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Turning off JavaScript won't save you — here's what actually hides your browser

If you've ever tried to stop web tracking, you've probably tried disabling JavaScript. But I learned a frustrating lesson after running a single fingerprint test: even when a single line of JavaScript ...
Krebs on Security

Blocking JavaScript in the Browser

Most Web sites use JavaScript, a powerful scripting language that helps make sites interactive. Unfortunately, a huge percentage of Web-based attacks use JavaScript tricks to foist malicious software ...
TweakTown

Google unveils new JavaScript browser benchmark, 'Octane'

Google, in their grasp for browser domination, have unveiled Octane, a JavaScript benchmark suite. Octane is a browser benchmark that measures performance when running the "complex and demanding web ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft created an open-source browser using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Microsoft's new browser, Edge, has a new rendering engine, EdgeHTML. Like Edge, the new rendering engine is only available in Windows 10, but it does more than just power the company's new browser: It ...
CNET

Google: Dart will rescue browsers from JavaScript

The programming language for Web sites and Web apps is less complex and therefore easier to develop, Chrome programmers argue at Google I/O. SAN FRANCISCO — Google long has been a firm believer that ...
Computerworld

Chromium explained: How the open-source engine drives today’s browsers

Chromium provides the core engine, network stack, and architecture for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other major web browsers. The project’s code lineage traces back to 2001, forking from Apple’s ...