Monthly Archives: November 2010

Firefox 4 Code Name: Tumucumaque
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Mozilla’s tradition is code naming Firefox major releases after national parks from around the world, and, since recently, Thunderbird major releases after beaches. The latter we have seen with the first development release of Thunderbird 3.3 code named Miramar. For … Continue reading

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Firefox Release Recap: November Week 4
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Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 4.0 Beta 8 – November 30, 2010 Future Release Firefox 3.5.16 – December 9, 2010 Firefox 3.6.13 – December 9, 2010 Firefox 4.0 Beta 9 – December 16, 2010 Firefox 4.0 Beta … Continue reading

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Firefox Release Recap: November 2010 Week 2
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Just Released Firefox 4.0 Beta 7 – November 10 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.5.16 – December 9, 2010 Firefox 3.6.13 – December 9, 2010 Firefox 4.0 Beta 8 – November 30, 2010 Firefox 4.0 Beta 9 … Continue reading

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Firefox 4 Beta 7 Released
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After much delay, Mozilla has released the seventh beta for Firefox 4.0 on November 10th. This is a regular beta release and is being made available for testing purposes only. New stuff in this Beta 7 release: Uses JägerMonkey, a … Continue reading

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Firefox turns 6!
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Mozilla celebrates the 6th anniversary of the release of Firefox (Firefox 1.0) on November 9th. Mozilla is inviting people to join in the celebration, This year, to celebrate Firefox and the Mozilla community’s work promoting innovation, choice and openness on … Continue reading

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Detect FireSheep snoop software
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” Researchers from security firm Zscaler have published free software that detects when users’ web connections are being monitored by a controversial tool that steals log-in credentials from Facebook, Google and dozens of other websites.Dubbed BlackSheep, the Firefox extension alerts … Continue reading

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Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 addresses multiple vulnerabilities
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” Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the widely-installed software for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. A corresponding update for the Android version is expected by November 9 (US time). “Issues addressed by the update include multiple memory … Continue reading

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Firefox Release Recap: November Week 1
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Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.5.16 – December 2010 Firefox 3.6.13 – December 2010 Firefox 4.0b7 – November 2010 Firefox 4.0rc1 – 2nd Half of October behind schedule Firefox 4.0 – Early 2011

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Firefox 4 Delayed Until 2011
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C|Net is reporting Mozilla has delayed the release of Firefox 4.0 until early 2011.  Further, sill no definitive word on when Beta 7 is going to be released other than ‘Early November’. Though the nightly builds for the Firefox 4 … Continue reading

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