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Importance of Updating Your Browser

technoob — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:59:26 +0000

With the release of Firefox 3, Mozilla hoped to make Firefox 3 safer than other Firefox previous browsers. But for those who still have Firefox 2, Mozilla release an update that would fix several security flaws. Flock, a social browser built on Mozilla code just releases Flock 1.2.3. Flock 1.2.2 fixed Mozilla 2 flaws. Internet explorer has also included antimalware protection in its upcoming IE 8 beta 2. Firefox 3 already has the antimalware protection. As of today, Safari which is known for its low RAM usage hasn’t included the antimalware protection in the browser. Apple would probably include this in Safari in the future, if it wants to participate in the browser’s war.
Browsers will always be vulnerable to attack. The coders just have to keep up with the attackers because I doubt if the coders want to trade security for accessibility. For instance, I know activeX can be used to attack IE. But if you disable active on IE, you would not be able to view some videos on some sites which you like. The only way to prevent an attack on the browser is to update the browser when a security patch is issued out.

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Firefox is bestowed with download record by Guinness

technoob — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:21:08 +0000

G u inness World Records recognized Firefox as the most download browser on a day. This was Mozilla’s goal to have the most download browser on a day. Guinness World Records has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox. As of June 2008, Net Applications, which base on statistics on actual usage at various major search engines gave Firefox 3 2.31 percent market share for the entire month of June, compared with 4.28 percent for Safari 3.1, 16.13 percent for Firefox 2, 26.38 percent for Internet Explorer 6, and 46.45 percent for No. 1 IE 7. Firefox deserve to have higher market share. The competition between browsers is pretty much intense. For instance, Flock, a self proclaimed social browser just released Flock 2. Flock 2 has all the new improvement of Firefox 3. I believe Firefox 3 market share would rise because Firefox 3 was releases in the middle of June. June 1- 16 was not accounted for. To enhance your Firefox 3 experience, there are add ons you can install. The add ons can be located here.

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Firefox 3 is Out

technoob — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:16:25 +0000

In my previous post, pledge and download firefox 3, I wrote that Mozilla wanted to release firefox 3. Mozilla scheduled firefox 3 to be release on June 17. You can download firefox 3 browser here

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Pledge and Download Firefox 3

technoob — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:41:49 +0000

The Firefox team is trying to set up a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours with the introduction of the Firefox 3 browser. It is an improved version of the firefox 2 browser. The Firefox team wants the world to be spread out by
* Get the word out; tell your friends, your neighbors, your grandma, anyone and everyone to participate in Download Day.

* Host a party to download Firefox; you provide the people and we’ll provide the party favors.

* Put a Download Day badge on your blog, profile or website.

I will help to spread the word out by putting a download day badge on this blog

The download day is not yet fixed but it would be in this June. The link of the Firefox image is for everyone to make a pledge that she would download Firefox browser on the day it is released. At the time of this posting, 580,195 pledges have been made. I just made my pledge making me the 580,196th person to make a pledge (not sure about this)

Firefox decided not to leave anyone behind. Firefox 3 can be downloaded in 45 languages with download links for windows, mac and linux users.

Why should you install Firefox 3? It is because

1. The browser has malware protection which warns users of harmful sites.

2. It shows a clearer and stricter error pages when Firefox encounters an invalid SSl certificate.

3. There is an integration of anti-virus software. The anti-virussoftware would check for virus on executable programs ie programs that ends in .exe files.

You can get more about the new features at What’s is new in Firefox 3

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