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| Virus Found in Firefox 2 Plug-in |  | The language pack supposed to be installed in Firefox 2 by consumers who want to use the Mozilla browser in Vietnamese got compromised by a Trojan horse, Window Snyder, the Mozilla security chief warned yesterday. What's worse is that the plugin was posted straight on the Mozilla Add-on page from where users download and install themes and extensions for Firefox. Window Snyder explained that the Trojan horse was a result of ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Nearing the Finish Line for Firefox 3.0 |  | Mozilla is nearing the finish line for the latest version of its open source browser. Firefox 3.0 was initially planned for launch by the end of 2007, but Mozilla pushed the delivery deadline back all the way to mid 2008 in an effort to soften all the rough edges of the browser. It appears that the trade has paid off, as Firefox 3.0 reflects the focus on quality even from ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Move Web Applications to Your Desktop |  | Although many people have their favorite web apps setup as their homepage on their browsers, there are times when running a web app inside its own window - in a separate process - could come handy. Think about having your browser clogged up with way above 30-40 tabs open and crashing at random times.
Then, you will just have to open it again and fire up the web interface you were working with at the time of the crash. A deskt ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 Not as Secure as You May Expect |  | Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 quickly caught the attention of the Internet users and, even if it's currently just in beta stages, it is also installed on millions of computers around the world. However, its continuously growing vulnerability doesn't necessarily mean that it's 100 percent secure, a fact also underlined by the beta tag placed near its name. SecurityFocus today reported that a 'document.write()' ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 05:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Evolution in Images: Firefox 3.0 Beta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |  | Windows Server 2008 is not the only piece of software out there with a robot alter ego. The fact of the matter is that the evolution of the Firefox 3.0 throughout the Beta process is also marked by a robotic character. In case you failed to notice it, ever since the availability of the second beta for the next version of Firefox, Mozilla has provided a different graphic accompanying the growth of the open source browser. The sole ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| What's New in Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 |  | Mozilla is moving ahead with the development of Firefox 3.0 toward the official release date planned for June 2008. The last evolution of the browser took it from Beta 4 to Beta 5, and in this manner marked the 13th developer milestone of the product, taking into consideration both the Alpha and the Beta stages. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 went live on April 2, 2008, and is available for download ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 Available for Download |  | Making headway with the development of the next generation of its open source browser, Mozilla has made available for download the next development milestone for Firefox 3.0. At the beginning of March, Firefox 3.0 moved to Beta 4, marking in this manner the twelfth developer milestone for the product. But even before Beta 4 shipped, Mozilla announced that a subsequent beta build would follow, scheduling the code freeze for March ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 02:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Thunderbird Needs Security Patch ASAP! |  | Mozilla Thunderbird, that popular email client designed by the same company that created Firefox, is again vulnerable to attacks after a highly critical security flaw has been discovered in the version prior to 2.0.0.13. In fact, there’s no 2.0.0.13 version yet, but everybody expects it as it is supposed to fix all these glitches.
Security company ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Here Is the First Taste of Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 |  | Here is the first taste of Firefox 3.0 Beta 5. Mozilla has made available for download a pre-release version of the next development milestone of its open source browser. According to the official Release Tracking & Schedule from Mozilla, the Release Candidates of Firefox ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 14:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Firefox 2.0.0.13 While Waiting for Firefox 3.0 |  | While you're waiting for the next testing build of Firefox 3.0, make sure and keep the good old Firefox 2.0 up to date. On March 15, 2008, Mozilla made available Firefox 2.0.0.13 for download. The latest iteration of version 2.x of the open source browser is designed as a security and stability update. Along with Firefox 2.0.0.13, Mozilla is also offering Firefox 3.0 Beta 4, which it has deemed as ready for general adoption, and is al ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 08:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is Mozilla Scared of Apple? |  | In light of Apple's usage of the iTunes and QuickTime software update mechanism to push Safari 3.1 onto Windows users ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 Download Now! Look Forward to Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 |  | On the heels of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, released by Microsoft the past week following the keynote address at MIX08, Mozilla has made available the fourth beta of Firefox 3.0. Just like IE8 Beta 1, Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 has a strong focus on developers, with Mozilla stressing the fact t ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 03:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Netscape Offline |  | Old school Internet users cannot but sigh when reminiscing about the good times they had using the now-AOL-owned Netscape. As of the first of March, the legendary Netscape Navigator browser is no longer receiving any kind of support, and its faithful users have been once again asked to consider Firefox and Flock for their online browsing future.
Once the proud choice of over 90 percent of surfers, Navigator saw its market share slip dra ... [read more >>] | | 03 March 2008, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Messaging, Out and About |  | The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday that it opened Mozilla Messaging to develop its free, open source Thunderbird email software. Thunderbird was put on hold back in autumn, but now they’re taking it on again and the foundation sees a bright future ahead of it.
