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Download Firefox for Android 13 Beta, 14 Aurora

New flavors of Firefox for Android are now available for download in the Beta and Aurora channels, namely Firefox 13 and Firefox 14, respectively. There are no impressive changes included in these new releases, apart from a series of bug fixes and minor enhancements, the available changelog for them shows. The ne...

30 April 2012
15:11 GMT

Firefox Aurora 14 Available for Download

If you’re curious of what’s to come to Firefox, the latest Aurora lays the plans in a straightforward manner, announcing notable new features, such as setting plugins to load only on click. Search privacy is also among the changes, as in Aurora all the default ways to search rely on Google HTTPS search s...

28 April 2012
06:13 GMT

Firefox Aurora 13 Available for Download

It’s been a while since we heard the talks about a new tab page in Firefox and a new homepage. Well, those days are over since these modifications are finally available in the latest Firefox Aurora. Besides receiving a new tab page (sports nine slots showing most recent and most accessed pages) and a changed d...

20 March 2012
04:13 GMT

Here's What You Need to Know About Firefox 11 Aurora

With Firefox 9 made available to all just before Christmas, the other Mozilla Firefox channels also welcomed new versions. Firefox 11 landed in the Aurora channel, the most experimental versions aimed at regular users. It comes with several new features and more may be added or completed during this development phas...

27 December 2011
07:11 GMT

Add-ons in Firefox 10 Aurora Are Now All Compatible by Default

Mozilla has made one more step towards a hassle-free update process for Firefox. In the latest Aurora builds which will go on to be Firefox 10, all add-ons default to 'compatible' regardless if they came from the Mozilla Add-ons site, from a different website or even if they were installed locally by the us...

13 December 2011
08:05 GMT

Firefox Aurora 10 – Silent Updates and Improved Sync Setup

A new build for Firefox 9 beta has been released today, but most users are more interested in the development of Aurora. The work on silent updates feature is close to completion, as removing the UAC popups in Windows was among the thorniest problems. The team expects the feature to be delivered sometime next week. ...

1 December 2011
07:24 GMT

Firefox Aurora 10 Hides ‘Forward’ Button

The official list for the latest Firefox Aurora is out. Pinned at the top is the entry informing that the “forward” button is not present at all times on Windows. It is hidden until you need it, that is until you hit the “back” button.New features listed in the new version include implementati...

12 November 2011
04:55 GMT

Firefox Aurora 10 Expected Features

The latest Aurora has not yet been pushed to the users through Firefox’s update system, but the build is currently available for download. As far as the features are concerned, Mozilla plans on changing the new tab page and add some color and functionality to it. The goal is to offer options that cut on the na...

10 November 2011
05:06 GMT

Firefox 9 Aurora Comes with Faster JavaScript, More Under-the-Hood Tune-Ups

With Firefox 9 Aurora, Mozilla has wrapped up this set of updates, coming after Firefox 7 stable and Firefox 8 Beta. Firefox 9 promises to be an interesting release, but, as per usual, the new features and changes are not huge, unless you're an Android tablet user.Most of the changes are under the hood, but Fire...

1 October 2011
07:51 GMT

Firefox Aurora 9 Available for Testing

Firefox Aurora 9 has been sitting on Mozilla’s FTP servers for a few days, but the company has now released the latest version for Android, Windows, Linux and Mac.For the mobile platform Firefox Aurora 9 shows a new look that includes a refreshed Awesome Bar, which integrates the Back and Bookmark buttons and n...

1 October 2011
05:09 GMT

Firefox 9 for Android Aurora Almost Here, Brings Tablet Support Along

Mozilla has already started the work on Firefox 9 for Android, and the first nightly bits are now available for download for those who would like to get an early taste of the next mobile browser release. The next step in the development of Firefox 9 for Android is to bring it to the Aurora channel, something tha...

15 September 2011
04:44 GMT

LG Aurora Xnote S Notebook Previewed Fashionably Early

LG may not have been pulling out as many guns as some of tis rivals lately, but it did not sit aside either, having issued an official announcement now that the Aurora Xnote S laptop line is ready to rumble.One would think that, after all the other product launches, Samsung would take a break and enjoy the show. ...

26 August 2011
07:42 GMT

New Firefox Aurora for Android Released

As part of the new fast release system that Mozilla adopted for their mobile browser, a new version of Firefox for Android was made available for download in the Aurora channel. The new Firefox Aurora for Android paves the way towards the release of Firefox 8 on Android, and brings along a series of enhancements and...

