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  • Firefox 10 brings Mozilla browsing to double digits. Online, Browsers, Firefox, Mozilla 0

    Firefox 10 brings Mozilla browsing to double digits

    PC and Mac version available now 31 January 2012 16:25 GMT

    It took us almost seven years to get from the first iteration of Firefox to version 4.0, but now we're already up to version 10, taking less than a year to get to double digits from the 4.0 launch thanks to Mozilla's new rapid release plan.

    As...

  • Firefox dependency on Google continues as 3-year search default deal signed

    Firefox dependency on Google continues as 3-year search default deal signed

    Uneasy alliance 21 December 2011 7:49 GMT

    Google and Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, have signed a deal that will keep Google as the default search engine within the open-source browser.

    The last deal, signed in 2008, ran out in November 2011; however, during that time Firefox...

  • Why settle for Firefox 8, Firefox 9 beta launched. Software, Firefox, Mozilla 0

    Why settle for Firefox 8, Firefox 9 beta launched

    New version already 12 November 2011 1:19 GMT

    Only just downloaded Firefox 8? Well you can forget that version if you like to live carefree and fancy. Mozilla has released the first beta of Firefox 9 just days later and with it a stack of new features to try out. 

    Although the Beta software...

  • Firefox set for design revamp according to mockups

    Firefox set for design revamp according to mockups

    Chrome styleee 2 August 2011 10:35 GMT

    Firefox, that speedy stalwart of the browser savvy, is set for a revamp according to screens posted by Mozilla designer Stephen Horlander. 

    All manner of things been stripped back, bringing a sleek and minimal look in keeping with browsers...

  • Firefox OS coming to your smartphone

    Firefox OS coming to your smartphone

    Mozilla has big mobile HTML5 plans 26 July 2011 10:41 GMT

    Mozilla has announced plans to build a HTML5 based mobile phone OS, in a project labelled Boot to Gecko.

    Speaking via a developers forum, Mozilla's Andreas Gal stated that "Mozilla believes that the web can displace proprietary, single-vendor...

  • One in five surfers now using Chrome. internet, online, browsers, StatCounter, Google Chrome, chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox,  0

    One in five surfers now using Chrome

    Google browser gaining momentum 6 July 2011 10:21 GMT

    Google's web browser Chrome is gaining a market share at an incredible pace - with StatCounter declaring that it is now the browser of choice for one in five web surfers.

    Other predictions have Chrome at around the 13-15 per cent mark, but...

  • Firefox and Chrome WebGL poses

    Firefox and Chrome WebGL poses "multiple significant security issues"

    Potential full-exploit danger 11 May 2011 15:10 GMT

    Firefox 4 and Chrome users could be leaving their PCs open for exploits as a result of the "inherently insecure" specification of the WebGL web standard.

    WebGL was developed by the Khronos Group, which oversees the OpenGL graphics technologies,...

  • Mozilla Aurora

    Aurora lets you try Firefox 5 now

    Play with new stuff early 18 April 2011 12:16 GMT

    Fans of Firefox are being given the chance to try the next version of the browser - Firefox 5 - and all the new features it brings, albeit in an environment that probably isn’t going to be that stable.

    Mozilla, the organisation behind...

  • Firefox Home for iPad coming soon

    Firefox Home for iPad coming soon

    CTIA 2011: Optimised for the tablet 24 March 2011 9:09 GMT

    Mozilla has told Pocket-lint that it's working on an optimised version of Firefox Home for the iPad.

    “We are working on iPad for Firefox Home,” Mozilla’s principal product manager Thomas Arend told us in a one-to-one briefing...

  • Mozilla talks Firefox 5 for Mobile - tablet version top of wishlist

    Mozilla talks Firefox 5 for Mobile - tablet version top of wishlist

    CTIA 2011: Has plenty of ideas 23 March 2011 14:57 GMT

    Mozilla is working on a tablet-optimised version of its mobile browser for the next iteration – Firefox 5 for Mobile, Pocket-lint can confirm.

    As Mozilla puts the final touches to its Android version of the Firefox 4 for Mobile browser (due...

  • Firefox 4

    Firefox 4 review

    3.5 REVIEW Flaming hot or burning out? 23 March 2011 10:36 GMT

    The browser wars are hot again, and Firefox is struggling to keep up with the ever updating Chrome and a revitalised Internet Explorer. So it’s about time the open source browser unveiled a new version, with a new look and feel and new features....

  • Firefox 4 to be final major Mozilla update

    Firefox 4 to be final major Mozilla update

    Versions to come thick and fast after 28 February 2011 17:32 GMT

    Ever wondered why Firefox is only just approaching version 4 after more than 6 years, when Chrome is up to version 9 in just over 2 years?

    Well, it's because Mozilla reserves numerical updates for major Firefox releases - or at least it has...

  • Firefox 4 Beta 9 syncs-up

    Firefox 4 Beta 9 syncs-up

    Firefox Sync on board for what could be the last beta 17 January 2011 11:57 GMT

    Firefox 4 is all set to go live, with a stable release, next month and is apparently going to "kick-ass".

    But before that there's time for yet another beta release (we're up to nine now) although this one does bring in a few major additions,...

  • Firefox 4 to

    Firefox 4 to "kick ass" when it lands in February

    Mozilla Exec confirms release plans 13 January 2011 12:24 GMT

    Firefox 4 will be getting an official launch in February, if predictions from Damon Sicore, Mozilla's senior director of platform engineering, ring true.

    Speaking via a Mozilla developer's mailing list, the Mozilla exec said: "Team, we've...

  • Firefox 4 beta for Mobile already updated

    Firefox 4 beta for Mobile already updated

    Slicker UI and faster response times 5 November 2010 10:35 GMT

    The Firefox Mobile beta has undergone its first major update, with a new version of the browser available for download now.

    The update brings with it reduced memory usage, better text rendering, a fresh new UI, the ability to share links with...

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