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 ...

Many weak web server certificates threaten online shopping

Monday, June 30th, 2008

"https connections exist to help ensure that when somebody is engaged in a financial transaction over the internet they are actually connected to the correct site - such as a bank, online vendor, and so forth. However, due to an error in the OpenSSL library used by the Debian Linux ...

17 Greasemonkey Scripts to Turbocharge Your Browser

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The Internet offers a wealth of excellent tools, information, and entertainment--and it asks very little from us in return. So don't get upset when a poorly designed online tool or site gets on your nerves; instead, use Greasemonkey, a free Firefox add-on that harnesses the power of JavaScript to right ...

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 ...

Tweak Firefox to Display Richer Colors

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

If the digital photo you just uploaded looks more washed out in Flickr than it does in your desktop image editor, that's because Firefox 3's advanced color management capability isn't turned on by default. To turn it on, type about:config in Firefox 3's address bar, then click the "I'll ...