A browser that's good at detecting malicious URLs and downloads can be your first line of defense. NSS Labs tested the four top browsers and found a huge range of accuracy, with Windows 8's Internet Explorer 10 handily beating all the rest.

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You probably don’t think a lot about browsers when it’s time to hit the Web on your smartphone or tablet. For most users, mobile browsing starts and ends with whatever app comes preloaded on your phone. Just tap the icon, tap in a URL—hopefully, not while driving—and viola! A webpage appears.

The recent release of Yahoo Axis (pictured above) may cause some people to rethink that approach. Axis is a new searching and browsing tool that syncs up your desktop browser of choice with your iOS-based surfing that quite a few pundits have described as an unexpectedly good product from the beleaguered Web company. More significant, Axis’s launch has brought the concept of third-party browsers back into the discussion.

It’s a fair conversation: Third-party browsers can deliver features more geared toward your browsing habits and interests, you first just have to free yourself from the shackles of whatever default smartphone browser you’re using.

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The browser wars are heating up again, but this time the fight is for dominance of the mobile Internet.

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