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Firefox To Use Google Secure Search By Default; Expect More “Not Provided” Keywords To Follow
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The popular Firefox browser is on track to use a secure method of searching Google by default, a change that will help prevent potential “eavesdropping” of what people are searching for. It will also further reduce the ability for publishers to know how people find their sites in Google... Please...
Mozilla Opens Doors On New $3 Million Datacenter
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Racks of servers beneath a custom orange paint job: Mozilla's Santa Clara, Calif., datacenter. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Anytime you pay a visit to Mozilla.org, the home page of the open-source Mozilla project, you’re landing on a page served by a brand new type of machine. A SeaMicro SM10000 server —...
Microsoft to block browser choice in Windows RT, says Mozilla
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Mozilla has already announced that it's working on a Metro-style version of the Firefox browser for Windows 8, but the company is now crying foul over what is portrays as Microsoft's intentions to limit user choice for browsers on ARM-based devices. At issue is Windows RT, which Mozilla states...
Mozilla Launches Thimble, A Web-Based Code Editor For Teaching HTML and CSS
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Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the popular Firefox browser, just announced the launch of Thimble, its latest project to teach more users how to build their own web pages. Thimble, which is part of Mozilla’s recently launched Webmaker project, is meant to help novice users write and edit basic HTML...
Mozilla unveils a new ‘Persona’ for its BrowserID easy login technology
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Mozilla has announced Persona, a new public-facing name for its BrowserID technology, which aims to make it easier to sign in to websites and Web apps. Launched in July last year, BrowserID simplifies the login procedure by making it a one-click experience for users. The user’s identity is stored in the browser,...
In Russia, Yandex will be replaced by Google as default search option in new Firefox
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Here’s an interesting change about to occur: when Mozilla pushes the launch button for the next version of the Firefox browser (version 14), the default search engine in Russia will no longer be local Internet services giant Yandex but global market leader Google. The Yandex search service, which was added...
Mozilla's HTML5 Phone Project, Now Christened Firefox OS, Signs Sprint and Other Carriers
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The Mozilla open mobile project “Boot to Gecko” now has the official name Firefox OS. It’s won the support of a crew of global carriers, with the first Firefox OS phones set to launch early next year in Brazil through Telefónica’s Vivo. Firefox OS is to be an open mobile platform...
Mozilla May Support H.264 Video Codec in Firefox to Compete on Mobile Phones
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Mozilla Foundation is considering adding support for the H.264 video codec in mobile versions of the Firefox browser, a move it has avoided up to now because......
Mozilla Working on 'Junior' Web Browser for iPad
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Back in mid-2010, Mozilla released Firefox Home, an iOS app designed to sync users' Firefox histories, bookmarks, and open tabs from their desktops to their iOS devices. Several months later, Mozilla acknowledged that it had no plans to bring a full-fledged Firefox browser to iOS, due in part to "technical...
Mozilla designs Firefox ‘Junior’ for iPad
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iPad fans disappointed with their browsing experience could soon have a Safari alternative from Mozilla. Mozilla has taken the wraps off a new version of its Firefox browser that it has been designing specifically for the Apple iPad, dubbed “Junior,” that the foundation says “makes browsing more fun, more...
Twitter supports Mozilla’s Do Not Track privacy control
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In a nod to user privacy, Twitter announced Thursday that it would support the Do Not Track privacy feature in Mozilla’s Firefox browser. At an Internet Week panel in New York City, Ed Felton, the Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, first publicized the decision. Soon after, Twitter confirmed the news with...
Firefox Data Visualization Shows You How Dumb Your Passwords Are
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Do you reuse passwords across multiple websites? The habit is alarmingly common, despite being a well-known security risk. You know how the warning goes: If you use the same password across a number of different websites and one of those accounts is compromised, some evildoer could infiltrate the other sites,...
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 22, 2012
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Firefox To Use Google Secure Search By Default; Expect More “Not Provided” Keywords To Follow The popular Firefox browser is on track to use a secure......
No fix for browser Flash crash
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A bug which is preventing some users of the Firefox browser from watching Flash videos is yet to be fixed by Adobe....
Mozilla promises Firefox OS phones in early 2013
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Mozilla re-branded its mobile operating system -- which it's been working on for more than a year -- as Firefox OS to tie it with its best-known product, the Firefox browser....
