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1. Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   May replace integrated browser Playstation Insider has reported that Sony may be planning a port of Mozilla's Firefox for the Playstation 3 console. "We recently received a tip from a source very close ...

2. Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... SunSpider benchmarks measured Google's Chrome as 10 times faster than IE8, while Mozilla's Firefox outperformed the veteran browser by nearly four times. 
"In the past, Microsoft has pooh-poohed JavaScript ...

3. Mozilla refreshes Firefox 3.6 Beta

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   Fixes 190 bugs Mozilla has introduced a second revision of its Firefox 3.6 Beta. The long-awaited browser update reportedly fixes close to 200 bugs submitted by web developers, add-on coders and end ...

4. Firefox 'most insecure browser'

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Not much of a birthday present for Mozilla Firefox accounts for almost half of all browser vulnerabilities. Mozilla's finest is responsible for 44 percent of all browser flaws, Apple's Safari takes second ...

5. Mozilla looks ahead as Firefox celebrates fifth anniversary

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   330 million users and 7,000 add-ons The Open Source community is celebrating the fifth year anniversary of the popular Firefox Internet browser. According to Mozilla, over 330 million users have downloaded ...

6. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta spotted in the wild

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   Mozilla has released its long-awaited Firefox 3.6 beta. Mozilla has released its long-awaited Firefox 3.6 beta. The latest version of the popular browser offers a number of "improvements" for both developers ...

7. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   I am agnostic to operating systems. I've used Mac OSes, I've used OS/2, I've used every version of Windows since version 1.0. I've used SuSE Linux. I liked SuSE Linux. It ran fiendishly fast on the Pentium ...

8. Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with beta test build

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 16 October 2009

   Mozilla has released an Alpha version of Firefox 3.6 for developers and testers. The build - known as Namoroka - is built on a pre-release version of the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. Mozilla has released an ...

9. Linux market share drops as Win 7 launch looms

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   ... despite being about to bite the big one, Vista continues to grow market share, rising to 22.64 from 21.95 percent last month. Over on the browser front, Mozilla fans will no doubt be pleased to note ...

10. Sony gets Google Chrome plated

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... Internet Explorer will still be bundled with Vaio products in the USA. Mozilla's Firefox has a considerable share of the market, with around a third of the entire market. ...

11. Windows 7 closes on Linux market share

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 31 August 2009

    ... percent) luddites still hanging on to Win 98. The venerable Windows XP still rules the roost with 61.52 percent, followed by Vista on 21.95 percent and OSX a distant third on 6.92 percent. Mozilla ...

12. Firefox 4.0 goes Chrome, will arrive with new UI in Q4 2010

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    Mozilla recently updated its product roadmap through 2010. According to the first draft, the current browser will see a minor update in Q4 2009 as well as Q2 2010. Version 4.0 is headed for an October ...

13. TG Daily excommunicated by Mozilla

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    Our magazine has been cast into outer darkness by Mozilla, following an opinion piece by Andrew Thomas that has attracted the ire of the inner councils at the organization. Our magazine has been cast ...

14. Mozilla finally loses all credibility

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    Opinion - You couldn't make this stuff up. The Mozilla Corporation - and never was the word 'corporation' applied to such an undeserving bunch of spineless no-hopers - is now whingeing that Microsoft's ...

15. Mozilla accelerates Firefox: 3.6 alpha 1 already faster than 3.5

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 13 August 2009

    Feature – Mozilla recently released the first completely alpha version of Firefox 3.6, which is scheduled to replace the current version 3.5.x later this year. Planned as an incremental update, the ...

16. Another week, another version of Firefox

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    ... slated for launch in November. Mozilla says Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 includes speed improvements to the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, startup speed tweaks and several under-the-hood changes. Codenamed 'Namoroka', ...

17. Mozilla preps second update for Firefox 3.5

    (Software/Software Features)

    Saturday, 01 August 2009

    Mozilla just released the first beta version of Firefox 3.5.2. The final version is expected to be available on Monday, August 3. Chicago (IL) – Mozilla just released the first beta version of Firefox ...

