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 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 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 Tuesday, June 30, 2009,
In :
TechNews
Mozilla just released Weave Sync 0.4.0, but the reality is that it will take a long time before we need a 1.0 of Weave. Weave Sync coordinates your
Firefox
bookmarks, browser history, saved passwords, and tabs across your
various Firefox installations: desktop, laptop, Netbook, and mobile. The problem with this vision is that today it's largely unnecessary.
For a variety of reasons (some very good, some not so good), Mozilla's
mobile Firefox--codenamed "Fennec"--runs on Windows Mobile (versio... 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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