Firefox for Android hands-on: Vastly better than Android’s default browser but weaknesses remain
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One of the downsides of being an Android user is having to scrounge around for a mobile browser alternative since the Android default browser is so woefully lacking. I use MoboTap’s Dolphin browser on my Android device because it provides a nifty swipe-based approach to bringing up menus and...
The browser wars are back!
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It’s like 1995 all over again. Again. Competition between Firefox, Google, and Microsoft for users’ time online — and especially on mobile devices — is fierce once again. FORTUNE — The long, cold war over the Internet browser is heating up again. Recent statistics from StatCounter indicate that Microsoft’s (MSFT) Internet Explorer...
Latest beta of Firefox’s speedy mobile browser hits Android
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Mozilla released a new beta version of its mobile Firefox browser for Android devices on Tuesday. Although the software is still a work in progress, it shows promise with a redesigned user interface, faster startup and page loads and support for Adobe Flash. The browser is available for free in...
Google Chrome update lets you share tabs across devices
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Just over a month since Google introduced viewing open tabs in multiple browsers for Chrome Beta, the feature is coming to the stable release of the browser. The feature lets you manage open tabs across different computers and Android phones running 4.0 and higher. Tab sharing works by connecting all the open...
Unlucky number 13? New Firefox browser version exposes private data
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The latest update to web browser Firefox may have an unlucky number, but it certainly has an unlucky feature: a privacy slip that could allow anyone using your computer to view private, encrypted pages that you previously visited. The problem is in a new feature in Firefox 13 that adds...
Mozilla Begins Windows 8 Firefox Development
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Developers at the Mozilla Foundation say a Windows 8 version of its Firefox browser is in development and will be ready for beta tester by the summer....
Twitter Enables "Do Not Track" Feature on Firefox Browser
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Twitter users on Mozilla’s Firefox browser can now opt out of being tracked by third-party sites and cookies by enabling the “Do Not Track” feature, Mozilla announced via tweet Thursday morning. Since Mozilla first introduced the feature for Firefox last year, the company claims nearly 10 percent desktop user adoption...
Firefox for Android Gets Faster, Flashier, More Secure
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An updated version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser for Android is available in the Google Play store today. The latest release brings performance enhancements for faster browsing and a more streamlined look. The new Awesome Screen displays your favorite sites and browsing history, and you can now sync bookmarks between the...
EU to 'remain vigilant' on Microsoft's browser commitments
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Regulators in Europe said Tuesday they will watch closely to make sure Microsoft complies with its commitments to ensure competition in the browser market, after Mozilla complained its Firefox browser is being excluded from Windows RT....
Power to the web? Mozilla plans to challenge app stores with cross-platform marketplace
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A set of strategy documents released by Mozilla over the weekend includes an interesting plan to to move people away from dedicated app stores and back to the web. Mozilla, best known as the developer of the Firefox browser, plans to develop a marketplace for apps that run across a variety of...
Firefox plans a Metro-style makeover for Windows 8
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Microsoft is betting big on the new Metro interface in Windows 8, with its tile-based Start screen and apps that fill the entire display and work well on touch-screen devices. But how many third-party app developers will wager their own time to adjust to Microsoft’s new world? Mozilla gave its...
Mozilla Firefox in Russia: Goodbye Yandex, Hello Google for default search option
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Mozilla’s Firefox browser will kick Yandex to the curb this winter in favor of Google as its default search option in Russia. Yandex became the primary search engine in Russia for Firefox builds roughly three years ago, and it currently sports a 60 percent market share. Their agreement is now set...
Twitter Now Supports Mozilla’s ‘Do Not Track’ Privacy Feature
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(Photo: Scott Beale, Laughing Squid) The Mozilla Foundation has been working hard to combat privacy issues spotlighted by sites like Facebook, which aggressively tracks and saves user data. Recently, Mozilla announced a "Do Not Track" feature that can be deployed through the Firefox browser that better protects your information. According...
Facebook’s next big buy could be browser maker Opera
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Facebook may be looking to buy browser maker Opera Software, according to a new report. A source told Pocket-lint that the social network wants to expand into the browser space and is looking to acquire Opera to do so. VentureBeat cannot independently confirm Facebook’s interest in Opera, and Facebook...
Facebook Is Looking At Another Big Acquisition: It Might Buy Web Browser Opera (FB)
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Facebook is in talks to buy Opera, the company behind the Opera web browser, PocketLint reports. Opera has both a mobile web browsing app and a desktop browser, and it's an alternative to Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox browser, Google's Chrome browser and the Apple Safari browser. Opera says it has...
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