David Ascher, Mozilla Messaging’s CEO, started with the premise that "email is broken": "Email and other forms of internet communications present ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft and Mozilla Plug Critical Holes in Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.0 |  | When it comes down to the face-off between Microsoft and Mozilla on the browser market it's not all about the install base, market share percentages and audience converting, but also about security. And one aspect of the security race, of course not relevant onto itself for the entire protection level delivered by the two browsers, is the vulnerability count. In February, both Microsoft and Mozilla tended to their respective products, ... [read more >>] | | 13 February 2008, 07:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 Available for Download |  | Mozilla is making headway with the development of Firefox 3.0. While Microsoft is only scheduled to showcase the first features of Internet Explorer 8 in early March, at the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas, courtesy of Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, with the initial public beta for the successor of Internet Explorer 7 planned by mid 2008, the third Beta of Firefox 3.0 is now available for download. The move comes as promised, with Mo ... [read more >>] | | 13 February 2008, 02:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla’s Getting “Humanized” Interfaces |  | The Open Source giant Mozilla, proud owner of Firefox and Thunderbird, to name just a couple of Internet hits, has hired on Wednesday the president of Humanized, a startup from Chicago for his experience with UI interfaces. The name of the newly employed should ring a bell: Aza Raskin is the son of the Apple interface designer Jef Raskin.
The move to Mozilla must have had young Aza scared, so he brought along some familiar fa ... [read more >>] | | 18 January 2008, 20:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Get Your Firefox Discounts Here! |  | There are many who have tried to take advantage of a particular well known brand in order to advertise their company’s services or products, but that usually ended with a trial and a lot of penalties. At least in the past 20 or so years that’s the way it went.
The new model of advertising that an Australian online computer shop is trying to implement on the market is that of discounts based on the browser used when ordering so ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 04:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Promoting Firefox, Thrashing Microsoft’s Internet Explorer |  | The campaign that Mozilla launched yesterday is "Fight Against Boredom" and it’s supposed to be viral, complete with a site (fighatagainstboredom.org), a fake talk show setup, links to a Facebook page, downloads for the song and, of course, links to download Firefox.
Microsoft will most likely not like the statistics (which, in my honest opinion, are also fake) that are running at the bottom of the YouTube video that ... [read more >>] | | 08 January 2008, 18:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox under Attack, No Solution Available yet! |  | We all know it, Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers ever designed. Moreover, some people say the Mozilla browser is the most secure application in its category, having safer features that Internet Explorer, the program built by the Redmond software giant, Microsoft. However, a new vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and, at the time of writing this article, no official solution has been released. Secu ... [read more >>] | | 04 January 2008, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Firefox 2.0 in Windows Vista without Touching IE7, or Any Other Browser |  | Microsoft is still a long way away from a scenarios where it will have to unbundle Internet Explorer from the Windows operating system. But thanks to an antitrust complaint filled by Opera with the European Union Antitrust Commission, if the succession of events will lead to a similar result as the precedent delivered by the 2004 decision, against the Redmond company involving the removal of Windows Media Player from the platform ... [read more >>] | | 21 December 2007, 10:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Be the First to Get Your Hands on Early Builds of Firefox 3.0! |  | Do you have an immutable affinity for Mozilla's open source browser? Are you generally among the first to jump on everything that moves in Firefox land? Are you looking for a way to access early development milestones of Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 2.0.0.x ahead of anybody else? Then, Mozilla has the right answer to your prayers. Placing a great deal of emphasis on the value of the resource that is the community built around Firefox, Mozi ... [read more >>] | | 21 December 2007, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Users Urged to Install the Latest Mozilla Thunderbird Patch |  | Thunderbird, the well-known email client designed by Mozilla, must be updated as soon as possible in order to keep the computer protected, the developers of the application said a few days ago. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the program, so the installation of the latest patch is almost a must have. According to the reports, most Thunderbird versions contain the glitch, with a single exception: the 1.5.0.14 rele ... [read more >>] | | 20 December 2007, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 - New Features List |  | While Microsoft is playing around, drawing happy yellow faces with the help of an internal build of Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla made available on December 18th, the ... [read more >>] | | 20 December 2007, 09:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 Available for Download |  | The second beta of Firefox 3.0 is now available for download. In this manner, Mozilla lived up to its promise made earlier in December that it would move Firefox 3.0 out of Beta 1 stage, by December 21st. Having dropped the first Release Candidate for Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 as early as December 11th, it was clear that Mozilla was making headway with the development of its upcoming version of the open source browser. The final availa ... [read more >>] | | 19 December 2007, 07:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3 and the Story of the Perfect Security |  | Browsing the web without a security solution is something like hunting wolves without a gun, and I'm not just saying it, because you all know that the Internet is full of infected websites and dangerous files, which could easily harm your computer in a matter of minutes. That's why security tools are always welcomed and every time a new company releases such a utility, all the users hurry up to download and install it. ... [read more >>] | | 11 December 2007, 10:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 Release Candidate 1 |  | The first release candidate of Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 is live. While Microsoft has barely managed to confirm the fact that the next version of Internet Explorer is... (are you ready?) Internet Explorer 8 (I'll bet you didn't see that coming!!!), Mozilla is making headway with the development ... [read more >>] | | 11 December 2007, 04:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Baidu Catches Fox. Firefox |  | Baidu is surprisingly the leading search engine in China, instead of Google, who is still falling in and out of love with the Chinese Government because it is not allowed to display any search results that might be offensive to the Party. And there’s more to that story, but this is not the main issue at hand.
