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Microsoft Monopolising On Web Browsers Again??
Talkback I don't have Internet Explorer on my system at all as I much prefer Firefox (although I can still get to Internet Explorer if I really need to by going to My Computer and typing a web address into the address bar (main reason for this is that the...
[May 22, 2008, 11:30]
Hackers Pick At Firefox Holes
News Security researchers claim to have found ways to exploit a serious bug in Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers, a sign that attacks could be on the way. The problem in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape has to do with the way the browsers handle...
[September 14, 2005, 7:25]
Mozilla Testing Point Updates
News The Mozilla Foundation plans to "shortly" release new versions of its Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers to address a recently disclosed serious security bug as well as several additional flaws, a representative said on Wednesday.
[September 15, 2005, 9:40]
Firefox Attack Code Published
News The vulnerability is in the way the Web browsers handle JavaScript, according to a Mozilla alert dated 12 July, the day Firefox 1.0.5 was released. Computer code that demonstrates how a known flaw in an older version of the browsers can be...
[December 14, 2005, 8:20]
Firefox Continues To Gain Ground
News The Firefox and Safari Web browsers are gradually becoming more popular, while Internet Explorer (IE) may be starting to lose some of its lead, according to experts. But security company Sophos claims Firefox uptake will soon slow, since most of...
[May 16, 2006, 13:25]
UK Government Wakes Up To Firefox
News The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has pledged to make its Web sites compatible with as many browsers as possible, including the popular open source browser Firefox. The Jobcentre Plus Web site itself does work using non-IE browsers such as...
[August 25, 2005, 13:45]
Firefox Gains More Ground On IE
News Alternative Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox experienced another month of growth at the expense of Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer, according to an online study. The percentage of Americans using Mozilla and Firefox, two open-source browsers...
[November 2, 2004, 7:59]
Mozilla Browsers Lure Early Adopters From IE
News The open-source Mozilla and Firefox browsers have won over a significant number of defectors from Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the past nine months, Web site metrics suggest. Among CNET News.com readers, site visitors with the Firefox and...
[September 16, 2004, 9:50]
Google's Desktop Search Leaves Beta
News Google on Monday introduced a full version of its desktop-search software, with a developer's kit and support for Firefox and Netscape Web browsers. The final version, which was in pubGoogle on Monday introduced a full version of its desktop-search...
[March 7, 2005, 8:05]
Microsoft And Mozilla Admit 'minor' Security Flaw
News Internet Explorer and Firefox, as well as other Mozilla browsers, are flawed in the way they handle JavaScript, security experts warned this week. Microsoft and Mozilla have acknowledged that a security hole in their Web browsers could let an...
[June 9, 2006, 10:45]
Firefox Phishing Flaw Fixed
News The open-source project released Firefox 1.0.1 to fix a vulnerability in the Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), a standard for handling special character sets in domain names that could let an attacker spoof Web sites on non-Microsoft browsers.
[February 25, 2005, 8:15]
Unpatched Bugs Bite Popular Browsers
News The Firefox and Safari bugs could cause the browsers to crash, while the IE hole could be exploited to hijack a vulnerable Windows computer, Secunia said in advisories on its Web site. Newly disclosed, unpatched flaws in three browsers could make...
[April 26, 2006, 9:05]
Firefox Flaw Gets Temporary Fix
News The problem has to do with the way the Firefox and Mozilla browsers handle International Domain Names, or IDNs, said Mike Schroepfer, director of engineering at Mozilla. Several serious holes in the browser have been plugged since its official...
[September 12, 2005, 9:40]
Why It Can Be Hard To Say Goodbye To IE
News While some people are downloading alternative browsers out of frustration with IE, which last had a significant upgrade three years ago, others may be swayed by grassroots Internet campaigns urging Web surfers to dump IE.
[September 30, 2004, 15:00]
Adobe Releases Flash Player 9 For Linux
News It works with Firefox, Mozilla and SeaMonkey browsers, all part of the Mozilla project, but people using Opera, Konqueror or Netscape browsers should expect instabilities, Adobe said. Adobe Systems on Tuesday made good on a promise to release a...
[January 18, 2007, 8:25]
Can Netscape Take On IE And Firefox?
News As of Tuesday, Netscape fans were test-driving a prototype Netscape browser that runs on two different browsing engines: the Mozilla Foundation's Gecko engine, which powers up the Mozilla, Firefox and older Netscape browsers; and Microsoft's...
[December 1, 2004, 14:35]
Firefox's New Year Resolution: Keep Growing
News Even as Firefox gathers steam, powerful brakes are poised to kick in that could limit its long-term growth: Interoperability has long dogged non-Microsoft browsers, which are often glitchy on some Web sites.
[December 27, 2004, 8:05]
Support Standards, Not Multiple Browsers
Leader In fact organisations, such as the Department of Work and Pensions, that want to make their sites compatible with as many browsers as possible need do only one thing: build them according to formal Web standards.
[August 26, 2005, 13:50]
Firefox: Where It Came From, And Where It's Heading
News Goodger, a native of Auckland, New Zealand, has spent most of the past four years working for AOL's Netscape division and then at the Mozilla Foundation AOL spun off last year to oversee the open-source development of the Mozilla and Firefox...
[October 14, 2004, 10:55]
IE Suffers Minor Popularity Setback
News An analyst at WebSideStory attributed the dip to the discovery of security flaws in June, coupled with the growing popularity of alternative browsers such as Opera; Apple Computer's Safari; and FireFox, produced by open-source browser project the...
[July 14, 2004, 11:10]
