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Mozilla and Foxconn working on Firefox tablet
RumourMozilla and Foxconn are apparently gearing up to introduce a new device based on Firefox OS and early suggestions are that it will be a tablet. -
New Chrome browser is out
Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux. -
Firefox about to lose the Ubuntu Linux vote
The long love affair between Linux users and Firefox appears to be over as the developers of Ubuntu talk about dropping the browser and replacing it with Chromium. -
Android Q1 market share at 75 percent worldwide
Linux may yet win over some corners of the market with the launch of Mozilla, SailFish, Tizen and Ubuntu on the cards this year, however for now the open source alternative dropped to levels unheard of since the first quarter of 2010. -
Fallout of Apache backdoor spreads
It is starting to look like the existence of Linux/Cdorked.A could be a serious problem for the owners of web servers. -
Nasty security bug spotted in IE8
While some IE8 users are using older hardware which can't properly support a newer and more resource-hungry browser, government based outfits should have upgraded a long time ago or moved to Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome. -
Mozilla fumes at British government surveillance spyware outfit
The disguised version of Firefox is installed and then accesses key-strokes, activate webcams and records Skype calls as Firefox, so that users don't delete it, Mozilla moaned. -
Firefox improves porn mode
Big cheeses in the Mozzarella Foundation have lifted the kimono on a new version of Firefox which ships in improvements for the dedicated followers of secretly buying presents or, er, internet porn. -
Mozilla bans Apple iOS
Jay Sullivan, Mozilla's VP of Products, said there is no way that the outfit will build an iOS version of its Firefox web browser while Apple is unfriendly towards third party browsers. -
Google kills off VP8 patent pool
MPEG-LA licenses the competing H.264 codec on behalf of Apple, Microsoft, and many other patent holders. Both Apple and Microsoft use H.264 for HTML5 video in their Safari and Internet Explorer browsers. Google, Mozilla, and Opera use VP8. -
ZTE feels hidden hand of scaremongering
We visited Chinese device maker ZTE at this year's Cebit, which was there for the first time in seven years, an age where feature phones were the only species in the handset realm. -
CISPA resurrected, heading back to Congress
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Mozilla, the American Civil Liberties Union, Reporters Without Borders and a host of other organisations and individuals have voiced concerns over CISPA so far and the list is set to expand. -
Mountain Lion feature means Apple fans can crash software at home
Not happy with making the most insecure software in the world, the geniuses at Apple have had to come up with a way of crashing the system so simply you can do it at home. -
Germany urges users to ditch Internet Explorer
History has repeated itself as the German government, famous for giving Firefox a leg up a few years ago, has told users to abandon Internet Explorer for something safer. -
Microsoft warns of big problems with Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft has told us about a fresh bug in its Internet Explorer web browser which is being exploited in a zero day attack. -
Chrome to support "do not track"
DNT first appeared in Mozilla's Firefox browser and subsequently in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, and Opera. -
Microsoft under EC's cosh in browser blocking allegations
Microsoft has agreed to comply with antitrust rules over the ability to choose between browsers on its operating systems, according to European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. -
Oracle patches Java vulnerability
Oracle has released a new patch which kills off a vulnerability in Java 7 that was being exploited by malware developers.
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