Gemme, of searchenginejournal.com, noted this morning that "Baidu has signed a deal with the affiliate of Mozilla ... [read more >>] | | 07 December 2007, 08:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox Over the 125 Million Users Milestone – Doubles in a Single Year |  | While Microsoft published the latest data on the adoption of Internet Explorer 7, claiming an excess of 300 million users worldwide, Mozilla has some numbers of its own about Firefox. Mozilla COO, John Lilly, made public the statistics on the open source browser, claiming a market share of over 125 million users. Lilly stressed the fact that the 125 million users was only an approximation, but still indicated that Firefox has doubled its m ... [read more >>] | | 03 December 2007, 11:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla for Mobiles, Closer than We Think |  | As expected and hoped by many mobile users, the Firefox browser will become mobile pretty soon, according to Christian Sejersen of Mozilla, who posted on his blog information about Mozilla Corporation's plans. Sure, there have been statements from Mozilla about its mobile future, but now we kn ... [read more >>] | | 29 November 2007, 12:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| When at First You Don't Succeed – Release Firefox Again! |  | Under the motto presented in the title of this article, Mozilla is hard at work on an update for an update for Firefox 2.0. While I do agree that the repetition is not all that pleasant, it does serve its purpose, that is to reflect reality. And the fact of the matter is that as Mozilla dropped the ... [read more >>] | | 28 November 2007, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| One More Firefox Version Currently in Labs |  | Every new Firefox update (and software updates in general) is supposed to bring fixes for some of the reported bugs and flaws which could occur while using the program. Just like any other software company, Mozilla cooks a new patch for Firefox that will include several security fixes reported by the users and confirmed in version 2.0.0.9. The 2.0.0.10 release will be released after Thanksgiving so you should expect it sometime n ... [read more >>] | | 22 November 2007, 05:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 Available for Download – A Perfect Fit on Windows Vista |  | While Microsoft has completely gagged every last detail related to the building of Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla – due to the open source development model – is pumping a new build of Firefox 3.0 on a weekly basis. Firefox 3.0 currently codenamed Gran Paradiso has finally moved out of Alpha stage. For the past couple of weeks, Mozilla has made available preview versions of the first fully-fledged beta of the open source browser. And[ADMARK= ... [read more >>] | | 20 November 2007, 02:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla: Firefox 3.0 Will Be Immaculate When It Ships |  | Mozilla came out to set the record straight following claims that Firefox 3.0 would ship with some 80% of bugs still unresolved. A scenario where the successor of Firefox 2.0 would be released with the vast majority of the problems that plague it still not attended to was denied by both engineer Asa Dotzler ... [read more >>] | | 19 November 2007, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla: No More Patched Bugs before Firefox 3 Final |  | Firefox 3.0 Gran Paradiso, the new version of the Mozilla browser, is expected to be released next year, representing the most powerful version of Firefox ever released. But it seems like this application might leave numerous reported bugs unpatched as the Mozilla wants to repair only 20 percent of the glitches, PC World reported today. In a message published on the main Mozilla page, the company requires developers to rate the i ... [read more >>] | | 16 November 2007, 09:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Shut Down Servers Due To Fake Firefox 3 Beta |  | The answer to the subtitle would be "you have to wait for a while until Mozilla officially releases it" but at this time, you can always download and install the release candidate builds rolled out by the company. But here's what happened a few days ago when a user nicknamed "corevette" published an entry on Digg to announce the release of Firefox 3.0 beta 1. The user pointed to the server which hosts all ... [read more >>] | | 12 November 2007, 08:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| And Here's Mozilla Firefox Making Users Vulnerable to Hackers |  | Mozilla Firefox is again the main subject of the security advisories as a new vulnerability was discovered which doesn't seem to affect the latest 2.0.0.9 release. According to a report published by Security Focus, Mozilla Firefox is affected by a Jar URI cross-site scripting vulnerability discovered in all the browser versions prior to 2.0.0.9. A few days ago, the Firefox developer published a new release of the application ... [read more >>] | | 09 November 2007, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The New Firefox 2.0.0.9 Plays Well with Windows Vista |  | A new version of Firefox is available for download. On October 19, Mozilla made available an update to its open source browser, taking the version build from 2.0.0.7 to 2.0.0.8. The version numbers are not a clear indication of the evolution between the two Firefox variants. According to Mozilla, over 200 issues impacting the Firefox browser were addressed by the 2.0.0.8 update. However, at the same time, the extent of the modifications[AD ... [read more >>] | | 02 November 2007, 03:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Docs Crashes Nokia's Mozilla Browser |  | The Mozilla browser that Nokia used for the upgrade of its Linux based Internet Tablet is less reliable than people might think. An error has just been detected with its capability of handling Google's AJAX based Google Docs.
