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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...

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...

Forrester: Internet Explorer still top browser in the workplace

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:24:08 +0100

A new report from Forrester: states that Microsoft's Internet Explorer remains the most used web browser in the workplace, commanding a 40.2 percent market share. 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...

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...

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...

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...

Firefox 19 releasing tomorrow, but you can grab it today

Christopher White — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:22:08 +0000

The latest version of the Firefox browser, 19, will be officially released tomorrow. If you want to jump on it early, the binaries are available for download today. Read more...

Firefox Windows 8 Metro coming for standard 'Nightly' testers today

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:01:31 +0000

Mozilla will launch an update for its standard Firefox "Nightly" version that will add support for the Metro UI, several months after Mozilla launched its first Windows 8 Metro version of the browser. Read more...

Nearly all Firefox plugins to be blocked by default, including Silverlight

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:48:58 +0000

Mozilla has announced that going forward, its Firefox web browser will soon block the running of nearly all third party web plugin software by default, with the exception of the current Flash version. Read more...

Apple hid Safari development by spoofing Internet Explorer for Mac

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:07:24 +0000

The former head of Apple's Safari team admits in a new blog post he tried to keep early development of Safari a secret by spoofing its code so websites saw the browser as Internet Explorer for Mac. Read more...

Firefox 64-bit Windows development resumed

John Callaham — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:58:58 +0000

Mozilla has decided to officially resume development of a Windows 64-bit version of Firefox after shutting down its development last month due to lack of plug-in support. Read more...

Mozilla's 2012 in an infographic

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:41:48 +0000

Mozilla is celebrating a successful 2012. An infographic detailing the major facts and figures around their Firefox internet browser and the Firefox OS has been published on Mozilla's official blog. Read more...

Firefox drops animated themes in version 18

Nathan Tsui — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:38:32 +0000

The upcoming version 18 of Firefox will break animated themes in sacrifice of performance and load time improvements. Users who wish to keep their animated themes can find a workaround within. Read more...

Facebook Messenger for Firefox launched

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:05:31 +0000

Mozilla has announced the launch of Facebook Messenger for Firefox, allowing users of the web browser to chat with their Facebook friends while surfing any website. Read more...

Firefox for 64-bit Windows OS canceled

John Callaham — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 07:37:41 +0000

Mozilla has canceled development of a version of their Firefox web browser that would run on 64-bit versions of Windows, citing issues with plug-ins among other reasons. Read more...

Mozilla to settle US tax affair for $1.5 million

Alfonso Maruccia — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:33:43 +0000

The Firefox foundation announced the settlement with the USA government over funding from Google. Mozilla didn't want to pay tax for the money, now the company is paying regardless. Read more...

IE and Chrome still on top in web browser wars

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:45:07 +0000

Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Google's Chrome still command the vast majority of the PC web browsers, although mobile web browsing is increasing as well, according to new reports. Read more...

Mozilla: Millions of Firefox downloads lost due to MS browser ballot flaw

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:34:57 +0000

Mozilla's senior lawyer claims that an issue with Microsoft's EU 'browser ballot' menu resulted in millions of failed downloads for its Firefox web browser over the course of sixteen months. Read more...

Firefox support for H.264 has arrived. Sort of.

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:57:55 +0100

Mozilla has followed suit with Google's Chrome and finally added partial H.264 support it's Firefox browser, with Windows XP users still using Flash to render the video from an HTML5 source. Read more...