Firefox 3.0.1 More Secure and Stable

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

In Firefox's Help menu choose Check for Updates to download Firefox 3.0.1, a minor update that fixes Firefox 3's most common causes of crashes. This update won't cause any add-on incompatibilities. Source: http://lifehacker.com/398700/firefox-301-out-now-more-security-and-stability

Mozilla Patch Plugs a Safari Hole

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Mozilla Corp. has patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, taking the unusual step of updating the older version 2.0 on Tuesday but delaying the fixes for the newer version 3.0 until Wednesday.Both updates, labeled Firefox 2.0.0.16 and Firefox 3.0.1, plug two holes rated "critical" by Mozilla, which uses ...

Firefox 2.0.0.15 is out

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

For those of you that haven't yet made the move to Firefox 3.0, the Mozilla folks have released Firefox 2.0.0.15 which according to the release notes link (see below) fixes a security vulnerability. However, the "known vulnerabilities" page (linked from the release notes page) doesn't include any info (yet) ...

Five critical patches for Firefox 2

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The Mozilla team has fixed a total of twelve security problems in its new version 2.0.0.15 of Firefox. Five are classed as critical, i.e. could allow the injection of external code. The development team has not yet revealed the details behind each patch – the links to the specific bug ...

Firefox 3 Hits 17.3 Million Downloads

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Since launch last week in excess of 17.3 million downloads of Firefox 3 have taken place.The browser saw 8 million downloads within the first 24-hours of its release, more than ever downloaded in a single day before and a statistic currently being considered for inclusion within the Guinness Book of ...