20 August 2011
05:57 GMT

Fourth Firefox 6 Beta Refresh Available for Download Soon

A new Beta Build of Firefox 6 will be made available for download soon. This is the fourth Firefox 6 Beta Refresh, no that anybody’s counting, as the development process of Firefox 5’s successor approaches finalization. At this point in time, the candidate Builds of the upcoming Firefox 6 Beta Refresh ar...

1 August 2011
10:33 GMT

Firefox 6 Final, Firefox 7 Beta and Firefox 8 Aurora in About 3 Weeks

The next major iteration of Mozilla’s open source browser, Firefox 6, is now less than a month away. In fact, the plan is to release Firefox 6 Final in approximately three weeks. Still in Beta at this point in time, Firefox 6 will continue to be offered to early adopters for testing through the Beta channel fo...

29 July 2011
11:31 GMT

Download Firefox 6 Beta Refresh

The first Beta development milestone of Firefox 6 was released over a week ago, and testers that jumped at the chance to take the release out for a spin can now download an update. Mozilla launched a refresh to Firefox 6 Beta, which I suppose you could refer to as Firefox 6 Beta 2 if you really wanted to. However, u...

16 July 2011
09:01 GMT

Firefox 6 Beta Available for Download Now

The first Beta development milestone for the next iteration of Mozilla’s open source browser is close to launch. Earlier this week, Mozilla revealed that it was planning to make available Firefox 6 Beta to early adopters for testing today, July 8th, 2011. At the time of this article download of Firefox 6 Beta ...

8 July 2011
13:01 GMT

Firefox 7 Aurora Boasts Big Memory Usage Improvements

A couple of days after the code migration from the mozilla-central repository, where active development is done, to the Aurora channel, the first officially vetted Firefox 7 Aurora builds have surfaced. If you've been using the Firefox Aurora channel, you will be automatically updated, otherwise you can grab it ...

8 July 2011
05:32 GMT

Firefox 7 Aurora Now Available for Android

Owners of handsets running under Google's Android operating system have now the possibility to enjoy a brand new flavor of the Firefox mobile browser, namely version 7 Aurora. The new iteration of the mobile browser is the first to arrive in the Aurora channel as part of the rapid release system that Mozilla...

8 July 2011
05:11 GMT

Download Firefox 7 Aurora Now, Get Ready for Firefox 6 Beta

  It won’t be long now until Mozilla will announce the official availability of Firefox 7 Aurora, however, this had yet to happen at the time of this article. Still, early adopters familiar with the risks of testing a nightly build of Firefox, can already download Firefox 7 Aurora Builds from Mozilla&rsquo...

7 July 2011
12:01 GMT

Firefox 8 First Taste, Firefox 6 Beta and Firefox 7 Aurora Soon

Early adopters that want to get a taste of the next next next version of Firefox can do so with the help of a very early development build offered to testers through the nightly channel for the open source browser. Firefox 8 is still quite a long way until reaching the general availability stage, so it’s in no...

6 July 2011
11:31 GMT

Firefox 6 Beta and Firefox 7 Aurora Next Week

Now that Firefox 5 has been wrapped up and launched to end users worldwide, Mozilla is shifting its focus on the upcoming releases of its open source browser. Next in line is Firefox 6. Customers will still have to wait some six week for the finalized Firefox 6, but early adopters will be able to start playing aroun...

27 June 2011
14:58 GMT

Firefox 6 Aurora Brings Back WebSockets, Adds 'Progress' Element

Mozilla graduated Firefox 6 to the Aurora channel over the weekend. For curious users, the latest Firefox build brings several new features, but nothing out of the ordinary. Developers though have a lot more to celebrate. Apart from the new Web Developer menu and new tools, Firefox 6 also brings back support for WebS...

31 May 2011
09:41 GMT

Firefox 6 Aurora Adds a Data Management Window and Web Developer Tools

The first Firefox 6 builds have hit the Aurora channel so the most adventurous users can start testing the upcoming release. Firefox 6 Aurora introduces several new features, certainly more than Firefox 5, which is now in beta.The big new feature for regular users is the Data Management Window which will enable them ...

