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Mozilla Sets the Date For Firefox 3.1 Beta 3

Mozilla Sets the Date For Firefox 3.1 Beta 3

Mozilla has set the date for its slightly delayed Firefox 3.1 Beta 3. The product is now scheduled to be released next Wednesday, February 18. Beta 3, you may remember, was initially scheduled to be completed in ... continue
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.6

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.6

Firefox 3.1 may be delayed, but Mozilla is sending out Firefox 3.0.6 to its 3.x users this week. Firefox 3.0.6, officially available as of today, fixes several security and stability issues within the browser. It also corrects a ... continue
Mozilla Test Pilot: Watching Your Web Habits (With Permission)

Mozilla Test Pilot: Watching Your Web Habits (With Permission)

Mozilla is preparing to launch a new open data collection program called Test Pilot. The program -- which is completely optional and requires an active sign-up to be initiated -- monitors your online activity so Mozilla can ... continue
Mozilla Releases New Version of Fennec Mobile Browser

Mozilla Releases New Version of Fennec Mobile Browser

Mozilla's long-under-development mobile browser, Fennec, is now in its second alpha phase. Fennec Alpha 2 was officially released this week, taking the focus away for a brief moment from the Firefox 3.1 beta progress. The Mozilla team says ... continue
Meet Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

Meet Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is officially available. The release marks the first time Mozilla's super-speedy TraceMonkey Javascript engine is enabled by default and also includes several new features that had been under development for some time, such ... continue
Mozilla Releases New Firefox 3.1 Update, Prepares for Third Beta

Mozilla Releases New Firefox 3.1 Update, Prepares for Third Beta

Mozilla has released what appears to be a complete or near-complete version of Firefox 3.1 beta 2, just one day after officially deciding to insert a third beta in the browser's development plan. The build, branded as Firefox ... continue
Surprise! The memory issues are back in Firefox

Surprise! The memory issues are back in Firefox

Numerous users of the latest version of the Firefox web browser (3.0.4 released yesterday) are reporting memory issues causing the browser to freeze up or crash. Firefox 2 was plagued with memory management issues, but users had ... continue
Mozilla Minefield: Yes, It’s Fast. Really Fast.

Mozilla Minefield: Yes, It’s Fast. Really Fast.

There's been some talk around the blogosphere about Mozilla Minefield, the superfast and super cool-sounding browser by the folks who bring us Firefox. I decided to give it a whirl and see what it was really ... continue
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
Update: Mozilla Mobile To Hit Alpha Within Weeks

Update: Mozilla Mobile To Hit Alpha Within Weeks

Mozilla's mobile browser, long-under-development with the codename Fennec, should be available in alpha release within a matter of weeks. Engineers released Milestone 8 of the tool at the end of September and have previously said the ... 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
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
Q-Rewind: Google’s Humble Beginning

Q-Rewind: Google’s Humble Beginning

With all the talk about Google Chrome traffic and the future of the Web, we thought we'd take a look back at the past and just how far some online services have evolved. Our first Q-Rewind ... 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
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

Aurora, the future of browsing?

Adaptive Path, in collaboration with Mozilla labs has release the above video of a concept browser of the future, Aurora. With Aurora, Adaptive Path attempts to define a plausible vision of how technology, the browser, and the web ... 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