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Firefox 10 Now Available For Download

Firefox 10 Now Available For Download

Firefox, the third most popular Internet browser, released version 10 today which is now available for download. The browser is quite the step up from Internet Explorer and especially great for power users who rely off of ... continue
SOPA-Opposing Web Giants Consider ‘Nuclear Option’ to Thwart Law

SOPA-Opposing Web Giants Consider ‘Nuclear Option’ to Thwart Law

As a person who basically routes their entire life through the internet- professional, personal, lifestyle- one of the things that gets me agitated about the whole SOPA brouhaha is how little the average web user is concerned ... continue
Mozilla Has Developed A Bing Default Search Engine

Mozilla Has Developed A Bing Default Search Engine

Mozilla on Wednesday announced a new customized version of their Firefox internet browser that defaults to the Bing search engine rather than Google. The announcement comes nearly one year after Mozilla said they would begin including Bing and ... continue
Mozilla Thunderbird 5 Finally Available For Download

Mozilla Thunderbird 5 Finally Available For Download

Mozilla on Tuesday made available the official download of Thunderbird 5.0, the company's email client software that hasn't seen a major release update in nearly 18 months. The free download is compatible with Windows, Mac OS X and ... continue
Firefox 5 Gets Outed Early, Download Available Now

Firefox 5 Gets Outed Early, Download Available Now

It has only been 12 weeks since we received the most recent version of Mozilla's Firefox browser and now the company has already made available Firefox 5 via the Mozilla ftp server. With Firefox 5 users receive support ... continue
Homeland Security wants Add-on pulled, Mozilla says not so fast.

Homeland Security wants Add-on pulled, Mozilla says not so fast.

Starting late last year the ICE department within Homeland Security started seizing domains whether they were legal or not. This prompted a couple of developers came up with a clever add-on for Firefox, called MAFIAA Fire, that ... continue
Mozilla Developer Calls Out “Sneaky” Plugin Creators, Including Large Tech Firms

Mozilla Developer Calls Out “Sneaky” Plugin Creators, Including Large Tech Firms

Mozilla developer Asa Dotzler is angry and who could blame him, some unscrupulous Firefox plugin developers have been installing plugins without user permission a practice he likens to "trojan horses." While it's easy to picture developers in an ... continue
Chrome surpasses Safari in US popularity, now ranked third

Chrome surpasses Safari in US popularity, now ranked third

Google's Chrome browser has passed Apple's Safari out into third place for US browsers, a milestone the newer browser option achieved in the UK last October. Chrome, which debuted in October 2008, has been steadily gaining on Mozilla's ... continue
Mozilla CEO John Lilly stepping down

Mozilla CEO John Lilly stepping down

Mozilla CEO John Lilly confirmed today via an e-mail to employees that he is stepping down from his position. Lilly moved into the CEO role from his position of COO in January of 2008, and during his tenure, ... continue
Firefox Mobile Comes To Maemo, Other Mobile OS’s Later

Firefox Mobile Comes To Maemo, Other Mobile OS’s Later

The Nokia N900 ushered in the Maemo operating system and now Mozilla, makers of the super popular Firefox internet browser have announced that the Maemo OS is first to receive the mobile version of their browser. Firefox 1.0, ... continue
Firefox 3.6 Officially Released Today

Firefox 3.6 Officially Released Today

Firefox 3.6 has finally been released after months of beta testing and bug fixes plus a few release candidates. continue
Mozilla promising an app store free mobile future

Mozilla promising an app store free mobile future

Coming soon to a mobile phone near you - the Firefox Mobile (otherwise known as Fennec) and with the promise, at least in Mozilla's eyes, of no more App Stores. This of course is an obvious shot ... continue
Wow … Mozilla sides with Microsoft over Google’s Chrome Frame plugin

Wow … Mozilla sides with Microsoft over Google’s Chrome Frame plugin

It was expected that Microsoft would attempt in some fashion to downplay Google’s Chrome Frame plugin that is designed to replace Internet Explorer’s web rendering engine with the one that power’s Google’s own Chrome ... continue
The war of browser plug-ins

The war of browser plug-ins

At some point this had to happen – browser plug-ins with opposite agendas coming into some sort of conflict. Such is the case of the recent updating of the well known NoScript plug-in and ... continue
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Is Finally Here

Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Is Finally Here

Mozilla has finally released what's set to be the final beta before Firefox 3.5. Firefox 3.5 beta 4 was made available late last night. It's the first release under the newly assigned 3.5 label. Firefox 3.5 Beta 4: ... continue
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.9, Preps 3.5 Beta 4

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.9, Preps 3.5 Beta 4

It's not Firefox 3.5 yet, but Mozilla has an update available to the Firefox 3.0x browser today. Firefox 3.0.9 is now available for download here. Current Firefox users should be prompted to upgrade within the next two ... continue
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is Here

Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is Here

The much-delayed Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is now out in the open and available for download. Mozilla says the latest update features numerous new features and performance improvements. Firefox 3.1 Beta 3: What's New Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 was ... continue
Mozilla Changing Firefox 3.1 to Firefox 3.5

Mozilla Changing Firefox 3.1 to Firefox 3.5

Update: It's a go. Mozilla has approved the proposal to make the change. Mozilla's frequently delayed Firefox 3.1 release may now become Firefox 3.5, the company has revealed. Engineers are considering renaming the next major Firefox update to ... continue
The EU, Google, Mozilla and especially Opera are a bunch of asshats

The EU, Google, Mozilla and especially Opera are a bunch of asshats

I’ve been stewing over this bucketful of crap about the European Union wanting to give Microsoft the good old underhanded grab because Opera is whining about how it can’t get any market share away ... continue
Firefox 3.1 Update: Possible Fourth Beta, Talk of Pulling TraceMonkey Altogether

Firefox 3.1 Update: Possible Fourth Beta, Talk of Pulling TraceMonkey Altogether

Don't count on seeing the final Firefox 3.1 release any time in the immediate future. Mozilla now says a first quarter release of the product is unlikely--and that's just one of several new details revealed in the ... continue
Mozilla should be thanking Microsoft for bundling IE not kissing EU’s butt

Mozilla should be thanking Microsoft for bundling IE not kissing EU’s butt

I can’t believe we are still dealing with this non-issue of Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system, let alone looking to the European Union (EU) to give the company another slap for antitrust ... continue
Firefox 3.2: A Sneak Peek Ahead

Firefox 3.2: A Sneak Peek Ahead

With Firefox 3.1 creeping closer to its release, Mozilla is starting to look ahead to the browser's next major update. Ready for a sneak peek at what's in store for Firefox 3.2? Meet Firefox 3.2 Several new features are ... continue