Topic: Mozilla Firefox

With Axis, Yahoo wades into the browser wars

Axis, from Yahoo, is available as a plug-in for most browsers and as an app on Apple iOS devices. 

Windows RT will ban Firefox and Chrome, says Mozilla

According to Mozilla, Windows RT, a tablet-centric iteration of the upcoming Windows 8 OS, could be hitched exclusively to Internet Explorer. 

Firefox 11, live this week, gets dev tools and add-on sync, but not much more

Firefox 11 goes live this week. Will the new edition of the popular browser help revive Mozilla's fortunes? 

Switching from a Mac to a PC: Five lessons from an Apple fanboy

The Internet is filled with testimonials of people ditching their PC for a hip new Mac. Where once they trudged through stodgy spreadsheets, they now write screenplays and edit flashy videos (if the ads are to be believed). But there's almost no material documenting the opposite experience. Most of the personal switching-to-Windows stories are many years out of date and center around now-obsolete "But you can't play games and none of your software will work!" arguments.

So, here are the top five things an Apple fanboy learned from two months using Windows.

Let it snow with Google

'Let it snow' becomes Google's newest search Easter egg. So go for it. Let it snow!

Ice Cream Sandwich, Jaunty Jackalope, and other bizarre code names

'Ice Cream Sandwich' sure doesn't sound like a smart phone OS. But Android has kept up a delicious naming convention, one of the weirder examples among tech products. But where does Ice Cream Sandwich fit among the code names from Apple, Ubuntu, and others?

Back to school: Doing right by the 'strivers'

In all the attention that is being paid to improving basic skills in American schools, the best and brightest students are too often overlooked. That's bad for them -- and worse for us.

Amazon releases the Kindle Cloud Reader – and scores a win over Apple

Adding cloud technology to the Kindle puts Amazon a step above Apple in the e-reader wars.

With Back to Gecko, Mozilla looks to the mobile market

Back to Gecko is the working name for a new Mozilla mobile initiative.

Alexander Calder: Why today's Google logo is just the beginning

The search engine honors Alexander Calder with a twirling Google logo. But just wait for what comes next.

Tablet computers: Are they worth it?

Tablet computers – outside of the iPad – aren't selling well. The dearth of sales of tablet computers are hurting semiconductor companies.

Happy IPv6 Day! How Internet traffic will soon change forever.

Internet traffic is about to undergo a major change. IPv6 will soon rewrite the inner workings of the Web. But will this overhaul of Internet traffic affect you?

Firefox 4 available for download now

Firefox 4 includes a range of updates, including tighter security and a slimmed-down, sleek browser interface.

Top Picks: Oprah's latest shows, 'Camelot', a way to avoid Charlie Sheen, and more

Two new television shows on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a creative retelling of 'Camelot', a web plugin that blocks all references to Charlie Sheen, and more recommendations.

Internet Explorer 9 racked up 2.35 million downloads in first day: Microsoft

Internet Explorer 9 is off to a strong start, Microsoft reps announced today.

Tired of hearing about Charlie Sheen? A new browser plugin will fix that.

Tinted Sheen, an add-on for Chrome and Firefox, will redact all online references to Charlie Sheen, leaving you to surf the Web in peace. But is it wrong to create online lacunas?

Smartphones coming for AT&T's high-speed network

Smartphones from Motorola, HTC, and Samsung will run on AT&T's 4G network, which is due out later this year.

Chrome 8 quietly rolled out by Google

Chrome 8 – which includes a new PDF reader – got a very hushed launch from Google this week.

Was China behind cyber attack on Nobel Peace Prize website?

Tuesday's cyber attack on the Nobel Peace Prize website came less than three weeks after Norway awarded the prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobao.

Internet Explorer 9 beta makes the browser wars interesting again

Internet Explorer 9 will hit the Web on Wednesday night.

Google Instant: How it makes searches zippier

Google Instant starts hunting for results from the very first keystroke.

Dislike button? Not on Facebook.

Plenty of people would like to see a dislike button on Facebook. But the link currently circulating the Web is a scam.

The economics of privacy

People value privacy, but they also value convenience and free internet.

Private eyes are watching you (surf the Web)

Commercial tracking software often secretly records where users go on the Internet. If businesses don't set their own clear, simple privacy standards, government may need to step in with a 'do not track' option.

Flock browser gets faster but way behind Explorer, Firefox, Chrome

Flock? The Flock browser just got a big upgrade but is light years behind Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.