Firefox is a security focused, open-source web browser developed by Mozilla. It was created in 2002 and launched officially in 2004. In 2009 it briefly enjoyed a peak of 32% market share as the most popular web browser at the time.
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Mozilla bakes 'Have I Been Pwned' into Firefox's new privacy tool
Mozilla today announced an exciting new feature coming to future versions of Firefox. The feature is a proposed security tool that uses Troy Hunt's 'Have I Been Pwned' (HIBP) database to scour the web looking for accounts included in known data breaches. We first learned of a similar ...
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Adblock Plus now blocks social media tracking for Chrome & Firefox
Adblock today announced it was joining the fight against social media tracking by allowing users to block what has become so ubiquitous on almost every site out there. Specifically, the tracking which Adblock Plus now aims to thwart is that which originates from social media buttons. ...
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Firefox tests two new features: color customization and split-screen tabs
Firefox has two new experimental features for you to try out today. One lets you theme your browser with colors of your choosing, the other lets you view two websites within one tab. Both are part of Firefox's Test Pilot program, which allows you to try new features in the form of ...
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Firefox 60 adds Yubikey support (and controversially, ads in tabs)
The latest version of the Firefox web browser is out. Despite Firefox 60 being a perfectly round number, this isn't really a milestone release, especially compared to Firefox Quantum which dropped a few months back. Still, there's some nuggets worth getting excited about. Perhaps ...
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Prevent Facebook from tracking you all over the web with this Firefox extension
In light of the data scandal that's rocked Facebook, it's important to understand that the social network collects more information ...
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Mozilla launches new enterprise-friendly version of Firefox Quantum
Mozilla today announced the beta release of Firefox Quantum for Enterprise, which lands on Wednesday. This is the latest and greatest version of the open source browser, but with several tweaks geared for business users. The enterprise version of Firefox Quantum isn't vastly dissimilar ...
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How to switch from RAM-hungry Chrome to speedy Firefox Quantum in 2 minutes
I'm making the switch from Chrome to Firefox Quantum today, and you can join me in reclaiming my RAM by following these simple ...
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Firefox Quantum is available now – here's why it's so damn speedy
Firefox Quantum is available from today.
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Mozilla's speedy new Firefox Quantum browser drops tomorrow (and it uses way less RAM than Chrome)
Firefox Quantum is ridiculously fast. Jump on it.
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Firefox is getting a Tor-based security upgrade
The developer community at Mozilla is preparing a Firefox release boasting privacy features straight out of the dark web ...
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Mozilla's Firefox Quantum browser is ridiculously fast
Firefox Quantum is almost 2x as fast as the previous year's Firefox.
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Firefox's new performance tab is great news for those with old computers
Firefox is a popular browser, particularly for those using older machines. In fact, these hardware holdouts constitute much ...
