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Firefox blocks insecure .Net add-on–awkwardly

Mozilla on Friday disabled a Microsoft plug-in for Firefox called the .Net Framework Assistant because of a security problem–then scrambled to give people with patched systems an override option.
Mike Shaver, Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, announced the first step late Friday night on his blog. “It’s recently surfaced that it has a serious security vulnerability, [...]

Nick | Oct 19, 2009 | Comments 0
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Firefox 3.5 Hits Five Million Downloads in 24 Hours

In the first 24 hours since its release yesterday, Firefox 3.5 has been downloaded more than 5 million times. (It took only a few hours to pass a million). That is certainly respectable, but doesn’t quite measure up to the mania that Firefox 3.0 set off last summer, when it achieved a “world record” 8.3 [...]

Nick | Jul 02, 2009 | Comments 0
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A Firefox Add-On for App Addicts: App Discover

When you visit a web site how do you know you’re getting the best experience for you? That’s the question the new Firefox add-on App Discover aims to solve. Once installed, the app could alert you if there were any enhancements (Greasemonkey, Firefox add-ons) or applications (Adobe AIR, Appcelerator Titanium, Fluid, Mozilla Prism) that work [...]

Nick | Dec 17, 2008 | Comments 0
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How to Run Different Firefox Profiles at the Same Time

This tutorial will explain how to run separate Firefox profiles at the same time, how to quickly switch between them, and why you might want to use multiple profiles.

Nick | Sep 04, 2008 | Comments 0
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Firefox Gets More Google Money. Time For The Mozilla IPO (Again!)

Firefox owner Mozilla has extended its lucrative search deal with Google (GOOG) for three more years, through Nov. 2011, chair Mitchell Baker writes. What’s that mean? The Web browser dot-org will continue to make a lot of money

Nick | Aug 28, 2008 | Comments 0
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