18. Firefox now officially past 1 billion downloads

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 31 July 2009

      We did watch the Firefox milometer this morning and witnessed, sort of, Mozilla’s 1 billion Firefox downloads milestone. And if we believe Mozilla’s download counter, the pace of Firefox downloads ...

19. Firefox downloads to reach a billion today

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 31 July 2009

    ... the launch of Firefox 3.5, which received more than four million downloads in its first 24 hours. Last summer, version 3.0 scored double that figure. Mozilla has created a website to mark the occasion, ...

20. Mozilla patches JavaScript engine with Firefox 3.5.1

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    Mozilla patched a “critical” security issue in Firefox 3.5 less than a month after the browser’s release. Version 3.5.1 corrects “several” vulnerabilities, including an exploitable memory corruption ...

21. Mozilla moves fast to fix security flaw

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 17 July 2009

    Mozilla has released an update to Firefox that fixes a security flaw discovered in the last week. Mountain View, California - Mozilla has released an update to Firefox that fixes a security flaw discovered ...

22. Mozilla working on fix for "critical" JavaScript vulnerability

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    Mozilla has confirmed that it is "working on a fix" for a recently discovered JavaScript vulnerability. However, the critical vulnerability can be temporarily mitigated by running FF in safe mode or ...

23. Browser market share update: Firefox 3.5 eclipses Chrome

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 05 July 2009

    Mozilla can celebrate a decent launch of its latest browser, Firefox 3.5. The software has cleared the 2% barrier over the weekend, topping Google’s Chrome browser for the very first time. However, ...

24. Firefox, IE. Tech journalists are a disgrace

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 03 July 2009

    ... ready in a month or so's time. It's worth upgrading, they say, even though load times are pretty bad and the thing falls in a heap every few minutes. The writers are consistent in their praise for Mozilla ...

25. Firefox 3.5 to get first update later this month

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 02 July 2009

    The Mozilla team is rushing to create the first minor update for its just-released browser Firefox 3.5 for a mid- to late July release. The update will fix at least three of 55 published bugs in the ...

26. Google, Bing Wars - don't do as I do, do as I say

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    While the EU fulminates over the evils of Microsoft and its unfair competition, we were surprised to find that the company everyone loves to hate actually turns out to be a damned sight more helpful ...

27. Firefox 3.5 hits 5 million downloads

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    Mozilla crossed the 5 million download mark of Firefox 3.5 at about 12:30 am EDT.  San Jose (CA) – Mozilla crossed the 5 million download mark of Firefox 3.5 at about 12:30 am EDT. Mozilla reached ...

28. Firefox 3.5 out of the gate

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 30 June 2009

    Mozilla met its initial target of releasing a new generation of its Firefox web browser in Q2. Version 3.5 was released earlier today, replacing Version 3.0, which was introduced in June 2008. The new Firefox ...

29. Mozilla confirms Firefox 3.5 RC 3

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    Mozilla has confirmed the availability of Firefox 3.5 RC (Release Candidate) 3. The latest version of Firefox is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the ...

30. Firefox 3.5 release candidate 1 given to beta testers

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    Mozilla notified Firefox beta testers earlier today that a release candidate of the new browser has been made available for closed testing purposes.Chicago (IL) – Mozilla notified Firefox beta testers ...

31. Opera reinvents the client PC and turns it into a server

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    ... there is a clear use for families, clubs and other small organizations behind this technology, a technology that may simply be constrained by Opera’s limited reach. Mozilla, Google, Apple, Microsoft, are ...

32. Mozilla patches critical Firefox bugs

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 12 June 2009

      Mozilla has patched a number of security and stability issues plaguing its popular Firefox browser. "We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already ...

33. Apple at its best: Safari 4 an “incredible” success

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 12 June 2009

    ... Apple’s claim, but we also know that the success is not as “incredible” as the company describes it. Mozilla’s Firefox 3 launch is still the benchmark.Cupertino (CA) – Safari today announced that Safari ...

34. Another preview version for Firefox 3.5

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    We have been expecting the first (and only) public release candidate of Firefox 3.5 this week, but Mozilla has now told developers that the browser has not yet reached RC status. “More testing” needs ...

