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We’ve made the point many times that open source browsers are leading the way in terms of innovation, and that has had a big impact on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, which used to have over 80 percent share of the browser market. Now, new Net Applications data shows that Internet Explorer has less than 60 [...] As part of Mozilla’s ongoing security and stability update process, Firefox 3.5.6 and Firefox 3.0.16 are now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download: Firefox 3.5.6: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Firefox 3.0.16: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older.html We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to these releases. If you already have Firefox, you will receive an automated update notification [...] Dana Blankenhorn on ZDNet asks an interesting question today: “Where Should Mozilla Go From Here?” It’s hard to believe that the company’s Firefox browser turns only five years old today. Stephen Shankland also weighs in on where Mozilla and Firefox should head next. I’m in favor of Mozilla becoming a more independent company, so that [...] Today, instructional video site 5min has announced that it has secured $7.5 million in Series B venture financing. Led by new investor, Globespan Capital Partners, the round also includes existing investor, Spark Capital. 5min has aggressively pursued syndication deals and partnerships with many media companies, and many people in the open source community may not [...] Mozilla has confirmed a crash bug in the latest Firefox 3.5.1 related to how its JavaScript handle certain long Unicode strings that could lead to a crash on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Mozilla states that despite what several media outlets and security organizations reported over the weekend, it is not an exploitable vulnerability [...] There’s a new version of Google’s Chrome open source browser available, as the team behind it has announced. Google is citing up to 30 percent performance increases on JavaScript-heavy tasks. I’ve taken it for a spin, comparing it to Firefox 3.5 Beta 4, which also has very fast JavaScript performance thanks to its TraceMonkey technology. [...] |
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