Neowin News Feed for: Mozilla

Firefox 22 to include OdinMonkey, cookie blocking delayed & more

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 18 May 2013 05:47:45 +0100

Mozilla are readying a number of changes for Firefox 22, including fully enabled WebRTC, support for HiDPI displays in Windows, and OdinMonkey for gaming, while cookie blocking has been postponed Read more...

Study claims IE10 blocks nearly all malware on Windows 8

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:03 +0100

A new study from NSS Labs claims that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 web browser had a 99.96 percent malware block rate while running Windows 8, putting it at the top of the browser list. Read more...

Firefox 21 now available, launches officially tomorrow

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:09:58 +0100

Firefox 21 for Windows, Mac and Linux is now available to download via Mozilla's FTP servers, ahead of an official launch tomorrow where we should also see the Android version updated Read more...

Firefox for Windows 8 expected to exit beta in November

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:10:59 +0100

A post on Mozilla's Wiki development page states that at the moment, the expected launch for the first non-beta version of the Modern UI version of Firefox is slated for November. Read more...

Epic Citadel HTML5 demo launched; IE browsers are left out

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:01:28 +0100

Epic Games has launched a version of its free Unreal Engine 3 demo, Epic Citadel, for HTML5 browsers. However, the demo won't work on any Internet Explorer browsers due to its lack of WebGL support. Read more...

First 1000 Firefox phones snapped up in a few hours

Steven Parker — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:41:12 +0100

Spanish mobile manufacturer Geeksphone shifts the first one thousand Firefox OS powered smartphones in just a few hours, but mainly to Mozilla employees and select partners. Read more...

Firefox OS-based smartphones debut in June in five countries

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:05:44 +0100

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs revealed today that the first smartphones with its Firefox OS will debut in june in five countries, adding 11 more by the end of 2013 and a U.S. launch in 2014. Read more...

Microsoft launches msnNOW sidebar beta for Firefox

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:12:13 +0100

Microsoft has announced it has launched a beta version of its msnNOW sidebar for users of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, allowing Firefox to show what's currently trending on Microsoft's media site. Read more...

Firefox 20.0.1 now available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:15:47 +0100

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product. Read more...

Mozilla and Samsung team up for new Servo web browser engine

John Callaham — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:34:52 +0100

Mozilla has announced it will be working with Samsung to develop a new web browser engine, Servo, that will be designed for the Android OS and ARM-based processors. Read more...

IE team celebrates Mozilla's 15th birthday with improvised cake

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:59:29 +0100

Microsoft's Internet Explorer team sent a belated, and improvized, cake to the folks at Mozilla to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of the company behind the Firefox web browser. Read more...

Firefox 20.0 available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:19:36 +0100

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product. Read more...

Mozilla's Collusion demo shows how you can become a marketing tool

Paul Ferson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:53:31 +0100

Mozilla's latest project, the 'Collusion' addon for Firefox, builds up an almost-scary picture of how you're connected to the Internet, and how you can be tied across different websites unknowingly. Read more...

Study: Google's Chrome leads with most Windows vulnerabilities

John Callaham — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:11:35 +0000

A new study from security firm Secunia claims 86 percent of all software vulnerabilities in Windows come from programs not made by Microsoft, with Google's Chrome browser leading the list. Read more...

Mozilla: No iOS app until Apple opens up

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:51:29 +0000

Jay Sullivan, has said that Mozilla will not offer a browser on iOS until Apple allows third-party rendering engines, a move that will displease many Firefox fans. Read more...

Internet Explorer market share up again, Chrome slips

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:54:24 +0000

Internet Explorer has once again gained market share in February 2013, rising to 55.82% of the market, while Chrome has slipped a considerable amount to its lowest market share since September 2011 Read more...

Firefox 19.0.1 available for download

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:38:32 +0000

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product. Read more...

Sony to launch Firefox OS device in 2014

Stephen Robinson — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:39:45 +0000

Sony is set to join LG, Huawei, ZTE and Alcatel with the launch of a smartphone running Mozilla's Firefox OS in partnership with carrier Telefonica. The device is set for a 2014 release. Read more...

Firefox OS phones to debut in 2013, no US launch until 2014

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:06:13 +0000

Mozilla has announced that the first smartphones that will run on its Firefox OS will launch in parts of Europe later in 2013, with a launch in the US not due until sometime in 2014. Read more...

Mozilla working on way to make Firefox phone calls sans plugin

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:34:00 +0000

Mozilla has announced plans to work with AT&T and Ericsson to work on a way for Firefox web browsers to make phone calls without the use of a plugin via the WebRTC standard. Read more...