35. Firefox 3.5 RC release imminent

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 07 June 2009

    Two builds of Firefox 3.5 RC1 were posted in the nightly section of Mozilla's public ftp server yesterday, suggesting an official release of RC1 this week.Chicago (IL) - Two builds of Firefox 3.5 RC1 ...

36. Mozilla preps Firefox 3.5 for imminent launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    Mozilla has confirmed that it will be hosting an official "test day" for Firefox 3.5 on Friday, May 29. "I don't need to remind everyone of how important this phase is, so we're going to need your ...

37. Microsoft accused of fear, uncertainty and antitrust doubt

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... it can’t cope with questions that it, Google, Mozilla, and Symantec might ask. That’s a charge that Microsoft hasn’t taken lying down.  David Heiner, deputy pleader at Microsoft wrote a lengthy ...

38. Mozilla straps on Jetpack, embarks on mission to personalize the Web

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    Mozilla Labs has announced the release of Jetpack, an API that allows users to easily create Firefox add-ons. According to Mozilla, many useful Jetpack features can be written in under a dozen lines ...

39. Firefox adopts multi-processes from Chrome, IE8

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    Mozilla today confirmed a recent report from Mozilla Links that future Firefox versions will separate interface from content processes to increase the browser’s stability.Chicago (IL) - Mozilla today ...

40. Google spurns web ads for Chrome

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    ... browser they're using is vanishingly-small. Exactly why Google, Apple and Mozilla persist in trying to persuade people to stop using a free browser they already own with another one, is what most people ...

41. Mozilla confirms geolocation for Firefox 3.5 and Fennec

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    Mozilla’s Doug Turner has officially announced geolocation as a newly integrated feature in the upcoming Firefox 3.5 and its mobile variant, currently code-named Fennec. The new opt-in feature allows ...

42. IE8 can’t stop IE market share decline

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 01 May 2009

    ... 10 year low. And yes, Firefox is still gaining. IE was estimated at a market share of 66.10% in April, down from 66.82% in March. Mozilla’s Firefox kept the pressure on Microsoft and was able to increase ...

43. Mozilla’s Fennec gets Firefox 3.5 core

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 01 May 2009

    Mozilla thinks beyond the desktop version of its Firefox browser and the next big opportunity to claim market share: The mobile version of Firefox, currently code-named Fennec, will receive similar ...

44. No more betas for Firefox 3.5: Browser on track for Q2 launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    Beta 4 is the final beta version released for the next-generation Firefox browser, Mozilla told TG Daily. The browser mature enough to be entering the release candidate phase and Mozilla’s Mike Beltzner ...

45. Mozilla updates Firefox, fixes critical flaw

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    Mozilla has released an upgrade for the popular Firefox browser. Version 3.0.10 reportedly corrects a critical flaw that caused frequent crashes for a number of users.  Chicago (IL) - Mozilla ...

46. New Firefox beta finally arrives

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    ... 1.9.1 rendering platform, Firefox 3.5b4 is available in 70 languages and features improved tools for managing private data, including a private - aka porn - mode. Mozilla claims the new browser offers ...

47. Mozilla plans massive Firefox 3.5 beta 4 rollout

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    Firefox 3.5 beta 4 is on schedule to be released for download later this week. We expect Mozilla to promote to launch much more than it has done so for the previous beta versions (which carried the ...

48. Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due next week

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    Mozilla will release Firefox 3.0.9 as a regular maintenance update for the browser next week, but the company will also roll out the fourth beta version of a much more enhanced version, which will include ...

49. Emerging battlefield: Browser installers

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    Mozilla was surprised to discover that, every day, 50,000 people do not install Firefox after a successful software download. At the same time, Safari and Chrome leverage installers to their own advantage ...

50. First look: Mozilla Firefox FX 3.6 alpha 1

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 06 April 2009

    Although Firefox 3.5 (formerly Firefox 3.1) is still in beta, Mozilla is already developing Firefox 3.6 code-named Namoroka. Slated for an early-to-mid 2010 release, the browser will be marketed as Firefox.next ...