Vulnerability Found In Firefox 3
Firefox 3 is now officially the most downloaded software in 24 hours. And since Tuesday, it has received over 12 million downloads. Firefox is the world’s most secure browser, but its first critical vulnerability was found just after 5 hours of its release. Even after working for so many months on this browser, it looks like they still missed some holes in the core.
Technical details of the vulnerability were not released to the public, and Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) states that they have reported it to the Mozilla team and they are now working on a patch, which will be out soon. They also said there are no known exploits at this time.
How To Transfer Firefox 2 Passwords To Firefox 3
by Haris on June 19, 2008
in Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Firefox 3 was released 2 days ago, and since then there have been tips and tricks popping up all over the blogosphere to enhance your Firefox 3 experience. While browsing thorugh my feed reader for my daily dose of Internet bytes, I came across a very useful article on The Pick C on how you can transfer your old Firefox 2 passwords to your new Firefox 3 and thought to share it with you all in case you also experienced similar problem.
Firefox 3 Portable Edition Now Available
Okay readers, this is going to be my third Firefox post in a row today. Firefox 3 has been launched a few hours ago, and has already been downloaded more than 2 million times in 5 hours. I’m pretty much sure they’ll make the world record. Now you can also carry your favourite browser where ever you want in your external drives like pen drives etc. Firefox 3 Portable has been released at PotableApps and is now available for download.
You can help Firefox set up a world record by spreading the word and by downloading Firefox 3 from here. Or watch the live download counter here.
Download Firefox 3 for Windows
Firefox 3.1 Alpha (Shiretoko) Scheduled For Mid-July
Mozilla has just got over with the release of Firefox 3 today, and I don’t think the development team is going to take a break any where soon. They like keeping themselves busy. The alpha version of Firefox 4 on their FTP is no surprise to us. Now they’ve got themselves busy with Firefox 3.1 and are planning to release it in mid-July. Firefox 3.1 will be based on Gecko 1.9.1 and will be designed to bring to the table some of the features and functionality that were cut from Firefox 3.0.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Released – Download Now
Today is the day when Firefox 3, the much-awaited browser, will be finally released. The official release time is at 10.00 am PDT. Firefox 3 has already been uploaded at the Mozilla FTP, and can be downloaded from there before the announcement on their site. But if you download from the FTP, your download won’t be counted for the world record, which Mozilla will try to make in the next 24 hours. You can download Firefox 3 in all OS versions (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) from the FTP.
More than 1.4 million users have already pledged to download Firefox 3 today, and I’m on of them too! This post will be updated as soon as Firefox 3 hits the main site and the download count starts on the Download Day 2008 site. Only 2 hours left! So keep checking back, and stay tuned!
Download Links
Download Firefox 3 for Windows (HTTP)
Download Firefox 3 for Windows (FTP)
Update: After a huge outage, Firefox is back and their latest release is now available for download. Have a nice time using Firefox 3!
Flock 2.0 Beta Is Out – Powered By Firefox 3
Two weeks ago, we gave you the heads up that Flock 2.0 beta, which is powered by Firefox 3′s technology, will be soon released for public. And yesterday, the Flock team announced about the availability of the first beta version of Flock 2 for download. Till now, Flock has been running on Firefox 2′s code, but with the release of Firefox 3 later today, Flock 2.0 will soon be released, which will be powered with Firefox 3′s code.
Download Google Toolbar 3.1 For Firefox 3
Google has finally released a new version of Google Toolbar, which is now compatible with Firefox 3. This updated toolbar contains no new features, except that it now works with Firefox 3 and they have tweaked the search box a bit. Google Toolbar 3.1 can be downloaded for here or if you are on IE and would like to try out Firefox along with Google Toolbar, then download from here. Google Toolbar 5 Beta is currently only available for IE.
Force Enable Incompatible Extensions In Firefox 3
by Haris on June 15, 2008
in Firefox, General, Tips and Tricks
Yesterday, I installed Firefox 3 RC3 and was amazed to see how fast and better my favourite browser has become. I actually use lots of addons with my Firefox 2, and I found that most of them were disabled after upgrading. That’s because they still haven’t been updated yet by their developers and Firefox 3 doesn’t even try to run addons that are not compatible. FEBE is one of the plugins that are not (see update below) compatible with Firefox 3 RC3.
Firefox 3 – The Wait Is Finally Over!
The official release date of Firefox 3 has been finally announced by the Mozilla team. The wait for the Download Day 2008, and the final gold release of Firefox 3 will be over soon. According to Mozilla Developer’s blog, Firefox 3 is announced to hit the web on Tuesday, June 17th! Everyone get yourselves ready to download Firefox 3 on that day and help Firefox 3 make a world record.
After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3  the best web browser, period.