28 May 2011
05:20 GMT

Download Firefox 6 Aurora – New Features Available

The second Firefox Aurora release has been wrapped up and is being offered for download and testing to early adopters. With the launch of Firefox 6 Aurora, Mozilla moves onward on the new path it has embarked after the advent of Firefox 4.0, when it drastically accelerated the release cycle for new major versions of...

28 May 2011
04:21 GMT

Firefox 6 Aurora Available for Download Soon

  The first Aurora development milestone of Firefox 6 is literally just around the corner and could be made available for download in a matter of hours. At the time of this article, Mozilla was continuing to offer Firefox 5 through the Aurora channel, but this is bound to change rather soon. The open source bro...

27 May 2011
09:36 GMT

Firefox 7 Starts Cooking

Mozilla has already started work on Firefox 7. This actually makes sense, especially considering the fact that the current plan is to have Firefox 7 wrapped up and available for download by the end of 2011. As some users might know, the open source browser vendor overhauled the Firefox development process and releas...

25 May 2011
02:46 GMT

Firefox 5 Beta Builds Available for Download in a Few Days

Early adopters ready to jump at the chance of downloading the first Beta development milestone of Firefox 5 will be able to do so quite soon. According to Asa Dotzler, Director of Community Development at Mozilla, “Firefox 5 Beta builds are not available yet, but will be in a few days.” A specific availa...

19 May 2011
12:51 GMT

Download Mozilla Firefox 5.0a2 'Aurora' for Mac OS X

Following the release of Firefox 4, Mozilla is moving to a more rapid release development cycle to deliver an overall better web browser to Mac, Windows, and Linux users alike. A new beta version will soon be available with new features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements. Why? Bec...

17 May 2011
08:15 GMT

Firefox 5 Beta Just Around the Corner

Forget Firefox 4.0, the first Beta development milestone for the next iteration of Mozilla’s open source browser is just around the corner. The browser vendor is confirming that Firefox 5 Beta is right on track for delivery in as little as one week. If all goes well, Firefox 5 will graduate from the Aurora ch...

11 May 2011
12:50 GMT

First Firefox 7 Build Is a Month Away

Users have received plenty of warnings to brace themselves for a flood of Firefox major iterations per the Google Chrome model, and to prove that it means business Mozilla revealed that the first Firefox 7 pre-release Build is only approximately a month away. While it might be hard to believe that development will st...

22 April 2011
09:40 GMT

Add-ons Will Be Automatically Marked as Compatible in Future Versions of Firefox

One of the big problems when upgrading from one major version of Firefox to another has always been add-on compatibility. This meant that plenty of users stuck with the old versions until add-on makers decided to update their creations. It was a problem, but since a major version took half a year to a year and a half...

20 April 2011
08:45 GMT

Firefox 5 - June 21, Firefox 6 - August 8, Firefox 7 - September 27 - Release Channel Dates

As Mozilla launched the first Firefox 5 Aurora testing Build, the company also made public the release deadlines of Firefox 4.0’s successor as well as of future iterations of the open source browser. Firefox 5 is now available for download through the Aurora Channel, and is the first version of Firefox to make...

14 April 2011
17:01 GMT

Mozilla Releases the First Firefox 5 Aurora Build

Mozilla is moving forward with the ambitious new release schedule that it showcased a few weeks ago. As it was getting closer to releasing Firefox 4, it became clear that things had to be sped up to bring new features to users as well as make it easier for developers working on Firefox. More details about the new rel...

12 April 2011
12:10 GMT

New Firefox Logos for Aurora and Nightly Channels

Early adopters used to testing very early development milestones of Firefox are undoubtedly familiar with the logo that accompanies the Minefield releases. With or without the lit bomb fuse, the Minefield logo was designed to show that the specific releases of Firefox that featured it, were still far from finalizati...

11 April 2011
10:35 GMT

Enermax Aurora Lite Keyboard Features Scissors Technology

Peripherals might not get as much attention as video cards or new CPUs, but they definitely have a special place in the hearts of users, especially those of gamers, so Enermax decided to deliver a new Aurora series keyboard.While a common keyboard out of a plain cardboard box is all that a regular PC needs in order ...

15 December 2010
08:21 GMT

Windows Small Business Server Public Preview Is Available

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 7, had a public preview yesterday, as the next step after the present SBS version.SBS 7 is one of the three new server offers, coming from Microsoft, alongside “Vail” Windows Home Server product (which is in final test phases), and the “A...

