Firefox 4 Available for Download Ahead of Official Release
Firefox 4 is not set to be officially released until later today, but has been available for download from the Mozilla releases FTP server since last night. As we previously reported, Firefox 4 has been tweaked to look a lot like Chrome. It features hardware acceleration and the JaegerMonkey JavaScript engine along with extra goodies [...]
Read MoreFirefox 4 Final Set for March 22nd
Early this year, Firefox 4 Beta 9 was released with a projected Final release for February. It wasn’t until March 9th that we saw a Firefox 4 Release Candidate. Now, AfterDawn reports that the Firefox 4 Final release will be available March 22nd. The new version of the popular browser includes enhanced performance and stability, increased HTML5 [...]
Read MoreMozilla Passwords Leaked, Risk Minimal
Earlier this month, Gawker was attacked, resulting in a huge leak of Gawker network account passwords. Earlier today, it was found that a security researcher stumbled upon a database of 44,000 usernames and passwords associated with accounts registered on the Mozilla add-ons website. The partial database of user accounts was mistakenly left on a Mozilla [...]
Read MoreFlock Beta Ditches Firefox and Goes Chrome
Feeling the need for speed, latest beta of the Flock browser is ditching Mozilla Firefox for Google-supported Chromium. Flock is the social networking remix of the popular Firefox browser, sporting deep integration with your social media websites and services. You might recall that Blackbird, the browser geared toward the black community, is based on Flock. [...]
Read MoreInternet Explorer 6 Rides Off Into the Sunset
Recent reports have the popular browser Internet Explore 6 (IE 6) is slowly fading away into a distant memory. StatCounter is now reporting that usage has fallen to 4.7% in the United States and Europe. Corporate America and IE 6 have been tied together for years but it seems as if the times are changing. Find out the browsers who will contend for the top spot inside.
Read MoreApple and Mozilla Copy Chrome’s Crash Behavior
Providing more proof that Google’s evil plan to take over the world is coming along nicely, both Apple (WebKit2) and Mozilla (Firefox Lorentz) are making modifications to their web browsers that mimic something Google’s Chrome already does. One of the reasons that Chrome is different and arguably more efficient than other browsers is in the way it [...]
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