Why Firefox 4 Replaces Safari as My Default Browser

Mar. 22, 2011 - 9:36 AM PDT Mar. 22, 2011 - 9:36 AM PDT

Firefox 4, released today, includes a lot of new features, including tabs-on-top, App Tab and a new full screen mode. All are features which aren’t present in Safari, and ones that have me eager to stick with Firefox 4 for the long haul. Read more »

Firefox Mobile for Android in 2010 — for WinMo, Who Knows?

By Kevin C. Tofel

Feb. 17, 2010 - 2:15 PM PDT Feb. 17, 2010 - 2:15 PM PDT

Firefox Mobile for Maemo arrived last month, but without many devices to take advantage of it, people are wondering which platform will be the next one to see Mozilla’s browser. Microsoft’s clean break with Windows Phone 7 just might push Mozilla to Android first. Read more »

Palm Pre Homebrew Apps of the Day — fileCoaster, Pack ‘N Track

By James Kendrick

Aug. 31, 2009 - 8:41 AM PDT Aug. 31, 2009 - 8:41 AM PDT

We have two homebrew apps of the day for the Palm Pre, which brings the total current count to 170 titles. To tell the truth, we’ve covered both of these before, but both have recent updates worth a mention. The first is the great app fileCoaster, […] Read more »

For Firefox, a Challenging Future Awaits

By Om Malik

Jul. 5, 2009 - 5:00 PM PDT Jul. 5, 2009 - 5:00 PM PDT

For much of this decade, Mozilla and its Firefox browser were the upstarts, out to beat the big, bad Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser. Firefox, the descendant of Netscape, the browser that helped jump-start the web revolution, was nimble and it was secure — something […] Read more »

Microsoft Releases IE 8 to Combat Rival Browsers

By Om Malik

Mar. 18, 2009 - 7:09 PM PDT Mar. 18, 2009 - 7:09 PM PDT

In exactly 14 hours, at 9 am PST, you will be able to download the Internet Explorer 8.0 browser, Microsoft’s response to Firefox, Chrome and Safari, from the company’s web site. The release is a tactical acknowledgment by Redmond, Wash.-based software giant that it’s locked in […] Read more »

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