TrackMeNot add-on keeps search engine profilers confused
The free TrackMeNot Firefox add-on takes a unique and creative approach to protecting your privacy from search engines that can create profiles of you based on terms you search for. Rather than hiding...
View ArticleIE 9 anti-malware kingpin in browser face off
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is hands-down superior at detecting security threats delivered by malicious websites, according to testing company NSS Labs.
View ArticleFirefox 6: 4 reasons to upgrade
Mozilla has more than a thousand changes under the hood of the latest version of Firefox, but only few provide worthwhile reasons for upgrading to the newest release of the browser.
View ArticleFirefox 6: Four reasons not to upgrade
Firefox 6 is here. So far, I haven't received any notification pushing the latest Mozilla browser, but my wife has -- so I assume it is just a matter of time. When my Mozilla overlords come knocking,...
View Article10 Social Networking Add-Ons for Firefox
Move over, RockMelt. You don't need a dedicated social networking browser to stay überconnected. Here are 10 Firefox add-ons (all compatible with the latest version of Firefox) that will turn your...
View ArticleChrome inches up, Firefox flat, IE9 climbing fast
The latest and greatest browser market share stats are out from Net Applications. On the surface, it seems there was very little change from last month among desktop browsers, but digging a little...
View ArticleSeven good reasons to upgrade to Firefox 7
Six weeks to the day after the official release of Firefox 6, Mozilla on Tuesday rolled out Firefox 7, the next version of its popular Web browser for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android users.
View ArticleFirefox 7 seekers warned to beware of bogus website
If you're using a search engine today to find a download of Firefox 7, be careful about the results you click on. That's because a dubious website called Firefox7.org appears high up in those results.
View ArticleA huge speed boost is on the way to Firefox for Android
If there's one thing browser users can't get enough of, it's speed, and Mozilla has just announced that it's working on a change to the Android version of Firefox that will deliver a huge surge of just...
View ArticleAs Chrome inches ahead, Firefox slims down
Google's Chrome browser is slowly but surely creeping up on Firefox in terms of market share, according to the latest Net Applications data, but Mozilla continues to tweak and polish Firefox with an...
View ArticleSpeedy Firefox 9 beta versions take their place in line
Hard on the heels of the release earlier this week of Firefox 8, Mozilla on Thursday released the beta versions of the next Firefox in line.
View ArticleBrowser battle: Chrome vs. Firefox vs. IE vs. Opera
After a long, quiet period of Microsoft dominance, the PC browser market has been broken wide-open again in recent years, with Firefox and Chrome challenging Internet Explorer, and Opera sniffing at...
View ArticleChrome 24 vs. Firefox 18 - head to head
With major new releases of both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox happening within days of each other, it's been a big week for the browser market. Chrome 24 began to be rolled out to stable channel...
View ArticleAvaya willing to share customers with Cisco, Microsoft in three-way...
Avaya unified communications products can get along with Microsoft's Lync Server, and many customers will probably choose to deploy both rather than just one, says Avaya's CEO.
View ArticleMozilla refines Firefox's private browsing, patches 13 browser bugs
Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 20, adding more flexible private browsing and patching 13 vulnerabilities, five rated "critical" by the company's security team.
View ArticleMicrosoft to patch IE10 Pwn2Own bugs next week, says security expert
Microsoft will ship nine security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch Internet Explorer, Windows, SharePoint Server, Office Web Apps and the company's anti-malware software in Windows 8...
View ArticleMozilla pulls tracking trigger for Firefox 22, ignores ad industry attacks
Mozilla has added automatic third-party cookie-blocking to a preview version of Firefox 22, a move that will put the feature in most users hands by late June and the company on a collision course with...
View ArticleAs browsing goes mobile, Apple wins, Mozilla loses
The trend toward browsing from phones and tablets has helped some browser makers, dramatically in one case, but hurt others in the battle for usage share, data from a metrics firm showed.
View ArticleOpera sues ex-employee for $3.4M over alleged trade secrets violation
Trond Werner Hansen, the designer of some of the Opera Web browser's signature interface features, has been sued by that company in Norway for 20 million kroner ($3.4 million).
View ArticleMicrosoft links Skype voice, video calling to Outlook.com
Microsoft is rolling Skype in with its free Outlook.com email service, giving customers the ability to fire up VoIP calls directly from their mail inbox.
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