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Mozilla releases Firefox 4, beta 1 for public testing

For the brave and the bold, Mozilla has released the first public beta of its upcoming Firefox 4 web browser. The new browser, a 20.2 megabyte download (courtesy of VersionTracker), incorporates the following fixes and changes: – Tabs are now on top by default on Windows only – Mac OS X and Linux will be […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.6 update

Over the weekend, Mozilla.org released version 3.6.6 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.7 megabyte download, sports the following major change: – Firefox 3.6.6 modifies the crash protection feature to increase the amount of time that plugins are allowed to be non-responsive before being terminated. Firefox 3.6.6 is available in more than […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.4 update

Late last week, Mozilla.org released version 3.6.4 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.6 megabyte download, sports the following major changes: – Version 3.6.4 makes four critical security fixes. Unlike the Windows version, it does not introduce the Out-of-Process Plug-in sandboxing feature. That is expected for Mac users in Firefox 4. Firefox […]

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Source comments on WebKit 2 framework for upcoming browsers

Apple’s been able to pull off a number of cool tricks with its WebKit framework. Per AppleInsider, anew framework for the WebKit open source Web browser layout engine was revealed Thursday, bringing with it a built-in “split process model” that will keep Web content such as JavaScript, HTML and layout in a separate process in […]

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Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6.3 update

Late last week, Mozilla.org released version 3.6.3 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, an 18.6 megabyte <a href=”http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.3&amp;os=osx&amp;lang=en-US”>download</a>, sports the following major change: – Fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. Firefox 3.6.3 is available in more than 70 different languages and requires a G3, G4, G5 or […]