The most recent firmware upgrade release for the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet adds considerable improvements, such as an updated Flash player. Moreover, it takes care of some bugs with the SDHC (SD Hig ... [read more >>] | | 01 November 2007, 07:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 120 Million Users for Firefox |  | Mitchell Baker, Chief Lizard Wrangler at Mozilla, posted a huge message on the Mozilla blog to underline the company's 2006 financial results and to mention some numbers recorded by the company's applications. Mozilla's revenues were no less than $66,840,850 and the firm's official admits an important part of the money come from the super search giant Google. "As in 2005 the vast majority of this revenue is associa ... [read more >>] | | 24 October 2007, 06:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How to Integrate Yahoo Messenger Into Firefox |  | Since Yahoo Messenger is one of the most popular instant messaging clients on the web, it's pretty obvious that numerous companies try to develop alternative ways to access the application. Today, meebo, which is probably the best all-in-one web-based instant messaging technology, rolled out the 'meebo extension for F ... [read more >>] | | 23 October 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox + Meebo = Yahoo Messenger Inside Your Browser |  | If you have ever wanted to communicate with your friends online straight from a web-browser window, this is your chance to reach this goal. A new add-on for Mozilla Firefox was released a few days ago, allowing you to implement the famous Meebo service straight into the browser. Basically, it is just a browser add-on but it gives you the chance to talk with your Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ or J ... [read more >>] | | 18 October 2007, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Drops in 2008? |  | According to the initial timetable set up for the next release of Firefox, version 3.0 of the browser should have already been in beta testing phase. Yet, due to quality issues, Gran Paradiso, the codename describing Firefox 3.0 develop ... [read more >>] | | 15 October 2007, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Thunderbird Losing Its Control Completely |  | These are surely some difficult days for the popular email software solution Mozilla Thunderbird. First of all, the parent company announced one month ago that it abandons the development of the application to remain 100 percent focused on Firefox, the browser which is now installed on millions of computers. Moreover, the only two paid developers who worked for Thunderbird announced their departures on Friday as they decided to q ... [read more >>] | | 10 October 2007, 06:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3 Quietly Works With Google |  | Firefox 3, codename Gran Paradiso, bundles several security features such as an antiphishing filter which is able to block all the websites which are identified as malicious. But who's the provider of this utility because there must be one since Mozilla is only focused on the browsing capabilities? Although you might think it is a security software company developing antiviruses and other similar tools, it isn't. It see ... [read more >>] | | 26 September 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| What’s New in Microsoft Land: 17th – 21st September 2007 |  | The EU/Microsoft case has finally ended and, even if the Redmond software giant refuses to admit that it doesn’t like the decision, the company struggles to remain fairplay and appreciates the court’s judgment. In a statement rolled out on Monday, Brad Smith, Microsoft Corp. Senior Vice President and General Counsel, said the decision is fair although the Redmond company did anything it was possible to comply with the &l ... [read more >>] | | 23 September 2007, 12:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Build of Firefox 3.0 Available with UI Changes and Built In Malware Protection |  | A new build of Gran Paradiso is available for download from Mozilla. Gran Paradiso will end up as Firefox 3.0, the successor of the current version 2.0 Mozilla is providing to users. According to the initial plans, Gran Paradiso should have already passed into beta testing phase. But Mozilla had a change of plans at the beginning of July, following the availability of Gran Paradiso Alpha 6. Then Mozilla delivered Gran Paradiso Alpha 7 and ... [read more >>] | | 20 September 2007, 07:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mozilla Abandons Thunderbird, Remains Focused On Firefox |  | Some time ago, the folks working at Mozilla announced that the famous Firefox producer wants to abandon the Thunderbird development but didn't mention what will happen with the application. Today, the company's officials finally decided to create a new organization that will be 100 percent focused on the software solution in order to ensure a bright future for Thunderbird. According to the announcement, Mozilla will don ... [read more >>] | | 18 September 2007, 10:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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