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Whoosh! Chrome shimmies past Mozilla’s Firefox in global browser market share, IE still rulez

December 2nd, 2011 12:43pm 1 comment

Whoosh! Chrome shimmies past Mozilla’s Firefox in global browser market share, IE still rulez

For the first time, Google’s Chrome web browser has shimmied past Mozilla’s Firefox global browser market share, becoming the second most popular browser on the planet in November 2011.

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Mozilla rolls out Firefox 8, installation immediately reminds us why we prefer Chrome

November 7th, 2011 1:00pm 2 comments

Mozilla rolls out Firefox 8, installation immediately reminds us why we prefer Chrome

Although it’s scheduled for an official release tomorrow, Mozilla’s new web browser, Firefox 8 is currently sitting on their servers and awaiting your downloading pleasure right now.

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Firefox 7 now available for your downloading pleasure

September 28th, 2011 10:45am 1 comment

Firefox 7 now available for your downloading pleasure

We were big fans of Firefox right up to version 3 when it turned into a memory-hogging beast that sucked the RAM out of any system it found itself on.

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Firefox slowing to a crawl? Check out the bad boy extensions here

April 4th, 2011 5:45pm No comments

Firefox slowing to a crawl? Check out the bad boy extensions here

We got so fed up with Firefox getting slower and slower that we switched to Chrome, but Mozilla’s now gone on the offensive and pointing the blame at the developers of some plug ins.
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Firefox for Android: ‘three times faster than stock Android browser’

March 31st, 2011 12:36pm No comments

Firefox for Android ' 'three times faster than stock Android browser'

Mozilla has launched the final version of Firefox 4 for Android and is promising high speed downloading jinx for all.

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Firefox 4 RC for Android and Maemo now available

March 23rd, 2011 10:30am No comments

Firefox 4 RC for Android and Maemo now available

If you’ve been feeling the love for the recently released Firefox 4 desktop browser, then steady your heart as Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo is now available as a release candidate.

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Firefox 4 promises ‘huge performance enhancements’ [video]

March 22nd, 2011 12:41pm No comments

Firefox 4 promises 'huge performance enhancements'

Set to arrive today across the Windows/Mac/Linux platforms is the latest version of Firefox, serving up a less-cluttered, minimalistic interface, synchronisation and a claimed thumping great speed increase.

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Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo ready to download

October 8th, 2010 11:49am No comments

Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo ready to download

Mozilla has announced that the first Firefox 4 beta for mobile is now available and waiting your downloading pleasure.

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Xmarks browser sync service to close Jan 2011. Boo!

September 28th, 2010 11:11am 2 comments

Xmarks browser sync service to close Jan 2011. Boo!

We were a little miffed to receive an email from the Xmarks team today notifying us that they will be shutting down their free browser synchronisation services on January 10, 2011.

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Firefox 4 Beta adds well sorted multi-touch support [video]

August 12th, 2010 11:56am No comments

Firefox 4 Beta adds awesome Multi-touch support

Mozilla has released its latest version of the Firefox 4 Beta, with the updated browser packing a truckload of bug fixes and some mighty impressive mullti-touch functionality.

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Internet Explorer soars while Firefox gets a kick in the goolies

August 2nd, 2010 9:15am No comments

Internet Explorer soars while Firefox gets a kick in the goolies

Microsoft continues to revive the fortunes of its once-ailing Internet Explorer (IE), with new figures from NetMarketShare reporting that the browser has  increased its share of the browser market in by 0.42 per cent in July to bag a total share of 60.74 per cent.

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Firefox Home for the iPhone keeps your desktop browser in sync

July 16th, 2010 12:05pm No comments

Firefox Home for the iPhone keeps things in sync

If you’re an iPhone owner and Firefox is your desktop browser of choice, there’s good news in store, as Apple has accepted a new application called ‘Firefox Home‘ to the App Store.

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Google Chrome shimmies past Safari in the US, IE still rules

June 28th, 2010 5:46pm No comments

Google Chrome shimmies past Safari in the USLike Billy Whizz on a bag of Columbian marching powder, Google’s internet browser Chrome has zipped past Apple’s Safari for the first time in the US to grab third place in the browser market.

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Worldwide browser share: IE slips, Firefox falters, Chrome soars

June 2nd, 2010 10:46am No comments

Worldwide browser share: IE slips, Firefox falters, Chrome soars

Once the mighty, all-conquering colossus of internet browsers, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to lose its market share, with new data on browser use trends revealing that it’s now used by less than 6 out of 10 surfers.

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Firefox Home for the iPhone imports browser bookmarks and tabs

May 27th, 2010 10:28am No comments

Firefox Home for the iPhone imports bookmarks and tabs

Thanks to Steve Jobs’ iron-like grip on what is allowed in Apple’s AppStore, it’s unlikely we’ll ever see a version of the massively popular Firefox browser running on an iPhone – which makes it a pain for Firefox users to sync their bookmarks.

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