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Yandex releases browser to challenge Google, maintain market share
- Russian-based Internet search engine Yandex have released their own web browser in an effort to compete with Google and defend its market share. The browser is based on the WebKit platform and Google’s Chromium code and also borrows components from…
ZTE to launch for Firefox OS smartphone in Q1 2013
- Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has confirmed plans to release a smartphone powered by Firefox OS, Mozilla’s entirely open source mobile operating system built with HTML5 and CSS web standards, in the first quarter of 2013. The company’s executive vice…
Mozilla warns Firefox users to disable Java over zero-day exploit
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Mozilla has warned Firefox users to disable Oracle's Java software framework plugin after researchers discovered that cybercriminals are actively exploiting yet another zero-day vulnerability in the cross-platform software. Atif Mushtaq, a security researcher for FireEye, first discovered...
Firefox 15 fixes add-on memory leaks, enables true silent updates
- Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 15, bringing with it the usual round of fixes, as well as a handful of major improvements to performance and stability. Most notably, the latest version of the open source web browser promises…
Google's Octane claims to be "real-world" browser benchmark
- Google has long been an advocate of making the web a faster place. This ideal is epitomized by the company's increasingly popular (and speedy) Internet browser, Chrome. Remaining focused on that quest for speed, today the company revealed Octane, a…
Weekend tech reading: A love-hate relationship with Firefox
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Admit it. You are in a love-hate relationship with Firefox. Either Mozilla gets Firefox right and you are jumping up and down, or Mozilla screws up and you threaten to ditch the browser in favor of Chrome. Mozilla’s passionate user base keeps Firefox dangling between constant ups and downs...
Firefox OS nightly builds available for testing on Windows, Mac or Linux
- Earlier this month Mozilla announced it is renaming its Boot to Gecko operating system for smartphones to Firefox OS while touting support from major carriers worldwide. Although the first Firefox OS-powered devices aren’t expected to arrive until sometime in 2013,…
Firefox 14 released, adds secure search, opt-in plug-in activation
- Keeping pace with their own rapid release schedule, Mozilla has released Firefox 14.0.1 -- the latest stable build of its popular Internet browser -- to PCs and Macs everywhere. This release follows last month's launch of Firefox 14 for Android and Firefox 13 which…
Firefox dev claims rapid release schedule tarnished the browser's rep
- There are multiple debates as to why Mozilla’s Firefox browser has seen its user base decline in recent memory. Those against the browser cite everything from memory leaks to frequent Flash player crashes but one developer that worked on the…
Boot to Gecko renamed Firefox OS, first handsets arriving in 2013
- Mozilla is moving ahead with its mobile ambitions, announcing today that it is renaming Boot to Gecko as Firefox OS, while touting support from major carriers worldwide as well as a couple of device manufacturers.
Firefox 14 now available for Android through Google Play store
- The latest version of Mozilla’s popular mobile browser is now available for download in the Google Play store for Android devices. Firefox 14 isn’t filled to the brim with new features but there is enough on tap for most users…
"Australis" theme for Firefox now available for download
- Earlier this year Mozilla outlined plans to unify the look and feel of Firefox across desktop and mobile offerings through a new theme known as Australis. The design aims to bring a fresh and consistent style to the browser while…
Mozilla previews Thimble, a refreshingly simple HTML coding tool
- With a variety of noteworthy projects already under its belt such as Firefox, Bugzilla and Thunderbird, Mozilla is adding a new one to its lineup named Thimble. The web-based project aims to nurture aspiring web developers by providing an incredibly…
Mozilla unveils "Junior" prototype browser for Apple's iPad
- Mozilla is working on a new WebKit-based browser to challenge Safari on Apple's iPad. But rather than going with the familiar Firefox UI, they’ve decided to create something entirely new that supposedly re-thinks the browsing user experience from the ground…
Mozilla Marketplace is now open for business
- Mozilla has become the next in line to try their hand at the digital download storefront game by launching the Mozilla Marketplace. Much like Google’s Chrome Web Store, Mozilla users will be able to download web apps and games albeit…
Firefox 13 stable available with updated home, new tab pages
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Officially due tomorrow, you can snag the latest version of Firefox early if you're willing to perform a manual installation (download: Windows, Mac, Linux). Since switching to a six-week release cycle, many of Mozilla's updates have been relatively minor, but Firefox 13 brings some significant...
Yahoo launches Axis search browser for desktop, mobile platforms
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In its continued effort to supply us with head-scratching headlines, Yahoo has unveiled a pseudo-Web browser. Dubbed "Axis," the HTML5-based software will be a standalone browser for mobile platforms including iOS and Android, while the desktop version installs as a plug-in...
Microsoft limits third-party browsers in Windows on ARM, Mozilla cries foul
- Mozilla and Google’s plans to develop a Metro-style version of their browsers for Windows 8 were dealt a major blow this week after it was revealed that Microsoft will restrict third-party browsers like Firefox and Chrome from accessing certain APIs…
Weekend Open Forum: How many browser tabs are open right now?
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Browsing the web on a typical day I tend to amass a ridiculous amount of open tabs, whether related to something I'm working on or interesting stuff that I want to check later but don't necessarily want to bookmark. How many tabs do you keep open on average and how many are open right now?
Chrome, IE market share creeps upward, Firefox losing ground
- According to data from analytics firm Net Applications, Internet Explorer may be making a slow come back after years of being on the decline. Although IE's market share only ticked upward from 53.83 to 54.09 percent, this is compounded by…
Firefox 12 released with long-awaited automatic updates
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Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox which, among other changes, introduces automatic updates on Windows. After updating Firefox 12, the browser should download and install future builds entirely on its own. This offers at least two immediate benefits: you'll have one less...
Mozilla removing favicons in Firefox due to security risk
- Mozilla has deemed favicons a security risk and will be doing away with the tiny graphics in Firefox. The organization has already made the change on the most recent nightly build with plans to implement it to the release channel…
Collusion for Chrome lets users visualize website trackers, third-parties
- Disconnect has released Collusion for Chrome, an open source extension which aims to graphically illustrate where your data is going while you cruise the web. Collusion was actually made available to Firefox about a month ago, but Disconnect has managed to…
Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test
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Internet Explorer isn't the fastest or most featured-packed browser around, but it might be the most power efficient. Hoping to determine which software would give his aging desktop replacement the longest battery life, Ciprian Adrian Rusen put IE9, IE10, Chrome, Firefox and Opera to the test...
Weekend tech reading: Meet the hackers of Pwn2Own
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At a Google-run competition in Vancouver last month, the search giant’s famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. Both of the new methods used a rigged website to bypass Chrome’s security protections and completely hijack a target computer. But while those two hacks...
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