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Nearly finished: Mozilla posts the second Firefox 3.6 release candidateMonday, January 18, 2010 @ 5:03PMMozilla has posted the second release candidate of Firefox 3.6 Sunday, just five days after the non-profit organization put forth the first release candidate. Such an accelerating pace of development indicates that Firefox 3.6 will be ready for prime time soon. This release packs no new features beyond a few under-the-hood tweaks and more than [...]

Mozilla posts the first release candidate of mobile Firefox for Maemo devicesMonday, January 4, 2010 @ 10:13AMFirefox for Mobile, dubbed Fennec, is near-complete. Mozilla, the open-source organization behind the Firefox browser, has posted the first release candidate of mobile Firefox for Maemo devices this past Thursday. Mozilla’s mobile director Stuart Parmenter announced via a blog post that Firefox for Mobile RC1 added new hooks for add-on developers, improved text rendering, and addressed [...]

Missed deadlines: Firefox 3.6 slips to Q1 2010, Firefox 4.0 not due until 2011Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 11:28AMThe final Firefox 3.6 release will be available for the public in the first quarter of 2010 and a major Firefox 4.0 update won’t be ready before late 2010 or even early 2011, Mozilla said Tuesday. The open source organization had originally planned to post the final Firefox 3.6 release by the end of 2009. [...]

Firefox 3.6 beta available for downloadMonday, December 21, 2009 @ 3:53AMMore support for HTML 5 and CSS added The Mozilla development community has rolled out the latest beta of its Firefox 3.6 browser.

Mozilla says Happy Thanksgiving with Firefox 3.6 Beta 4Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 9:33AMMozilla posted the fourth public beta of Firefox 3.6 on Thanksgiving, code-named Namoroka after a Madagascar national park. The new beta arrives barely ten days after the non-profit organization released Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 on November 17. Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 has more than 140 bug fixes (full list) from the previous beta and a [...]

Google Chrome Browser Exhibits Risky BehaviorMonday, July 13, 2009 @ 4:20PMEven Google Chrome, touted for its security architecture, has security issues. According to one security expert, there are no secure browsers.

Biking Black IslandTuesday, July 7, 2009 @ 11:05PMKICKER: Summer outdoor activity series #1 M HUSEBYE photos Tucked away in the mangroves and indigenous trees of Lover's Key Carl E. Johnson State Park between the north entrance near Big Carlos Pass and the south (main) entrance near New Pass are two bicycle trails/hiking paths that are both roughly 2.5 miles long.

Product News: Firefox Launches New 3.5 Release Candidate (3.5rc3)Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 4:24PMFirefox launched a new release candidate for the next major update to the browser, version 3.5. Firefox 3.5rc3 includes several new features and other changes from prior releases.

First look: Mozilla Firefox FX 3.6 alpha 1Monday, April 6, 2009 @ 8:06AMAlthough Firefox 3.5 (formerly Firefox 3.1) is still in beta, Mozilla is already developing Firefox 3.6 code-named Namoroka. Slated for an early-to-mid 2010 release, the browser will be marketed as Firefox.next (FX). Version 3.6 reveals that speed remains the focus whiel we also notice improvements in the user interface, startup time and tab handling. The first nightly build that dropped late ...