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Internet Explorer 6 Market Share: 30% in India, Only 6.6% Worldwide!

June 1, 2010

According to StatCounter data from May 2009 to May 2010, Internet Explorer 6 market share has dropped to 6.6% in the US and 13.74% worldwide, while it is 30% in India. This is very much concerning that, one third of Indians are using this obsolete browser. Internet Explorer 6 is still the most used browser version in India! The primary reason could be that, Indians still use pirated copy of Windows XP and IE6 comes embedded in it. […]

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French and German Govts Warned People Not to Use Internet Explorer

January 18, 2010

The information security department of France urged Internet users to avoid Microsoft’s browsers IE 6, 7 and 8 because of a weakness that allows hackers to infect the system. The German Federal Office for Information Security, said that flaws in the Microsoft systems let hackers start and lock computers that have a Windows operating system, and thus urged not to use it. […]

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Google Chrome – The Third Most Popular Browser

January 4, 2010

Google Chrome browser is now the world’s third-most popular browser, pushing Apple’s Safari to the fourth position, according to a Browser Market Share report. At the end of December 2009, Google Chrome posted a browser share of 4.63%, while Apple’s Safari posted a share of 4.46%. Mozilla Firefox with 24.6% and Internet Explorer with 62.7%. Computerworld estimates that IE will fall under the 50% share mark as early as mid-May if the dramatic negative trend of the last three months holds true. […]

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Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Features

December 25, 2009

Firefox Mobile (codenamed Fennec) is now released with Firefox official branding, with Firefox name and logo. Fennec has been in development for the last year and a half. This release is available for the Maemo OS2008 and Maemo 5 software platforms running on the Nokia N810 and N900 Internet Tablets. Visit the Mozilla.com Mobile homepage to send a text message containing a link to download Firefoxto your phone. Or, simply go to mozilla.com/m with your current mobile browser and download Firefox directly to your phone. […]

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Firefox 3.5 Starts Up Very Slow on Windows – Workaround / Solution

July 12, 2009

Do you face issues with the slow start up of Firefox after the recent upgrade? Sometimes Firefox 3.5 takes long startup time of the order of 10 seconds to a few minutes. This is identified as a bug and is expected to have fixed in Firefox 3.5.1, in a few weeks time. The workaround is to have a noticeable improvement by deleting temporary folders and Internet Temporary Files. […]

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Fennec Beta – Firefox to Mobile Phones

June 30, 2009

Fennec is built on the same core technology as Firefox, so Fennec has many of the same great features as the desktop version. Fennec provides a rich platform for developers to create compelling content and amazing applications on mobile phone platforms.

Developer will be able to create rich mobile applications and experiences on the same platform as the desktop version of Firefox, while tap into the device capabilities of the phone, such as location and camera and build add-ons as you would for Firefox. […]

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Flock 2.0 – The Social Web 2.0 Browser – New Features

October 20, 2008

Flock, the social web browser, introduced 3 years ago, has now released Flock 2.0, the next generation. Flock 2.0 helps people to easily discover, access, create and share videos, photos, blogs, feeds and comments across social communities, media providers, and popular websites. Flock 2.0 is powered by the same technology as Firefox 3 and web pages are render exactly the same as in Firefox. Most Firefox extensions will work in Flock, with some exceptions. Flock is available for Windows, Apple, Linux. […]

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Fennec – Firefox Mobile Browser Alpha Released

October 19, 2008

Fennec, the Firefox Mobile Browser alpha is released for users of the Nokia N810 and N800. Firefox is working on making it available to other mobiles in a few months. You may download and install Fennec. If you do not have an N810, you can still experiment with Fennec by downloading Fennec for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. […]