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Photos: Ubuntu unleashes the Karmic Koala
Photo Having a working instance of Firefox within the installation environment is a nice touch. Want to know how Ubuntu 9.10 will look once installed? silicon.com sister site ZDNet Australia takes you through the install. [29 Oct 2009]
Internet Explorer slips again as Firefox breathes down its neck
News All of the Microsoft browser's main competitors - Firefox, Apple's Safari, Google Chrome and Opera - increased their share over the same period, according to web tracker Net Applications. Mozilla's... [06 Oct 2009]
Firefox: Google Chrome Frame poses a security risk to users
News Firefox backer Mozilla has joined Microsoft in criticising Google's Chrome Frame. I certainly share that longing for a web in which the vast majority of web users enjoy the performance and capabilities we see in Chrome,... [30 Sep 2009]
Dell ditches the wires with Latitude Z for business
News Through a separate, non-Windows interface, it allows email, contacts, calendars, and a Firefox-based web browser to be accessed right away. Dell has announced its Latitude Z laptop aimed at business customer. [29 Sep 2009]
Google's Chrome-in-IE tech means higher malware risk, says Microsoft
News While we encourage users to use a more modern and standards compliant browser such as Firefox, Safari, Opera or Google Chrome rather than a plug-in, for those who don't, Google Chrome Frame is designed to provide better... [28 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome
Cheat Sheet Well, the web browser market has long been dominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer and although there are pretenders to Microsoft's throne - such as Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari and Opera - more than two-thirds... [22 Sep 2009]
Skype hangs up on developer plug-ins
News Unlike Firefox's similar third-party extensions, not enough people were installing Skype Extras, Skype said in an email and in a blog post to developers. On Friday Skype pulled the plug on its Extras programme, which was... [15 Sep 2009]
Chrome extensions? Developers' wish is Google's command
News We're ready for a few more people to start using extensions - the kind of adventurous people who populate the dev channel," said Boodman, who earlier in his career developed the Greasemonkey tool that permitted extensive customisation of... [10 Sep 2009]
Mozilla patches Firefox 3 critical holes
News Mozilla on Wednesday released two new versions of its browser, Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14, that patch three critical security holes and fix assorted other bugs. The updates can be found through the Help menu's Check for... [10 Sep 2009]
Firefox for phones: Alpha 3 lands on Windows Mobile
News On Friday, Mozilla released Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile, the latest in Mozilla's effort to put its Firefox browser on a mobile phone. This fits the timeline of Mozilla's open design competition for the company's... [07 Sep 2009]
IE slips again as Firefox takes over one in four browsers
News After resetting its methodology to better account for global variations, Net Applications' browser usage statistics show Mozilla's Firefox had the most notable gain, from 22.5 per cent to 23 per cent, while Google's... [03 Sep 2009]
Google Chrome for Linux, arriving soon in 64 bits
News Indeed, a discussion emerged on Wednesday about why a 64-bit version of Firefox isn't a higher priority. Google has begun work on a 64-bit version of Chrome for Linux, a move likely to whip Linux loyalists into a lather... [21 Aug 2009]
Firefox 3.5, show it some love says Mozilla
News A month and a half after Mozilla issued a significant update to its open-source web browser, the organisation has begun encouraging users of Firefox 3 to install version 3.5. Firefox 3.0.13 users will... [17 Aug 2009]
Businesses' XP addiction is keeping Microsoft from killing IE 6
News After all, there have been plenty of calls for the death of IE 6, particularly from web developers, who are weary of the work required to make their sites work in multiple versions of Internet Explorer, as well as Safari,... [14 Aug 2009]
Microsoft's Office coming to Nokia phones
News Those programs will be able to run inside Safari and Firefox in addition to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Microsoft is expected to announce a partnership today with European mobile giant Nokia to help get its Office... [12 Aug 2009]
