Microsoft Plug-In Makes Firefox Vulnerable

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It's so hard to like Microsoft. Whenever I see pictures of the Courier or use Windows 7, I want to sing Redmond's praises from the highest mountain. Unfortunately, MS seems incapable as a company of doing something awesome without doing something else terrible. For example; it's just come out that Microsoft sneakily forced an update on Firefox users that makes them ridiculously vulnerable to being hacked.

According to Computerworld, Microsoft released several updates in Febuary that affected both Firefox and IE, and one of the plug-ins MS pushed to Firefox added in a terrible vulnerability. It adds a Windows Presentation Foundation plug-in to Firefox. This add-on makes it possible for attackers to gain access to a computer using Firefox if the user is lured to the wrong web site.

Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:30:48 CDT | by Robert Evans

Firefox/Win 7 Gain Share, Vista/IE Lose It

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It's generally accepted among tech geeks that Internet Explorer is an awful, clunky web browser to use. Most people who use the Internet for a living probably end up choosing Firefox, or Chrome, or Opera, or Safari, or what-have-you. The vast majority of users, however, are still totally comfortable with IE. That's why it holds a commanding percentage of the browser market.

After September though, it has less of a lead than it once did. According to studies by web metrics firm Net Applications (via ZDNet) Internet Explorer's overall market share dropped by 1.26% in the month of September. It is now down to 65.7%, which is still a substantial lead, but less of one than Microsoft has had in years.

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:48:25 CDT | by Robert Evans

Internet Explorer Loses Ground To Firefox, Safari & Chrome

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The first browser wars saw Microsoft's Internet Explorer devour and digest the once-great Netscape browser. In the ten years since then, the various versions of IE have maintained a steady dominance across the market. It's only been over the last few years that serious challengers have started to arrive. Google's Chrome browser and Mozilla's Firefox have both risen up to compete with Internet Explorer.

In fact, they're doing more than just competing. They're winning. In March 2009 the combined market share of IE6, 7, and 8 was 65.8%, a commanding lead. But now, just three months later, Internet Explorer's overall share has dropped to 54.4%.

Posted on Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:45:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Firefox 3.5: Out Now

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If you're reading this on Firefox right now, stop. Go to this website and download the Firefox 3.5 update. I'll wait right here for you.

As scheduled, Firefox 3.5 came out on time today. 3.5 is supposed to be twice as fast as Firefox 3, with improved security, faster JavaScript, and a whole bunch of other cool features. Grab it, and let us know what you think about this latest update.

Posted on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Top 10 Firefox Add-Ons

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Our partner Digital Trends put together what they think are the best Firefox Add-Ons.
The list of 10 Add-Ons also includes my most used Firefox Add-On Update Scanner. This tool just got better with the recent release. If you need to stay on top of changes on many sites, Update Scanner is the tool for the task.
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Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft IE8 final Version not faster than Firefox and others

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Walt Mossberg published a review of the new Internet Explorer 8. Unlike us he already has the final version of IE8. Overall Mr. Mossberg likes the new Internet Explorer but finds it slower in rendering webpages in his tests compared to Firefox, Safari 4 and Chrome.

Quote from the IE8 review:"Internet Explorer 8 is a well-done advance on an important product used by most people to surf the Web. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:07:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Internet Explorer Loses Ground to Firefox and Safari Again

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According to the latest figures from Net Applications Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has lost ground to the competition for the seventh straight month. Firefox on the other hand has gained share over the same period climbing over 3% to 21.53 % of the browser market.

Apple's Safari browser holds 8.29% of the market and Google's Chrome browser has 1.12% of the market. IE has dropped 7% in market share since February of last year. Microsoft IE had lost 9% over the prior two years. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Firefox 3 Download Guinness World Record official

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Mozilla announced it set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.
The record-setting 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3 on download day have now been officially declared a Guinness World Record.

"The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was instrumental in achieving this record," said Paul Kim, VP of Marketing at Mozilla. "Our community members came together and not only spread the word, but also took the initiative to help mobilize millions of people to demonstrate their belief that Firefox gives people the best possible online experience." Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Firefox 3 sets new Download World Record

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The Download Day is over! Mozilla set a new Guinness World Record with the most downloads in 24 hours. Since the record did not exist before, 1 download would have been enough, but the final download number is very impressive.

As almost expected the servers got overloaded in the beginning yesterday but they recovered and 8,249,092 downloads world-wide have been delivered. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:20:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Firefox 3 Downloads over 6m already [Update]

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The Firefox 3 Download Day is still going on and so is the world record attempt. Update: Firefox 3 World Record is set.

The Firefox 3 download counter currently states 4.6m downloads and keeps going strong. Update: 7:20am EST The download counter is now over 6m. The U.S. accounted for almost half of these downloads. Read more