2011

Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 Released

Mozilla has released an update version of Thunderbird 7 on the Beta channel today. Existing Thunderbird 7 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or download directly here. Unless anything major happens before the end of the week, this build will likely end up being the released version of Thunderbird 7 on September 27th.

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Firefox Release Recap: September 17, 2011

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.

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Bing, Yahoo! serving malware for popular search terms

…The malware served on all these pages comes from en-softonic(dot)ne. Users looking for Firefox get a rootkit, their IE begins working silently in the background attempting click fraud, and their Google search results get redirected to pages chosen by the attackers…” More  net-security.org/malware_news | Bing, Yahoo! serving malware for popular search terms ↑Go get it↓

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Thunderbird Release Update: September 15, 2011

Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.14 – September 6th Thunderbird 6.0.2 – September 6th Thunderbird 7 Beta 2 – September 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 – TBA Thunderbird 3.1.15 – September 27th Thunderbird 7 Final Release – September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta – September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Earlybird – September 27th* Future Releases Thunderbird 8 Final Release – November 8th Thunderbird 9 Beta – November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird – November 8th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to…

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Firefox Release Recap: September 10, 2011

Just Released Firefox 3.6.22 – September 6th Firefox 6.0.2 – September 6th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.

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AMO Changes to Incompatible Add-ons

In the past while addons.mozilla.org (AMO) would indicate an add-on was not compatible with the user’s version of Firefox, it would still allow the user to try and install the incompatible add-on. The user would get a warning that the add-on is likely not to work with their current version of Firefox and they could click a button again to go through with the download/install process. Unless the user had add-on compatibility checking disabled, Firefox would generate an error saying the add-on could not be installed. So if an add-on won’t work with the user’s current version of Firefox, why…

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Thunderbird 3.1.14/6.0.2/7.0 Beta 2 Released

Mozilla has pushed out another emergency update for Thunderbird 3.1, 6.0 and 7.0 Beta due to more fall out from the DigiNotar hack back in July. This time around the focus is on revoking  Staat der Nederlanden Certificates. More information here. Users can update to the newest versions via: Thunderbird 3.1 users go to Help > Check for Updates or download directly Thunderbird 6.0 and 7.0 Beta users Help > About Thunderbird or download directly [6.0.2 | 7.0 Beta 2] Note: Since Thunderbird 3.1 uses the old release process, all features, bug fixes, improvements, etc.planned for the upcoming Thunderbird 3.1.13…

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Firefox 3.6.22/6.0.2 Released

Mozilla has pushed out another emergency update for Firefox 3.6 and 6.0 due to more fall out from the DigiNotar hack back in July. This time around the focus is on revoking  Staat der Nederlanden Certificates. More information here. Users can update to the newest versions via: Firefox 3.6 users go to Help > Check for Updates or download directly Firefox 6.0 users Firefox Button > Help > About Firefox or download directly Note: Since Firefox 3.6 uses the old release process, all features, bug fixes, improvements, etc.planned for the upcoming Firefox 3.6.21 release on September 27th are being rolled…

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Firefox Release Recap: September 3, 2011

Just Released Firefox 3.6.21 – August 30th Firefox 6.0.1 – August 30th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.22 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.

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Thunderbird Release Update: September 1, 2011

Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.12 – August 16th Thunderbird 3.1.13 – August 30th Thunderbird 6.0 – August 16th Thunderbird 6.0.1 – August 30th Thunderbird 7 Beta 1 – August 26th Thunderbird 8 Alpha 2 – August 18th Coming Soon Thunderbird 7 Beta 2 – TBA Future Releases Thunderbird 3.1.14 – September 27th Thunderbird 7 Final Release – September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta – September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Earlybird – September 27th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to that particular…

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