Chrome 28% slower than Firefox 3.1 on XP
TechCrunch Sep 4, 08 12:07 PM CDT
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The next version of Firefox will be faster than Google's Chrome, the fastest browser out there, Mozilla said today, according to TechCrunch. Chrome is 28% slower on XP and 16% slower on Vista than Firefox 3.1, which releases this year, Mozilla claims. By using the new engine TraceMonkey, one coder says, the browser will "easily eclipse even the fastest instance of Chrome."
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'Chrome' announcement appears in comic book
Wall Street Journal Sep 1, 08 4:36 PM CDT
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Google will soon launch its own Web browser, called Chrome, aiming to make web surfing easier and faster, the Wall Street Journal reports. The announcement is the latest volley in the long battle between Microsoft and Google, which released the news by sending a comic book outlining Chrome's features to a blog that follows the company.
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PRODUCT REVIEW
Flock lets you see Facebook and email feeds while reading
Wall Street Journal Aug 7, 08 3:45 PM CDT
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The web browser Flock is designed to ease multitasking for highly active web users, and it mostly succeeds, writes Walter S. Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal . Billed as “the social Web browser,” Flock gives users a sidebar with feeds for email, and social networking, photo, video, or news sites. The sidebar is always visible next to the page in the main browser window.
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Associated Press Jun 19, 08 6:39 PM CDT
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The new Mozilla browser Firefox 3 was downloaded more than 8 million times in its first day of availability, a figure that may spark a Guinness title if the record keepers certify that new category. At its peak, the Firefox site was giving away 17,000 copies of the free software per minute, the AP reports.
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NEW RELEASE
'While it’s not perfect, it comes pretty close,' reviewer says of Mozilla's latest
Wired Jun 17, 08 2:20 PM CDT
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Download Firefox 3, out today. That’s what Michael Calore suggests on Webmonkey. The new version of the open-source browser lets users set application-specific links on Web pages—such as “mailto” links—to launch webapps instead of other applications—say, Gmail instead of Outlook. It also supports using webapps offline, allowing users to synch them up when they’re back on line. Read on to see Calore's reasons for saying the browser's among 2008’s “most kick-ass software releases.”
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Review
Forget Explorer and Safari—Mozilla's update has them beat
Wall Street Journal Jun 5, 08 11:31 AM CDT
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If you’re still using the Internet Explorer or Safari that came with your computer, it’s just about time to upgrade. Mozilla's Firefox, the leading free, open-source, nonprofit Web browser, has a shiny new 3.0 version in beta testing, and it’s “the best Web browser out there,” Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal .
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REVIEW
Safari isn't good enough vs. spyware and IE is still in development
PC World Apr 14, 08 6:17 PM CDT
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Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft are in the final stages of developing new versions of their Web browsers, and Firefox 3 is the winner over spyware-susceptible Safari 3.1 and work-in-progress IE 8. The new Mozilla product has outstanding memory management and speed, boasts great groundbreaking bookmark features, and is impressively secure, Erik Larkin writes in PC World .
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Mozilla says new version of browser will boost Web 2.0 development
PC World Mar 13, 08 3:31 PM CDT
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Early tests have found Mozilla's latest version of Firefox is much speedier than earlier versions and it runs rings around its rivals, PC World reports. One blogger found Firefox 3 Beta 4 was nearly twice as fast as Safari and Opera, and the Beta 4 version, and three times faster than Explorer. Mozilla's head of development said the company is tweaking Firefox to make "really heavy-duty applications" run faster.
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Banning of VoIP, browser bundling echoes antitrust cases
CNET Mar 10, 08 4:19 PM CDT
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Apple’s iPhone software development kit is facing criticism from net neutrality and antitrust critics, Computerworld reports. Apple has indicated that voice-over-IP programs like Skype will not be allowed on the iPhone’s AT&T network, as its a direct competitor for AT&T’s voice service. Comcast, Computerworld points out, drew net neutrality concerns when it banned BitTorrent to prevent competition with its Cable TV business.
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Site will try to ID its anonymous authors
CNET Jan 25, 08 2:45 PM CST
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Wikipedia wants to know more about its anonymous authors and has launched a worldwide survey to find out who they are, how much they post, and what type of people go from casual browsers to active contributors. In a first for the site, the survey will attempt to unearth authors' real identities, CNET reports.
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Service provider throwing weight behind Mozilla, Firefox
CNET Dec 28, 07 7:14 PM CST
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AOL today announced that it will discontinue support and development of its Netscape Navigator browser, a program that first introduced many to the Internet when it launched 13 years ago. But, CNET's Stephen Shankland writes, Microsoft's Internet Explorer ate into market share for Netscape, which was bought by AOL—which in turn spun off the Mozilla Foundation and its popular Firefox browser.
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Packed with new features and stepped-up security
PC World Nov 20, 07 10:12 PM CST
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Mozilla has rolled out a beta version of its Firefox 3.0 browser, PC World reports. The new version boasts added security and a host of new features - all of which it wants user feedback on while it's in beta, before the final release. The way Firefox manages browsing history has also been revamped, and memory leakage issues are said to have been fixed.
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Some fear huge profits from search deal make Mozilla a Google proxy
New York Times Nov 12, 07 3:54 PM CST
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The image of the Mozilla Foundation is that of Internet underdog—an open source, non-profit network of developers whose Firefox browser has nabbed 15-20% of the market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But as the New York Times reports, a Google tie-in deal has enriched the foundation's for-profit Mozilla Corporation subsidiary to the tune of $74 million in total assets, making it more like a typical Silicon Valley startup.
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App might take off like Firefox, unless users prefer webmail
CNET Sep 18, 07 6:25 PM CDT
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The makers of Firefox are spending $3 million to amp up their old email program, Thunderbird, CNET reports. Mozilla Foundation hopes to repeat the success it had with Firefox, a browser that nabbed a notable market share. Yet Thunderbird may have a tough flight ahead of it: Many users prefer web-based email, and will need convincing to download a stand-alone app.
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These utilities can help put your mind at ease
ZDNet Jul 28, 07 7:38 AM CDT
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The tech wizards at ZDNet offer their picks for security-conscious PC users on a budget: Secunia Personal Software Inspector (psi.secunia.com) OpenDNS (www.opendns.com) Active Virus Shield (www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?) Haute Secure (www.hautesecure.com) GMER anti-rootkit (www.gmer.net/index.php)
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Web browser grows fast, challenges Internet Explorer
CNET Jul 17, 07 3:18 PM CDT
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Mozilla's Firefox is aggressively moving in on Microsoft's territory in the European web browser market. While Redmond's Internet Explorer continues to dominate with a 66.6% share, Firefox has won over 27.8% of the market—up from 21.1% last July and a spike of 3.1% in the last four months alone.
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