Tag: mozilla
Microsoft officially launch Internet Explorer 9 browser
After a year's worth of beta testing, Microsoft have finally given their Internet Explorer 9 browser an official launch. Claiming to have made significant improvements to both speed and security, Microsoft are looking to quell the rising tide of Google's…
Video: Mozilla show off Seabird concept smartphone
Mozilla may be best known for their excellent Firefox web browser but, if this concept design video is anything to go by, it looks as though their creativity knows no bounds. Moving away from software and into hardware (smartphone…
Firefox Home hits the iPhone
iPhone-owning fans of the Firefox Sync add-on will have something to cheer about this morning, as Apple have approved the Firefox Home app is good to go on their smartphone. If you have an account with the Firefox Sync add-on…
Firefox 4 plans unveiled in slide-show
Firefox 4: fast, powerful and empoweringView more presentations from Mike Beltzner. Mozilla have been working away on a sleeker, faster and safer version of their Firefox web browser for around a year now. Today, Mozilla's Mike Beltzner has shared a…
Firefox pre-alpha build now available for Android 2.0 and over
Mozilla's Firefox browser, under the codename "Fennec", has hit Android 2.0 phones and above in a "pre-alpha" build. The company has stressed that the browser is currently only suitable for testing purposes, but that it should work on the Milestone/Droid…
Firefox Mobile hits the Nokia N900
Nokia's N900 handset has become the first phone to get Firefox Mobile. Firefox Mobile uses Mozilla's Weave Sync function to sync your Maemo 5 OS with both the mobile browser and your desktop browser's tabs, history, passwords and bookmarks. It…
Test version of Firefox 3.6 available for testing
Firefox fans who can't wait to get their hands on the latest release of the super-fast, super-safe web browser can today try out the first release candidate for version 3.6. As ever, higher speeds are top of the agenda for…
Mozilla and Wikimedia Foundation throw their weight behind open source web video
Pay attention, because this one’s important. Web video has issues. It has issues because it’s closed, and proprietary. The vast majority of web video is delivered in the Flash format, which owned by Adobe. This means that video sites have to suffer restrictions and pay license fees. Wouldn’t it be better if there was an open source version?
Enter Theora. It’s an open-source video codec which, when combined with the Vorbis audio codec and the .OGG file format, could replace Flash as the dominant form for web video.
Mozilla releases first alpha of Firefox for mobiles aka Fennec
Firefox Mobile, otherwise known as Fennec, has reached alpha…
Mozilla: Firefox Mobile Alpha arriving "in a couple of weeks"
Everyone’s favourite moddable browser, Firefox, will be available in a mobile version – “Fennec” – within a couple of weeks, says Mozilla CEO John Tilly. Unfortunately, however, “available” actually means “available if you own a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet”. Do you? Neither do I…
