The next version of Firefox, 6.0 has been released by Mozilla on August 16, 2011. The desktop version of Firefox 6.0 supports the same versions of Windows, Mac OSX and Linux as did Firefox 5.0 and can be downloaded via getfirefox.com or users may be able to update by going to Firefox Button > Help > About Firefox. Firefox 6.0 Mobile supports Android and iPhone. What’s New In Firefox 6.0? Below is just some of the new stuff in Firefox 6.0, be sure to check out the complete release notes. The address bar now highlights the domain of the website…
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Just Released Thunderbird 6 Beta 2 – August 2nd Thunderbird 6 Beta 3 – August 10th Coming Soon Thunderbird 3.1.12 – August 16th Thunderbird 6 Final Release – August 16th Thunderbird 7 Beta – August 16th* Thunderbird 8 Early Bird – August 16th* Future Releases Thunderbird 7 Final Release – September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta – September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Early Bird – 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 channel may vary by several…
Introduced in Firefox 6 is a new permissions manager that allows users of the web browser to define permissions on a per-site basis. Permissions? Currently restricted to the following settings: Store Passwords, Share Location, Set Cookies, Open Pop-up Windows and Maintain Offline Storage… More@ Ghacks Technology [with screenshots] The New Firefox Permissions Manager Go get it.
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.6.20 – August 16th Firefox 6 Final Release – August 16th Firefox 6 for Mobile Final Release – August 16th Firefox 7 Beta (7.0b1) – August 16th* Firefox 8 Aurora (8.0a2) – August 16th* Future Releases 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…
Mozilla/Mozilla Labs has released the 3rd Beta for the upcoming (August 16th) Thunderbird 6.0. Users already on the Beta Channel can go to Help > About Thunderbird to move up the Beta 3, otherwise can get Beta 3 here. New for Thunderbird 6 Beta include: Support for Windows 7 Jump lists Several fixes when importing email from Microsoft Outlook Default mail client check now works with newer Linux distributions Various other user interface fixes and improvements and numerous other bug fixes Thunderbird 6.0 Beta Release Notes
Fake Firefox Update Email Downloads Trojan Horse Better Business Bureau (blog) – Greg Hudson – Aug 8, 2011 Scammers go to great lengths to come up with sophisticated and sneaky methods to trick you into making unwise decisions but this weekend, there was a rather simple scam being spammed out. According to Naked Security, an email was spammed … Google News Go get it.
Just Released Firefox 6.0 Beta 4 – August 1, 2011 Firefox 6.0 Beta 5 – August 5, 2011 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.20 – August 16th Firefox 6 Final Release – August 16th Firefox 6 for Mobile Final Release – August 16th Firefox 7 Beta (7.0b1) – August 16th* Firefox 8 Aurora (8.0a2) – August 16th* Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – 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…
Mozilla has released the fifth and final beta for Firefox 6.0 on August 5th. The final release of Firefox 6 will be on Tuesday, August 16th. You can updated to new the Beta via Firefox Button > Help > About Firefox or download Beta 5 here.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched the first official version of HTTPS Everywhere, a Firefox plug-in which it says helps secure web browsing by encrypting connections to more than 1,000 popular web sites…” 05 August, 2011 EFF promises a safer web with HTTPS Everywhere | thinq_ Go get it.
Okay, so it is not true that Dumb People Use IE.Seems this was all a hoax and The Guru fell for it, as did The Seattle PI, CNN, NPR and many more news outlets. Today, AptiQuant – the “company” behind a purported study that recorded which browsers people used to take an online IQ test – posted the following message to its bogus website: AptiQuant was set up in late July 2011 by comparison shopping website AtCheap.com, in order to launch a fake “study” called “Intelligent Quotient and Browser Usage.” The study claimed that people using Internet Explorer have a…