For the first time, Microsoft’s share of the browser marked has slipped below 60 percent, according to figures from Net Applications, a Aliso Viejo, Calif., web app and metrics firm .

Browser market share:

Microsoft — 59.95 percent
Mozilla’s Firefox — 24.59 percent
Google Chrome — 6.73 percent
Apple’s Safari — 4.72 percent
Opera — 2.30 percent.

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Tom Kelchner

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