Posted by oyya-Info on Thursday, November 19, 2009,
In :
Security
Mozilla released a third beta of
Firefox 3.6
on Wednesday, adding stability and performance features, and said it
hopes to lock down the code soon for its first release candidate.
The new beta, for Windows, Mac, and Linux, includes a component directory lockdown
that makes it harder for other software to meddle with the open-source
browser's state by preventing that software from sidling into the same
folder as the browser's own components. The result should be fewer
crashes, said Mozilla's... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Wednesday, October 21, 2009,
In :
TechNews
Mozilla hopes to classify the upcoming
Firefox 3.6
as a minor update, a move that may sound inconsequential but that in
fact might have significant repercussions with Firefox users and the
speed the open-source browser is developed.
Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox, in a mailing list discussion
that he'd like to call the new version a minor release "to quickly
migrate our user base to Firefox 3.6." Minor releases in the past
typically have been steps from, for example, 3.5.3 to ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, August 11, 2009,
In :
Reviews
If "only the paranoid survive," as former Intel CEO Andy Grove used to
say, then Mozilla, the organization behind the open-source
Firefox browser, needs to put its paranoia on overdrive.
That's the sense I got reading through Redmonk analyst Stephen O'Grady's billet-doux to Chromium,
the open-source project behind the Google Chrome browser. O'Grady has
long been friendly to Mozilla and a dedicated user of Firefox. When his
head is turned by another browser, it's time for concern.
Yes, Firefox... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, July 28, 2009,
In :
Microsoft
If you're the type of person who uses a lot of search engines and
doesn't mind having a toolbar installed, you might want to check out Firefox Super Search. This
Firefox-only
add-on puts the power of 160 search engines in one toolbar, with about
70 that can be searched right from the toolbar itself.
If you're used to Firefox's built-in search box, this is a pretty
big step up both from selecting one engine at a time and having to add
additional engine tools from Mozilla's catalog. It's also... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Wednesday, July 15, 2009,
In :
Security
There is a critical JavaScript vulnerability in the
Firefox 3.5 Web browser, Mozilla has warned.
The zero-day flaw lies in Firefox 3.5's Just-in-time (JIT)
JavaScript compiler. Proof-of-concept code to exploit the vulnerability
has been posted online by a security research group, Mozilla said in a post on its security blog on Wednesday. Security company Secunia rated the vulnerability as "highly critical" on Wednesday.
The hole could allow a hacker to launch a "drive-by" attack,
according to... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Monday, July 6, 2009,
In :
TechNews
Microsoft's Internet Explorer's market share is absolutely falling. The question is, by how much?
I've reported before that Internet Explorer (IE) drops 5 percent market share points each year, while Mozilla
Firefox
gains 5 percentage points per year. But what is becoming increasingly
clear is that IE's market share may be dropping more precipitously than
previously reported, falling to 60 percent share in June 2009 instead
of the 68 percent share expected.
Or is it?
The answer may depend on t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Monday, June 15, 2009,
In :
Security
Mozilla released an update to
Firefox 3 on Tuesday that patches 12 security vulnerabilities, four of which it rated as critical.
Firefox 3.0.9, the Web browser's third update this year, fixes two
critical vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser engine and two in its
JavaScript engine, according to a security advisory posted Tuesday:
Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the
browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some
of these crashes ...
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