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    Mozilla is hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the most number of downloads of an application in a day, on the release of its Firefox 3 Web browser.

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    Mozilla claims that at its peak, Firefox 3 was being downloaded 14,000 per minute and in the first 24 hours, the organisation had served more than eight million copies of its new browser.

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    Firefox supporters are confident that Microsoft's plans for version 7 of Internet Explorer will not hinder the open source browser's rapid growth.

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

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    Opera Software has challenged Microsoft to develop a browser which adheres to standards but will Microsoft take it up?

  • IE7 gets tabs but does it matter?

    The new version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing but will this be enough to entice Firefox users to convert?

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  • 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?

  • IE7 gets tabs but does it matter?

    The new version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing but will this be enough to entice Firefox users to convert?

  • Firefox, bah humbug

    So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.

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