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Mozilla Postponed Firefox's Controversial Third-Party Cookie-Blocking Policy for Months
Jun 20, 2013Mozilla has effectively postponed Firefox's controversial third-party cookie-blocking policy for several months. Yesterday, the open-source developer announced it was collaborating with a new initiative, dubbed "Cookie Clearinghouse," or ...
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Mozilla on Tuesday Released Firefox 21, Adding More Social Media Connections
May 17, 2013Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 21, adding more social media connections, tweaking the Do Not Track privacy setting and rolling out a new tool that long term, aims to create a self-healing browser. The open-source developer also ...
Tags: Mozilla, Computer Products
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A New Addition to a Mozilla Wiki Noted That The Browser Will Be Completed Oct. 2,2013
May 13, 2013Firefox for Windows 8's "Modern" user interface (UI) will likely wrap up development in November, Mozilla said on its website in a best case-worst case schedule. A new addition to a Mozilla wiki noted that the browser will be completed ...
Tags: Firefox, Computer Products
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Mobile-Based Browsing Is Making Significant Inroads on Traditional Internet Access
Mar 25, 2013Mobile-based browsing has tripled in the last two years, and is making significant inroads on traditional Internet access from personal computers, according to statistics from a Web metrics company. Mobile's gains are in part a side ...
Tags: Mobile, Browser Usage, app
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Mozilla Won't Be Building Firefox for Ios Unless Apple Changes Its Rules
Mar 13, 2013Mozilla won't be building Firefox for iOS unless Apple changes its rules, a company executive said Saturday. Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's vice president of product at Mozilla, told an audience at South by Southwest Interactive (SxSW) that the ...
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Mozilla Yesterday Took Another Step Toward Delivering a "Metro" Version of Firefox
Feb 17, 2013Mozilla yesterday took another step toward delivering a "Metro" version of Firefox to Windows 8 users. Late Tuesday, Asa Dotzler, the Firefox desktop product manager, announced that a preliminary Metro browser had reached ...
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Mozilla Would Disable All Plug-Ins in Firefox Except The Latest Adobe's Flash Player
Feb 1, 2013Mozilla yesterday announced it would automatically disable all plug-ins in Firefox except the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player, citing security and stability reasons for the move. The feature, called "click-to-play," has been part ...
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Mozilla on Tuesday Shipped Its Newest Browser, Firefox 18
Jan 10, 2013Computerworld - Mozilla on Tuesday shipped its newest browser, Firefox 18, which sports a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution Retina displays. The open-source developer also patched 28 security ...
Tags: Mozilla, browser, Firefox 18, JavaScript engine
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MSN Is a Microsoft-Owned Portal with Roots in The Company's Internet Service
Dec 31, 2012A little more than a year after Mozilla debuted a customized version of Firefox starring Microsoft's Bing search engine, the open-source developer on Tuesday shipped another Microsoft tie-in, Firefox with MSN. MSN is a Microsoft-owned ...
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox, Microsoft, Bing search engine, MSN
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Mozilla Tuesday Released Firefox 17
Dec 31, 2012Mozilla Tuesday released Firefox 17, which debuts technology that lets developers integrate social networks -- for now, Facebook -- with the browser. The company also patched 29 security vulnerabilities, two-thirds of them marked ...
Tags: Mozilla, Facebook, Firefox 17, technology, browser
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European Union Regulators Will Not Force Microsoft to Open Its Windows RT Operating System
Dec 26, 2012European Union regulators will not force Microsoft to open its Windows RT operating system to rival browsers, the Brussels-based antitrust agency said Wednesday. At the same time, the European Competition Commission served Microsoft with ...
Tags: EU, regulators, Microsoft, Windows RT, operating system, rival browsers
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Mozilla Re-Released Firefox 16 Today After Pulling The Browser From Distribution
Dec 25, 2012Mozilla re-released Firefox 16 today after pulling the browser from distribution Wednesday when one of its developers found a critical bug that could be used by attackers to hijack machines. At around 2:30 p.m. ET, Mozilla turned on its ...
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox 16, browser, critical bug, attackers, hijack machines
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Mozilla Yesterday Took The Unusual Step of Yanking Firefox 16 From Distribution
Dec 21, 2012Mozilla yesterday took the unusual step of yanking Firefox 16 from distribution just a day after its release. The company said a critical vulnerability triggered the move. The bug was apparently overlooked by Mozilla while it was ...
Tags: Mozilla, yanking Firefox 16, distribution, critical vulnerability
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Mozilla Today Launched Firefox 15 with The New Code That Stops Add-Ons From Leaking Memory
Dec 19, 2012Mozilla today launched Firefox 15, boasting that users will see "drastic improvements in performance" because of new code that stops add-ons from leaking memory. The open-source developer also patched 31 vulnerabilities, 23 of them dubbed ...
Tags: Mozilla, Firefox 15, new code, leaking memory
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Mozilla Foundation Have Called for The Release of Bassel Khartabil
Dec 18, 2012Mozilla Foundation and other activist groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation have called for the release of Bassel Khartabil, an open-source developer who was detained on March 15 in the Mazzeh district of Damascus in a wave of ...
Tags: Mozilla, Syria, open source developer