Google's Chrome trounces Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari on speed tests for JavaScript, a key foundation for rich Web apps. But Google picked the benchmarks. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Whether its at a hotel, a coffee shop, or even a friend’s house, one thing we tend to do at a new place is check the internet speeds, especially if they seem slow. It’s always nice to know what you’re ...

A couple of months ago, we said that Netflix created “the simplest internet speed test ever” when it launched fast.com. But Ookla – makers of the original speedtest.net – may have just outdone it. The ...

Jabbing at Google's elaborate Chrome speed test, Opera counters with low-tech browser video involving potatoes and kinetic energy. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Google Chrome just achieved its highest Speedometer performance score ever, thanks to major under-the-hood memory and efficiency improvements that boost speed by 10% since last August. While Chrome ...