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Canonical signs Yahoo! ad deal

Canonical - the corporation behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution - has signed a deal with Yahoo! that sees the search company becoming the default destination in Ubuntu's Firefox.

January 28, 2010 | 13:53

Firefox 3.6 released

The Mozilla Foundation has officially released Firefox 3.6, and there are some impressive new features both in the front-end and under the hood.

January 22, 2010 | 14:12

Chrome overtakes Safari

Google's Chrome has officially become the third most popular browser in the world, beating Apple's rival Safari browser into fourth place in December 2009.

January 4, 2010 | 10:14

Firefox 'Fennec' due in days

The smartphone-optimised version of Mozilla's Firefox - codenamed Fennec - is due in the next few days, according to a spokesman from the Mozilla Foundation.

December 23, 2009 | 14:11

Firefox is most popular browser

Firefox is now the most popular browser, according to StatCounter.

December 21, 2009 | 13:55

Mozilla man recommends Bing

Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of community development, hit out at Google's Eric Schmidt about his company's privacy policy - and recommended that Firefox users move to Bing.

December 11, 2009 | 10:11

Firefox 3.7 gets Direct2D support

An alpha build of Firefox 3.7 - the next-next gen browser from the Mozilla Foundation - includes support for Direct2D on Windows 7 and Vista, offloading rendering on to the GPU.

November 27, 2009 | 14:30

Mozilla blocks vulnerable MS plugin

A vulnerable Firefox plugin which installs into Firefox without user interaction has been added to the central blacklist by Mozilla - but this one comes from Microsoft.

October 19, 2009 | 14:45

Mozilla launches plugin security check

The Mozilla Foundation has launched a page which allows users to check their installed plugins to find vulnerable or outdated versions.

October 15, 2009 | 14:25

Finjan warns over new banking Trojan

Security firm Finjan has alerted users to a particularly insidious new Trojan which infects Windows-based systems and steals money from on-line banking systems.

October 1, 2009 | 14:59

Mozilla speeds Firefox development

The Mozilla Foundation has switched to a new development method - known as a 'sprint cycle' - which should help get new features to users as quickly as possible.

September 18, 2009 | 12:07

Firefox, Opera popular with malware authors

Research has revealed the browser choices of drive-by malware download site creators - with Opera making a strong showing.

August 24, 2009 | 14:40

Security breach downs Mozilla Store

The Mozilla Foundation's online store - where fans can buy Firefox-branded goodies - has been taken offline by a security breach at the ecommerce provider.

August 7, 2009 | 17:04

New Firefox vulnerability confirmed

A flaw in the way Firefox 3.5 handles Unicode text can lead to remote code execution - the second such bug to hit the browser in less than a week.

July 20, 2009 | 09:25

Firefox 3.5 suffers critical JS flaw

A flaw in the just-in-time compiler introduced in Firefox 3.5's new JavaScript engine can lead to code execution, with Mozilla calling the un-patched hole "critical."

July 16, 2009 | 13:11

Firefox 3.5 now available

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5 and it's described as a major release. It boosts performance, introduces new features and supports emerging Web standards like HTML5.

July 1, 2009 | 12:17

Bing will beat Google

July 1, 2009 | 11:47

Firefox 3.5 released this Tuesday

The next build of the Mozilla Foundation's popular open-source web browser, Firefox 3.5, is due to hit final release status tomorrow - and brings some nice new features.

June 29, 2009 | 10:03

Volunteer for Mozilla Service Week

The Mozilla Foundation - the group behind popular open-source browser Firefox - is due to launch the Mozilla Service Week, which seeks volunteers to do good.

June 17, 2009 | 17:58

Mozilla offers Build Your Own Browser

Mozilla is to offer corporate users of its popular Firefox web browser a system for the customisation of its appearance, bookmarks, and settings.

June 10, 2009 | 10:11

Web-based malware hits 40,000 sites

A new strain of malware - which attempts to exploit Internet Explorer and Firefox flaws to infect passing visitors - has latched itself on to more than 40,000 websites.

June 4, 2009 | 12:40

Chrome gets true extension support

Google's open source Chrome web browser has finally received true support for user-created extensions to modify the functionality and user interface.

May 15, 2009 | 09:57

Opera, Mozilla call Win 7 anti-competitive

Browser developers Opera and Mozilla have accused Microsoft of anti-competitive behaviour over the Windows 7 update process, which resets the default browser to IE.

May 8, 2009 | 13:49