Monthly Archives: September 2011

Increasing mouse scroll speed in firefox on Linux
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Posted on September 20, 2011 by

This is an old post but it still works for me on Mint and probably a lot of other versions.  OS Novice: Increasing mouse scroll speed in firefox ↑Go get it↓

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Firefox for Tablets Nightly Launched
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Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Mozilla has launched an updated nightly version of Fennec (Firefox for Mobile) which will run on Android based Tablets. According to the comments it also will work on Nook Color running CyanogenMod 7 as well as on some other OS … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap: September 17, 2011
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Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 … Continue reading →

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Bing, Yahoo! serving malware for popular search terms
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Posted on September 16, 2011 by

…The malware served on all these pages comes from en-softonic(dot)ne. Users looking for Firefox get a rootkit, their IE begins working silently in the background attempting click fraud, and their Google search results get redirected to pages chosen by the … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap: September 10, 2011
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Posted on September 10, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 3.6.22 – September 6th Firefox 6.0.2 – September 6th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th … Continue reading →

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AMO Changes to Incompatible Add-ons
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Posted on September 9, 2011 by

In the past while addons.mozilla.org (AMO) would indicate an add-on was not compatible with the user’s version of Firefox, it would still allow the user to try and install the incompatible add-on. The user would get a warning that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Blogs, Firefox, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla | 4 Comments

Firefox 3.6.22/6.0.2 Released
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Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Mozilla has pushed out another emergency update for Firefox 3.6 and 6.0 due to more fall out from the DigiNotar hack back in July. This time around the focus is on revoking  Staat der Nederlanden Certificates. More information here. Users … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap: September 3, 2011
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Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 3.6.21 – August 30th Firefox 6.0.1 – August 30th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.22 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th … Continue reading →

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