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  • Mozilla: Final Firefox 3 expected in June

    Firefox fans looking for a major update to the open-source Web browser probably will get a final version of it next month.

  • Firefox gets a fifth of European market

    The Mozilla Firefox browser has achieved a market share of more than 20 percent in Europe, according to the latest figures released by French Web metrics firm XiTi.

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    The Mozilla Corporation is gearing up to launch a large-scale marketing drive when Firefox 1.5 is released.

  • Firefox growth slows again

    The Firefox browser continues to rack up incremental market share gains against Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but security concerns may be taking their toll as the growth rate continues to slip.

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    The Mozilla Foundation's latest application is an open source calendar program, but as yet Sunbird doesn't pose much of a threat to Microsoft Outlook.

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  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Microsoft recruiting software pirates to fight Firefox?

    Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    IE7 mystery: The Prophet answers my call

    If the Internet is God, and the browser my shepherd, I am a lost lamb who has been waiting for the Prophet to answer my call: What are those icon-less buttons at the bottom of Internet Explorer 7?

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    End of an era as IE6 usage freefalls

    In 2007, IE6 will almost certainly lose its crown as the most popular Web browser after holding the title for many, many years.

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  • Why CIOs aren't nuts for Chrome

    Google's recently launched web browser, Chrome, will have to overcome a number of major obstacles before it can break the business ubiquity of Internet Explorer and counter the rise of Firefox.

  • New Firefox, Mozilla releases coming to fix bugs

    Mozilla Foundation plans to soon release new versions of the browsers to deal with a recently disclosed serious security flaw and other bugs.

  • IE7: Are we right back where we started?

    The long-awaited Internet Explorer 7 debuted recently -- and a brand-new flaw promptly debuted a day later. While Redmond argued that the vulnerability actually comes from Outlook Express, it still affects IE7. But Mike Mullins says it doesn't bode well for the browser update, whose security enhancements Microsoft has been touting.

  • For Opera, smaller really is better

    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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    But security firm also finds that Microsoft's IE is the only browser widely exploited by hackers today.

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  • Microsoft hopes 7 is lucky number for IE

    The software maker launches its first major update to the browser in years, offering tabbed browsing and security additions.

  • Opera the underdog

    With Internet Explorer's market share down to around 90 percent and support for Mozilla's Firefox growing daily, it begs the question, does Opera stand a chance?

  • Tech doesn't buoy Netscape browser

    Despite new technology, Netscape continues to lose ground to Internet Explorer, which now has well over 90 percent of the market.

  • Opera parts curtain on next act

    Tiny Opera Software on Wednesday continued its campaign to demonstrate the feebleness of mainstream Web browsers, releasing a product upgrade with new features and a customisable interface.

  • Welcome to the browser jungle, Safari

    Apple's Safari offers little challenge to Microsoft's browser dominance, but the Mac maker could benefit enormously if it can wean itself from IE.

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