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    Open source application maker Mozilla has said the latest major release of its Firefox browser will be ready for download on 17 June.

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    More than four years after its inception, the open-source browser is ready for the public. And its impact could go beyond browsing

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    Google yesterday in the US said it planned to develop an add-ons system for its new Chrome browser, similar to the functionality that can be found in rival Mozilla Firefox.

  • Firefox gets geographic plugin

    Mozilla has revealed plans to announce a plug-in called Geode that would give the Firefox web browser a better ability to understand and use geographic information on the web.

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    Mozilla fought back on Wednesday in the US with some performance results to show a forthcoming version of Firefox outpacing Google's new Web browser, Chrome.

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    The Mozilla Foundation is perhaps best known for its Firefox web browser, an open source offering that was first developed to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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    Opera CTO Hkon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy that Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.

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    The database company is working on a project to let Mozilla's open-source desktop software work better with Oracle's business applications.

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    The Mozilla Foundation's browser may be free, but that doesn't keep insiders from cashing in.

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    As Microsoft focuses on merging its Web browser and operating system software, open-source competitors are mulling a proposal to join forces and beat the software giant to the punch.

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    This free app has more features than the most recent version of Internet Explorer.

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 2

    Thunderbird 2 provides a compelling option for users looking for an open source e-mail client.

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    If only for the speed, lightness of being and security alone, Firefox remains our Editors' Choice for best internet browser.

  • Firefox 3 beta 1: a first look

    A few months later than originally planned, Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 3, the widely used open-source Web browser. Firefox 3 beta 1 includes a number of features that Mozilla says should improve security, ease of use, rendering of Web pages and location of previously visited Web pages.

  • Mozilla burns to prove Firefox worthy

    After eight months of rapid growth, Firefox approaches its 1.0 release with new challenges in converting IE users. Additional reading: IE is evolving, but is it enough?

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