Microsoft will open up its Chakra JavaScript engine as an open-source project on GitHub next month. The code repository, called ChakraCore, will include the key components of Chakra engine used for ...

One month after promising to release the JavaScript engine of its Edge browser, Microsoft has proven good for its word and then some. Not only is it releasing the code, it’s planning a Linux port.

If you ever needed a sign that a new era has dawned at Microsoft, this is it: The company announced it is bringing ChakraCore to Linux and OS X. ChakraCore is the main element of the Chakra JavaScript ...

Javascript is a programming language that's loved and reviled in equal measures. Often seen as a powerful and complex beast, it has enabled many rich experiences on the Web that wouldn't have been ...

Something to look forward to: Microsoft is trying to make the Edge browser more responsive, especially for users on low-end devices. The WebUI 2.0 project is already providing some positive results ...

Apple release a new version of Safari on both Mac OS X and Windows, suggesting it has the "performance edge." Our testing doesn't quite agree with that conclusion.

So we're not comparing the nightly build of Safari (r60920) to the latest dev build of Chrome (6.0.422.0 dev). Nor are we comparing the last release version of Safari (v5.0 6533.16) to the release ...