News (94)

  • First Firefox 2 beta makes debut

    The Mozilla Foundation has released a beta version of Firefox 2, the next major version of its Web browser.

  • Chrome was inevitable: Mozilla CEO

    Mozilla CEO John Lilly today waxed philosophical about the release of Googles new Web browser, Chrome, despite it signalling an attempt by the search giant (Mozilla's major financier) to become its biggest competitor.

  • Google Chrome: 5 reasons for and 5 against

    Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of Chrome. We spoke to industry experts and Google's new rivals to find out why Chrome matters and whether the browser reality can deliver on the hype.

  • 101 software tips, tweaks and tricks

    Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications

  • Google plans 'Chrome' browser

    Search giant Google has confirmed it will shortly unveil a new web browser dubbed 'Chrome' and based on code from the Webkit project.

  • Photos: IE 8 gets better with beta 2

    Microsoft is still playing catch-up with Opera, Safari, and Firefox, but IE 8 beta 2 brings it one step closer to the competition.

  • Mozilla releases fifth beta of Firefox 3

    Mozilla released its fifth beta version of Firefox 3 for Windows and the Mac on Wednesday, bringing a handful of improvements in ease of use to the open-source Web browser.

  • Google helps Mozilla to turn over $66.8 million

    Mozilla, the group behind Firefox, has revealed its 2006 financials -- and a significant jump on last year's performance

  • Google releases Web 2.0 security tool

    Google has released as open source a web application assessment tool, Ratproxy, that was designed to root out potential security flaws.

  • Do browsers need a 'best-before' date?

    Security researchers have suggested that like food, browsers should have a best-before or expiry date. This comes after revealing that 637 million internet users are surfing with outdated and unpatched browsers, which puts them at risk from Web-based attacks.

  • Flock woos Netscape users with its social skills

    With Netscape edging closer to its doomsday, the Flock browser is hoping its social networking skills will divert users from migrating to the natural alternative, Firefox.

  • China's Firefox growth kicks Aussies off top user list

    Australia has missed out making it into a list of countries containing the most Firefox users, with the number of Chinese users of the browser taking over Australian ones between November and December.

  • Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client finally gets calendar

    Mozilla Foundation has finally integrated the Lightning calendar to its latest incarnation of open-source e-mail client, Thunderbird 3.0. Users can also expect improved search.

  • Opera CTO: IE 8 will fail Acid test

    Two years ago, the Acid2 test was announced in this column. Acid2 is a complex Web browser test page that shows a smiley face when rendered correctly

  • Firefox developer rebukes Google

    One of the lead developers behind the Firefox browser has accused Google of abusing its powerful position in the search market to promote its growing range of products.

12345Next >

Create an e-mail alert for "firefox"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
firefox


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 2 apwg
  2. Popularity: 5 beta
  3. Popularity: 30 browser
  4. Popularity: 2 browsing
  5. Popularity: 2 calendar
  6. Popularity: 6 chrome
  7. Popularity: 2 debian
  8. Popularity: 7 desktop
  9. Popularity: 3 developer
  10. Popularity: 2 e-mail
  11. Popularity: 3 email
  12. Popularity: 6 european union
  13. Popularity: 4 explorer
  14. Popularity: 2 festa
  15. Popularity: 2 flickr
  16. Popularity: 3 flock
  17. Popularity: 3 foundation
  18. Popularity: 4 gmail
  19. Popularity: 34 google
  20. Popularity: 2 government
  21. Popularity: 11 ie
  22. Popularity: 3 ie7
  23. Popularity: 7 internet
  24. Popularity: 14 internet explorer
  25. Popularity: 7 linux
  26. Popularity: 2 longhorn
  27. Popularity: 2 mcafee
  28. Popularity: 4 microsoft
  29. Popularity: 30 mozilla
  30. Popularity: 3 myspace
  31. Popularity: 4 netscape
  32. Popularity: 2 olsen
  33. Popularity: 8 open source
  34. Popularity: 8 opera
  35. Popularity: 2 paul
  36. Popularity: 3 phishing
  37. Popularity: 3 privacy
  38. Popularity: 4 safari
  39. Popularity: 9 security
  40. Popularity: 2 stefanie
  41. Popularity: 3 suse
  42. Popularity: 7 thunderbird
  43. Popularity: 5 toolbar
  44. Popularity: 2 ubuntu
  45. Popularity: 2 video
  46. Popularity: 3 vista
  47. Popularity: 2 web
  48. Popularity: 4 web 2.0
  49. Popularity: 5 web browser
  50. Popularity: 10 yahoo

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured