24 december

Firefox update guards against critical flaws
Register - London,England,UK
By John Leyden → More by this author. The flaws affect both Firefox 1.x and the latest Firefox 2.0.x releases. Surfers need to ...
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Mozilla Beefs Up Security in Firefox 2.0
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
By Jay Lyman. Mozilla's latest update to its open source Firefox browser includes security measures targeting phishers. Phishing ...
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End of an era as IE6 usage freefalls
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
... The release of Firefox two years ago certainly gave Microsoft a much needed kick in the pants because it brought some real competition to the market. ...
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23 december

Polar Rose's Mikkel Thagaard
Presentation Master - Newport Beach,CA,USA
... Initially it is being released for the Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers, but versions for other browsers are being developed. ...

If you use Movable Type in Firefox, BEWARE of Abbeyphone!
ZDNet - USA
... over Web platform called Abbeyphone that, in the wrong set of circumstances, has potential to create havoc for some bloggers who use Movable Type via Firefox. ...

rPath update for firefox
Secunia - UK
rPath has issued an update for firefox. This fixes ... system. Update to "firefox=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel/ /1/1.5.0.9-0.1-1". Please ...
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McAfee SiteAdvisor for Firefox 26.1
Computeractive - London,UK
Even with the better security of Firefox compared with Internet Explorer, McAfee Site Advisor is a good way to sort the good from the bad online. ...

Firefox 2.0.0.1 is target of recently disclosed exploit
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... exploit. The method of attack is different, but the exploit is really a rehash of an existing flaw in Firefox...
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Living with (or without) Internet Explorer 7.0
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... My best advice at this point is to stick with IE6 for a while if you're a confirmed IE user, or switch at least temporarily to Firefox 2 or Opera 9. If you've ...
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Mozilla updates Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey
TechWhack - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Open Source developers Mozilla have released security updates to their primary software offerings namely Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. ...
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22 december

Firefox Usage on PCWorld.com: Down a Bit
PC World - USA
And for the first time since I've been doing this, the news is that the percentage of folks using Firefox is down a bit. ... Has anyone dropped Firefox for IE7? ...

Second Life eyeing upload fees, better bandwidth use, Flash ...
ZDNet.com blogs - USA
... type. Also on the Menu, within the next several months: more efficient bandwidth usage as well as better Firefox integration. "[W ...

Future Samsung Cellphones To Include Opera Mobile
CrunchGear - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... They cannot compete against Firefox nor EI but I think they have found their niche… that is, until the other big two realize the potential and sign deals of ...

Updates for Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey 'critical'
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
"Highly critical" security updates have been released to patch flaws in the popular Firefox web browser and related programs that could allow an attacker to ...
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Vista Issues Bedevil Firefox
TechWeb - USA
By Gregg Keizer,. Even though an update was released earlier this week, Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser remains plagued by 20 bugs when run in Windows Vista. ...
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Polar Rose facial recognition faces challenges
TECH.BLORGE.com - Sydney,Australia
A Swedish company, Polar Rose, is releasing a plug-in for Firefox and Internet Explorer that will allow Internet users to search for images of faces based on ...
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Battle of the Browsers: Firefox inching in
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Firefox, that cheeky upstart of a browser, is nibbling away at the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and has increased its share of the market by no ...
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Test Center Tracker: Firefox bugs get squashed
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
Firefox fix: Version 2.0 of Firefox emerged from its hole last October, but not without some bugs. Mozilla yesterday released an ...
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21 december

Mozilla: Patch Firefox now
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
update Firefox users have been urged to update their browser immediately after Mozilla, the organisation behind the popular browser, said it had fixed eight ...
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Firefox and Thunderbird get updates
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Both Firefox and Thunderbird received minor updates today, not just for Mac OS X but also for Windows and Linux. Firefox 2.0.0.1 ...
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Firefox 2 or Explorer 7?
ZDNet.com blogs - USA
It may say something that, upon learning that Firefox 2 was stable, I leapt at the chance to get it, while she approached Explorer 7 with more trepidation. ...

Firefox patches "critical" vulnerabilities
iTWire - Australia
Users of popular open source browser Firefox are being urged to update the product to eliminate a bug which could allow hackers to gain control of their PC. ...
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Firefox Continues To Struggle With Vista Incompatibility
All Headline News - USA
Seattle, WA (AHN) - Mozilla released Firefox 2.0.0.1 on Wednesday, as a precaution against security problems and to improve overall compatibility with the soon ...

Mozilla patches 10 Firefox bugs
iT News - Australia
Mozilla patched 10 Firefox vulnerabilities late Tuesday, seven of them marked "critical," but left a password-spilling bug unresolved. ...

A number of holes remedied in Firefox and Thunderbird
heise Security - London,UK
In Firefox 2.0.0.1, a total of eight holes have been closed, five of which developers considered critical. ...Firefox is affected. ...
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Mozilla releases security updates for Firefox 2.0 and 1.5
TechSpot - USA
By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com. The first patch for Firefox 2 has been released, along with an update for Firefox 1.5 as well. The ...
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Firefox patches several security bugs in 2.0
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
By Steve Ragan Dec 20, 2006, 16:09 GMT. Firefox released a patch for users with version 2.0 today that fixes several security issues and bugs. ...
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20 december

Firefox Share Gains Slightly in Study
WREX-TV - Rockford,IL,USA
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent ...

Hibernating laptop does use memory
San Mateo County Times - San Mateo,CA,USA
By JD Biersdorfer. Q: The Firefox browser seems to remember everything I type in search boxes. How can I stop this? A: Mozilla's ...

Firefox 2.0.0.1 Update Available Early
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
Mozilla is expected to start pushing Firefox 2.0.0.1 through its update servers within the next few hours and also make the download available from the main ...

Review: Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 1 Adds New Look And Feel
CRN - Manhasset,NY,USA
... current system requires that you know how to access the Subscriptions dialog and makes you copy and paste the subscription link from Firefox into Thunderbird. ...

McAfee Adds Firefox Support To Anti-Fraud Service
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By Gregg Keizer. McAfee added support Tuesday for the Firefox browser and AOL's instant messenger to its SiteAdvisor Plus anti-fraud service. ...
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Mozilla To Update Firefox Browser Today
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By Gregg Keizer. Mozilla Corp. will update the Firefox browser Tuesday to patch an unknown number of security vulnerabilities in the 1.5 and 2.0 versions. ...

19 december

Firefox, Take 3
Redmondmag.com - CA,USA
Firefox 2.0 is pretty cool -- not quite amazing, and I find some of the basics like navigating and creating bookmarks clunky. But ...

Firefox share gains slightly in study
USA Today - USA
NEW YORK (AP) — Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11% of the US ...

Firefox Continues to Gain Market Share
BetaNews - USA
By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews. Mozilla's Firefox browser continues to gain market share. However, the launch of Internet Explorer 7 ...
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Risky business
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... its website (www.microsoft.com). Norton Confidential's toolbar doesn't work with the popular Firefox browser. So, the main feature ...

18 december

Opera 9.10 Released
Bits of News - USA
... holes exploited the last year, which it turn makes it one of the most secure browsers out there and it uses a lot less RAM than Internet Explorer and Firefox. ...
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Google releases Google-flavoured version of Internet Explorer 7
iTWire - Australia
... Google also has release a beta of Google Toolbar 3.0 for Firefox, adding integration with Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Have your say! ...