDocsBar
Quickly upload, access, and manage Google documents from a handy Firefox sidebar.
3.
Skyfire for Windows Mobile (Touch Screen)
Browse your favorite Web sites exactly like you do on your PC.
4.
NYTimes for iPhone
Enjoy The New York Times on your iPhone.
5.
Ziibii (iPhone)
Read RSS, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook feeds and more in a unique way.
6.
Newsstand for iPhone
Read all your news feeds in an iPhone RSS reader that also syncs with Google Reader.
7.
Opera Mini
Opera Mini is a fast and tiny Web browser, that allows you to access the full Internet on your Palm OS device. Take all your favorite Web sites on...
8.
Opera Mini
Browse the Web quickly with your mobile device.
9.
PocketMusic
Play your favorite MP3 files on your Pocket PC.
10.
Super Mario Bros. 3 Firefox theme
Add a retro videogame theme to Mozilla Firefox.

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an introduction to Browsers

Browsers, often called Web browsers, are software clients that allow users to navigate to sites on the World Wide Web. The majority of these Web sites use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), but many browsers can also interpret other protocols, including FTP, RSS, and P2P protocols such as BitTorrent. Hypertext pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the first ever Web browser, WorldWideWeb, in 1990, but the software didn't become popular until the release of NCSA Mosaic, the first graphical client.

Browsers truly hit the mainstream with the launch of Netscape Navigator, which was later shortened to simply Netscape, though the free client's popularity was radically affected by the 1995 release of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's entry into the browser market. In the years since, IE has completely dominated the market, only recently losing ground to alternative browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera.

Aside from general Web browsers, various subsets of the category offer special services. Offline browsers cache content from the Internet for future reference when you're not connected to a network. Newsreaders manage content from Usenet newsgroups and syndicated feeds.

In recent years, the open-source browser Mozilla Firefox has earned praise for the ability of third-party developers to easily create extensions that add functionality. Among the thousands of home-brewed add-ons for Firefox, we've narrowed down our favorites in a collection of the best. The Microsoft browser also allows for IE add-ons, but its closed framework makes it a bit more difficult for developers.

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