Firefox 3 Vulnerability Rains on Mozilla Download Parade

June 21, 2008

Firefox 3 Vulnerability Rains on Mozilla Download ParadeFor all the exaggerations about the number of people who downloaded 3 Mozilla’s Firefox open source browser on a five-hour, now there is exaggeration about how long it takes security researchers to disclose a flaw.

Five hours after Mozilla officially released the long-awaited update, turning point confirmed a vulnerability. Point of inflection of the Zero Day initiative program received notification about a critical vulnerability affecting both Firefox Firefox 2 and 3.

“We have verified the vulnerability in our laboratory, it was purchased by researchers, then promptly reported the vulnerability to the Mozilla security team shortly after,” turning point wrote in his blog Digital Vaccine Laboratories. Read more

Firefox 3 has been released

June 19, 2008

Firefox 3 has been released

If you decide to upgrade from Firefox 2 for the first release candidate of Firefox 3, you’ll notice improved performance, fewer memory leaks, a new and very interesting new features:

  • Select text batch - press Ctrl while selecting different blocks of text, like you can do in Microsoft Office
  • I’ve always liked about Notepad2 that can select a text and open the Find dialog to find your selection. Firefox 3 brings this feature to improve their already powerful find on the page.

Tip: Select some text and press Ctrl + G to find the next occurrence of that text. Read more

Firefox 3 RC1 available for download

May 21, 2008

Mozilla has updated its popular web browser Firefox. The update, Firefox RC1 (release candidate) is published for the development and testing, the company said. Based on the 1.9 Gecko Web delivery platform, Firefox 3 has many new security features for ease of use. The Gecko engine it has received more than 14000 updates in recent years.

Firefox features better password management, a simplified system add-on system, click on a web of information, labelling, the car full of smart folder favorites, new graphics and management sources, and superior performance, among other changes . RC1, Firefox is available for download from Mozilla’s website

Firefox Key To Open Mobile Web

April 29, 2008

Mozilla president Mitchell Baker on Thursday called on developers to achieve the same features, functionality, and passion for handheld devices as they have done to the PC, using the Firefox browser as the model.

“We should be able to access it, Zapping, mash, save, save. All these things should be the same if I’m on a laptop computer or phone, at home or in a train,” Baker said during his speech on the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Read more

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