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“Mozilla”

Oct
18
2009

Mozilla protects Firefox against Microsoft .Net plug-in

Mozilla has done its part of job to fight against a Microsoft’s installed plug-in that suffers from a serious security vulnerability. Microsoft installed the component earlier this year but later on they provided with users with methods to uninstall them. The add-on was placed by Microsoft as a sub component of .Net Framework Assistant software [...]

Jul
31
2009

Firefox downloaded over 1 billion times

The Mozilla Foundation announced Friday morning that the open source Firefox Web browser has been downloaded over 1 billion times. This significant milestone, which was reached several days earlier than expected, is a clear sign of the browser’s growing mainstream popularity. The company’s running count includes all versions of Firefox downloaded since 2004, meaning that [...]

Jul
3
2009

Mozilla release first Firefox 3.5 patch

On Tuesday the company said, Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser. Firefox 3.5.1, which Mozilla intends to deliver in mid-to-late July will kill at least three bugs and “topcrashes” that remain present in the [...]

Jun
22
2009

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5 Web Browser

Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2, which you can download from Mozilla’s Web site. Release Candidate 2 is the first version of Firefox 3.5 that average users might want to run, since it’s faster and more stable than the beta versions were. Mozilla’s Director of Firefox, Mike Beltzner addressed some confusion among the [...]