Many blogs have reported in the last days that the first Firefox 4 Release Candidate has been uploaded to the Mozilla ftp server. A release candidate build, and not the final release candidate, was spotted by one blog and almost every tech blog in my RSS reader reported about it. Let me be the first [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.6.15 Released
In a somewhat surprising move, Mozilla has just released a new version of the Firefox web browser. Surprising because the last release dates just two days back (see Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8, Firefox 3.6.14, 3.5.17 Updates Released). A new release shortly after a new version is usually indication of a security issue or a critical bug [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8, Firefox 3.6.14, 3.5.17 Updates Released
Mozilla Messaging has released a new version of the desktop email client Thunderbird. Thunderbird 3.1.8. is a security, stability and performance upgrade for the stable version of the email software. Not all pages have been updated yet to reflect the new release. Bugzilla lists a total of 56 bug fixes of which 13 have a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 4 Beta 12 Has Been Released
Mozilla has just released the latest, and last (as already stated in Firefox 4, The State Of Development), beta of the upcoming Firefox 4 web browser. The beta is currently distributed to Mozilla’s worldwide distribution network which means that it may take some time before existing Firefox 4 beta users see the update notification in [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Firefox Web Browser, All You Need To Know
Mozilla Firefox is a free web browser available for Mac and PC as well as Android and several other operating systems. Firefox has built its focus around a practical, minimalist design and low, light weight memory usage. First released in 2004 with Mozilla Thunderbird as part of Mozilla Suite, Firefox quickly gained popularity among users [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.6.13 Update Available
Just like promised Mozilla has delivered an update to the stable branch of the Firefox web browser. The update, which is released on the same day as the Mozilla Thunderbird update, fixes several security and stability issues in the web browser, making it a recommended update for all Firefox 3.6.12 and earlier users. Firefox 3.6.13 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.6.12 Fixes Critical Security Vulnerability
Now that was fast. The Firefox developers have updated the web browser only a day after the discovery of a 0-day vulnerability on the Nobel Prize website targeting Firefox 3.6 Windows installations. The critical vulnerability affected all Firefox 3.6 and 3.5 releases, and allowed the attacker to compromise a system without user interaction or warning [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Web Browser Firefox 3.6.11 Released
Today is a big release day over at Mozilla Messaging. Firefox 3.6.11 is just being processed to be released later today next to a new version of the email client Thunderbird. The new version of the browser has not been officially announced, but is already available on most worldwide mirror sites that are used to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 3.6.10 Is Out, Update Now
A short period between updates often indicates a pressing matter that needed to be addressed as quickly as possible. For web browsers, it usually means either a security or stability update that fixes a problem that at least a percentage of users are experiencing. In this case, Firefox 3.6.10 fixes a single highly critical stability [...]