iLove/iHate my iPhone

In an era of tinkering, crowdsourcing, mashups and open software, Apple doesn't want to relate so much as be desired. I'd hoped to love my iPhone. Instead I'd fetishized it.

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Firefox 3 browser downloads strong in first day

The new version of the Firefox Web browser was downloaded more than 8 million times in the first 24 hours it was available, the software's developers said Wednesday.

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Firefox 3 browser downloads strong in first day

In just five hours, the new version of the Firefox Web browser had as many downloads as its predecessor got during its entire first day, the software's developers say.

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Firefox 3 Web browser is now out as free download

The new version of the Firefox Web browser became available as a free download Tuesday.

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Bookmark Improvements New to Firefox 3

A new version of the Firefox browser, now available for testing mainly by developers, offers improvements on finding frequently visited Web sites and tools for running Web applications without a live Internet connection.

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Sony is in heavy talks with Mozilla to port Firefox to the PS3.

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According to Cenzic, Firefox accounted for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities reported in the first half of 2009.

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Firefox may be your default browser, but that doesn't mean you really use it to its full potential. Mozilla's browser is a big threat to Microsoft not because it's fast and full of unique features, but because it's also extremely customizable.

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Net Applications has released the internet browser usage statistics for October. While changes weren't dramatic, they do seem to indicate a continuing trend: more are using Chrome and Firefox, while fewer are using Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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If you use Firefox, you may have already seen a pop-up from your browser alerting you that it is blocking the Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant and Windows Presentation Foundation add-ons. It's for good reason.

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An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves the browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week.

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Mobile Firefox is shaping up into quite possibly the best mobile browser out there. You should care because it's the only mobile browser to share add-ons with its desktop counterpart for the ultimate on-the-go integration.

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Poll: Do you use MSN as your browser's homepage?

I've stopped as of October 11, 2009.

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Another month, another set of data that shows the main browser usage trend is unchanged: though its lead remains large, Internet Explorer is still losing ground to all other browsers.

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Google has launched a new version of its Toolbar for Firefox that lets you translate any webpage with the click of a button without leaving the page. Google will also add web-site suggestions and sponsored links to the toolbar as you type in any query.

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Look for Firefox 4.0 late next year, likely around October, according to a draft roadmap Mozilla updated on its wiki. According to the wiki, this is what users should expect:

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During a town hall meeting for State Department workers last month, an employee named Jim Finkle asked Hillary Clinton a very important question: "Can you please let the staff use an alternative Web browser called Firefox?" The room erupted in cheers.

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Two weeks ago, Mozilla announced a major milestone for its Firefox (Firefox) web browser: one billion downloads. They even launched OneBillionPlusYou.com to mark the occasion and demonstrate just how large one billion really is.

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Mozilla has released the first alpha of Firefox 3.6. Ars takes a look at the new features, such as CSS gradients.

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Ever since the new Firefox 3.5 came out about a month ago, I've been using it as my main browser. Generally I am very happy with it.

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The open-source browser Firefox passed its billionth download on Friday, ahead of the release of its fourth iteration. The milestone includes downloads of all versions of the web software since its first release in 2004.

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Where were you when Firefox passed 1 billion downloads? It happened sometime yesterday, some five years after its first release, in 2004.

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Mozilla's Firefox browser is about to hit a major milestone: 1 billion total downloads. As you can see on this Twitter account set up to monitor the download numbers, it just crossed the 999,000,000 threshold earlier today.

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Brace yourself for the vanishing menu bar because Mozilla has published an official feature list for Firefox 3.6 in the form of a guide for programmers who need to know about the changes.

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The pace at which Mozilla works can seem insane. It was less than a month ago when the the company released Firefox 3.5. Only three weeks later, Firefox (Firefox) posted screenshots of Firefox 3.7, which includes a change to the Tools bar and an Embracing Glass design.

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BOXES lined the cubicles and hallways in the offices of Mozilla on a recent afternoon, and its chief executive, John Lilly, seemed a bit disoriented as he looked for a place to sit.

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You're zooming down the information superhighway getting things done when your usually-trusty browser throws up the dreaded "Server not found" message. Argh! Now what?

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Mozilla has introduced a new pilot program for Firefox developers to make a little money off add-ons they've created. Developers now have the option to place a "contribution" button on their add-on page, which lets users donate any amount they wish via PayPal.

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A critical flaw in the way Firefox 3.5 handles Javascript opens the door to a serious attack, according to Secunia, which tracks security vulnerabilities.

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This article shares an elegant, simple, and more maintainable way of debugging Ajax apps via the web browser (more specifically for the Mozilla Firefox browser).

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