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New Firefox 3.1 Details Emerge

New Firefox 3.1 Details Emerge

Mozilla is revealing new details about features in the works and targeted release dates for the upcoming Firefox 3.1. Beta 1, the company says, is on track to launch next week. It'll include new options ... continue
Mozilla Mobile Reaches New Milestone

Mozilla Mobile Reaches New Milestone

Mozilla has reached a new milestone with its upcoming Firefox mobile browser, codenamed Fennec. The development team has announced the release of Fennec Milestone 8, or M8 for short. As we reported earlier this month, ... continue
Chrome Starting to Lose Steam

Chrome Starting to Lose Steam

While Google's Android-powered G1 phone is getting all the hype today, the company's previous launch is losing some of its shine. The number of users of Google's Chrome browser has taken a hit, dropping down to ... continue
Mozilla’s (Almost) Ready to Go Mobile

Mozilla’s (Almost) Ready to Go Mobile

Mozilla wants to grab its piece of the mobile market, and soon. The chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, Mitchell Baker, posted in a recent blog that she wants to "have an effective product in the mobile ... continue
Firefox Following Suit With Private Browsing Mode

Firefox Following Suit With Private Browsing Mode

Mozilla is scrambling to build a private browsing feature for the upcoming Firefox 3.1 beta release, according to developers' notes posted on mozilla.org. The notes -- uncovered just a short time ago by Computerworld -- indicate the "privacy ... continue
Surprise: Chrome’s Users Coming From IE

Surprise: Chrome’s Users Coming From IE

In an unexpected effect, Google's Chrome browser appears to be grabbing users primarily from Internet Explorer -- and driving others toward Firefox, Safari, and Opera. As Chrome started building up a userbase last week, American tracking company Net ... continue
Google Chrome taking market share from Firefox

Google Chrome taking market share from Firefox

The immense buzz around Google Chrome, Google's new browser has started to slow, but the first sets of numbers released show that Google Chrome has a bright future. Hitwise reports that Google Chrome reach 12th spot in the ... continue
Speed Tests: Firefox Ready to Race Chrome

Speed Tests: Firefox Ready to Race Chrome

Mozilla execs may have said they weren't worried about Chrome, but now the company is fighting back against Google's browser offering with a new speed test showing its performance compared to the upcoming Firefox 3.1. Specifically, ... continue
Google Chrome Day One: Enough Already!

Google Chrome Day One: Enough Already!

And so it was fortold, that in its 11th year Google would step forward and deliver Chrome, and the world of browsers would never be the same. If you've been monitoring the Crunchmemeosphere today, that's what you ... continue
Google Chrome: Should You Convert?

Google Chrome: Should You Convert?

The cat's finally out of the bag, and Google Chrome is actually in our hands. So is it impressive enough to be worth converting? I'll be honest: I wasn't expecting to fall in love with ... continue
Why Mozilla should be afraid of Google Chrome

Why Mozilla should be afraid of Google Chrome

So after years of rumors and speculation, Google has made it official, the GBrowser, now known as Google Chrome will be released Tuesday for Windows, with Mac and Linux following. It's another bold move from a company that ... continue
Firefox 3.0.1 Released

Firefox 3.0.1 Released

Mozilla has released its first update for Firefox 3. Firefox 3.0.1 patches a handful of security and stability issues and a few other minor behind-the-scenes glitches. The new version is available for download now and should also ... continue
Weave: The New Browser Sync

Weave: The New Browser Sync

The wait is over, and a much-needed new tool for advanced browser synchronization is finally here. Since word broke that Google would not upgrade its Browser Sync utility for Firefox 3 and would discontinue the service altogether at ... continue
Guinness Confirms World Record

Guinness Confirms World Record

Firefox has officially landed the world record for most software downloads in a single day. Mozilla engineers got the news from the Guinness Book of World Records today. With 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3 on June 17, ... continue
Mozilla Releases Security Patch

Mozilla Releases Security Patch

Mozilla has just released a software update for its Firefox 2 users. Yes, you read correctly: Firefox 2. The new Firefox 2.0.0.15 is a security patch for anyone who hasn't made the jump to Firefox ... continue
Update: Nine Million Firefox Downloads

Update: Nine Million Firefox Downloads

The latest Mozilla tally shows a total of just over nine million downloads of the new Firefox 3 program within its first 24 hours of release. Mozilla had only hoped to hit five to seven million to get ... continue
Firefox Hits Finish Line Early

Firefox Hits Finish Line Early

Mozilla has achieved its record-setting download goal for the new Firefox 3. Nearly 7.3 million people have downloaded the software so far, with more than two hours still left on the clock. Mozilla had only hoped to ... continue
Download Day: Denied?

Download Day: Denied?

Mozilla's attempt at a world download record may have backfired. The release of Firefox 3 -- scheduled to occur at precisely 1 p.m. Eastern today -- has been delayed for an unspecified amount of time due to technical ... continue
Time for Mozilla’s World Record Attempt

Time for Mozilla’s World Record Attempt

Today's the day Firefox is hoping to set a world download record. The new Firefox 3 will be released for download at 1 p.m. Eastern in what Mozilla has dubbed "Download Day." Engineers are now busy taking ... continue
Feedly: My Yahoo 2.0

Feedly: My Yahoo 2.0

Feedly is a new Firefox extension (it also works in Flock) that has received a lot of buzz over the last 24 hours among the first adopter set. The plugin turns services such as Google Reader into ... continue
Flock is Back in the Browser Game

Flock is Back in the Browser Game

Flock has released Flock 2.0 beta, a new version of Flock based on the Gecko 1.9 (Firefox 3) rendering engine. The new version of Flock delivers improved performance, security enhancements and user interface improvements. Improve performance is the ... continue
Vale Google Browser Sync

Vale Google Browser Sync

Sad news today: Google has quietly advised that that they have ceased development of Google Browser sync and will faze out support. Google Browser Sync, for the vast majority of people who have never heard of it nor ... continue