22 September 2010
11:01 GMT

Saturn's Auroras Pulse Daily

Saturn is undoubtedly one of the most interesting cosmic bodies in the solar system, this being one of the main reasons why NASA and ESA decided to send the Cassini-Huygens mission to investigate it. Over the past six years, we gained a wealth of new data on the planet, but some mysteries still endured. One good exam...

4 August 2010
09:57 GMT

Earth's Magnetic Field Shook by Spacequakes

A new study suggests that auroras are actually generated by temblors of the Earth's magnetic field. These spacequakes are caused by the plasma flying off the sun and even though they are stronger in orbit, they can reach the Earth's surface as well.Spacequakes' precursors were discovered in 2007 by THE...

28 July 2010
05:14 GMT

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Ever wondered how a squad of four characters as badly suited to Army life as those of B Company could be such crack shots? They don't seem the types to stay for hours and hours on the shooting range, working on their aiming, practicing throwing grenades or preparing their rather average bodies for the recoil sho...

19 March 2010
06:08 GMT

Softpedia Mac Freeware Picks of the Week – 30.01.2009

Good to have you back! Whether you're here by accident, or because you're starting to like the weekly freeware picks, one of the three downloads below is sure to make a good asset. For the third week in a row, I've also found an app that suits the Mac user owning an iPhone too. But enough small talk. H...

30 January 2009
10:54 GMT

It's a Beautiful Season for Science

Nature appears to be slowed down by the coming of winter, which might make you think that scientists could also become a little lazy during this season. Well, you couldn't be farther from the truth, as nature keeps spoiling us with scientific treats. It all starts with the weather, which gets much colder. But th...

4 December 2008
09:26 GMT

Martian Auroras Are Different

The memorable event that takes place on the Earth's poles, called aurora, is not only restricted to our planet. The Sun and the magnetic fields of other planets allow for it to occur in the different atmospheres of the latter as well, although it may look nothing like what we're accustomed to. In fact, they...

24 November 2008
07:40 GMT

Strange Saturnine Aurora Captured

The Cassini probe found in Saturn's orbit has managed to depict yet another mystery of the ringed planet. The content of the most recent images that the spacecraft sent back to the Earth have startled experts again. The photographs unveiled a mysterious phenomenon occurring at the planet's northernmost lati...

13 November 2008
05:32 GMT

Celebration of a Killing Sun

NASA scientists have not yet forgotten the nasty surprise that the Sun had in store for us 5 years ago during this time of the year. As we’re passing this half-decade milestone, they recall how one of the most atrocious solar storms ever recorded – and definitely the most powerful one of modern times &nd...

4 November 2008
02:59 GMT

Alienware Includes the 'Spartan' in Its Desktops

Alienware Area-51, Area-51 ALX and Aurora, the award-winning line of desktops manufactured by Alienware, a leading producer of high-performance notebooks, desktops and entertainment systems, are offered by the company with an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, considered to be the most powerful graphics card at the moment. The c...

13 August 2008
03:10 GMT

Storm of Zehir Hits Neverwinter Nights 2

It's semi-official. Atari isn't saying much, but developers are making it clear that Neverwinter Nights 2 is getting yet another expansion pack. It even has a separate discussion on the BioWare forums. Even more, it seems that the developers are already answering a lot of the questions regarding the game, w...

11 June 2008
19:11 GMT

Alienware Stuffs AMD Technology in Low-Budget Gaming Rigs

Boutique PC manufacturer has announced that it would introduce low-budget gaming systems based on AMD technology. According to the company, the first AMD-powered gaming rigs will hit the market within two weeks' time and will pack AMD quad-core processors and ATI graphics. The system manufacturer announced that ...

13 May 2008
06:04 GMT

Alienware's Aurora Gaming Rig Gets Phenom 9850 Facelift

Boutique PC manufacturer Alienware has just announced a processor update for its Aurora gaming systems line-up. The new gaming rigs will come with AMD's Phenom 9850 flagship quad-core processor and will allow low-budget gamers get a professionally-built computing system for less than $1,000.The new Aurora deskto...

17 April 2008
05:20 GMT

Magnetic Reconnection Reveals Its Secrets

Because plasma is mostly composed of charged particles, such as electrons and ions, which have a global neutral charge, it is able to generate powerful magnetic fields, a very important feature if you ask a nuclear physicist working on the design of a nuclear fusion reactor. However, all good things must also have ba...

31 January 2008
08:57 GMT


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