Google surprises everyone by announcing updates every 6 weeks

After the European League forced Microsoft to offer its users different browsers to choose from in March 2010, the war got hot. Within this framework, Google has announced that Chrome will offer a stable updated version every 6 weeks.

Surprising as it may seem, the news implies a change that had already been adopted by Mozilla somehow, although its proposal had not been as bold. Google wants Chrome’s periodic safety updates to be more than just that and to include functions.

According to Google’s director, this change in Chrome’s release dates implies a change in the internal flow of work. Even so, it has been guaranteed that Google Chrome’s updates with new functions are the ideal, and they will be achieved as long as there are not important failures that divert attention from the project of improvements.

The change in Google Chrome’s release scheme will surely benefit the users, who won’t even have to bother since the updates will be automatic. On the other hand, this move will definitely make Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox or Opera to come into play.

Firefox 4

Everybody is expecting the new revision of the popular browser a Firefox,

which would be 3.7 version, Mozilla Foundation took a wise decision and released Firefox, whose Beta version is already available. To everybody’s surprise, or at least to the users’ surprise, this version doesn’t seem to be very original at first glance but it is expected to be radically changed before its definite release.

With this new release, Firefox looks forward to stay in the competition against other browsers like Internet Explorer, whose 9 version also promises to be unbeatable. That’s why, Firefox Beta shows, among other new characteristics, a new interface with a sensitive, Chrome-like design but keeping to its original style.

The new arrangement of the elements displays the navigation toolbar underneath, or rather, inside each of the tabs. In this way, Firefox offers a tidier, more fluent navigation experience and makes each tab independent from the rest, as Mozilla explains.

Together with this interesting arrangement of the tabs and the navigation toolbar, Firefox offers a timely possibility of creating ‘app tabs’ for websites like Facebook, Twitter, etc., which will be seen permanently in the browser’s main window. Although this will surely make things easier for thousands of users, there’s a drawback that will hopefully be considered before releasing the definite 4 version: this tabs don’t show the status updates as ‘traditional tabs’ did, so we can’t find out if there were new tweets or new messages in Facebook at first glance.

It must be said that Firefox’s new design can be customized as the traditional view mode, in which the navigation toolbar was above the tabs. In addition to these new characteristics, Firefox is compatible with HTML5 and WebM video standards.

Firefox is getting ready to enter the browsers’ “boxing ring” to flaunt its latest improvements and new characteristics, as well as the ones in the recent 3.6 version. But the interesting features that Firefox has presented so far are not enough to fight this battle, so some of them, such as the app tabs, are expected to be reconsidered before the release of its latest version.

Unlimited web browsing

Web browsers are essential for using the internet since they enable users to display all of the available content on the net. Although there is wide range of browsers on the market, we’re going to do a short review as regards the most popular ones. These applications allow users to access different content such as websites, videos, interactive websites, audio streaming and more.

Let´s have a look at the highlights of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Without a doubt, Internet Explorer is “THE” browser by excellence. The fact that it’s the default, in-built browser of each and every Windows PC makes this the most familiar one for most users, and this is its biggest virtue.

In the latest versions it has been incorporating certain elements already tried and tested in other browsers, such as the use of tabs and thumbnails, a phishing filter, an RSS reader, and an improved interface in terms of the icons and the placement of all the elements.

Many people feel the same way about IE as they do about Windows itself: it may not be perfect, but it’s simple and always at hand. We can always mention things to improve in  Internet Explorer, but one thing is for sure, it´s very user friendly and we don’t have to download it if we own Microsoft Windows.

Mozilla Firefox

This is a great browser that, thanks to its stability and smooth running, has managed to stand up to Internet Explorer in reason years.

Mozilla Firefox is an independent development project that came out of the Mozilla project, basing itself on this application’s browser engine. Added to this solid base are very interesting features such as tabbed browsing and the ability to install different components (including plug-ins, extensions, search engines, dictionaries, and visual themes), thereby allowing users to customize the browser as they see fit. Tabbed browsing is a great allows users to open several tabs in a single browsing session.

This browser is expanding all the time and, if the huge numbers of supporters it wins over every day have anything to do with it, we’re sure it’ll go far.

Opera

Another pretty popular choice is Opera, a stable and fully-featured browser that stands out for its high security standards and for the speeds at which it’s able to process and display the web sites on screen.

Historically, this browser was known for its search for innovative touches to make it stand out from the crowd. As such, it was the first to use tabs and, unsurprisingly, it can also be modified by making use of the large library of widgets and accessories.

Recent versions of Opera have come with some noteworthy elements, such as: a start page with thumbnails of selected sites to provide quick access to the ones you use most frequently, built-in BitTorrent and email clients, an RSS reader, and the ability to make handy notes about web sites. Though Opera is not very popular, its set of features makes it one of the most complete web browsers.

Google Chrome

Google Chrome is the web browser developed by Google, and we all know what Google stands for. All their application and services are top-notch and this web browser is certainly not the exception. Google Chrome is minimalistic in extreme with no menu bar, no status bar and only a single tool bar, as well as some may even call it a stripped-down. The main user interface contains back, forward, bookmark, refresh, and go along with cancel options, but Google Chrome is much more than just a minimalistic user interface.

With its dynamic tabs features, you can drag tabs out of the browser to create new windows, gather multiple tabs into one window or arrange your tabs however you wish — quickly and easily. Unlike other web browsers, with Google Chrome you can pick up where you left off with all the bookmarks and passwords from your existing browser.

A while ago Google managed to change to the way we think about search engines and then e-mail accounts. With Chrome, Google enters the browsers battle and –in time- it will set a new standard for surfing the web.

It’s far from easy to pick a favourite since, whilst they all fulfil the basic job of a web browser, each one also has something that sets it apart from the others. Mozilla Firefox is, if you like, the most balanced overall, taking into account aspects such as stability, security, speed and customization.

For this reason, we are going to choose a tool as necessary as the connection that enables us to take full advantage of all internet options. We must set our priorities according to our needs and emphasize the most important features to us. Mozilla Firefox is the current most balanced web browser, featuring great stability, safety, speed and customization.

Still, we can´t denied the amazing features that other web browsers deliver since all browsers work relatively well. It´s up to you to decide which one you will use or you could just try them all and see for yourself the one that suits your needs.

Package of software to take full advantage of Internet

They are not doubts that Internet has changed the human history. Thanks to this incredible tool we can reach any place of the world with just a few clicks.
To do so, we need to know two things: the possibilities it offers, and having the necessary software to take advantage of it. In this article we will talk about a series of simple tools so you can carry out the main actions: surfing the web (Firefox), chatting (Windows Live Messenger), downloading files (eMule), administering e- mail accounts (Eudora) and something extra, watching TV (PPMate).

Mozilla Firefox

This is the lightest, compact and functional browser that exists. Browsers are the basic Internet tool since thanks of them; we can access the network, make downloads, surf the Web, etc.

Its main features are tabbed browsing, search engine, a great amount of plug in and complements available to improve its functionality, the security that offers when surfing the net, and more. It also offers a built-in search bar added to the menu bar that protects us against the annoying publicities since it has pop-ups.
Despite this software is pretty new, due to its great features has become the most popular.

eMule

eMule is the most used P2P software around the world. It gives us the opportunity of downloading all type of content, books, software, music, movies, etc. The file transference is made from user to user, reason why the more users, the greater the transference speed will be.

With eMule we will be able to find any type of content without mattering how old or wired it is. In addition to this, it stands out by downloading “heavy” files; these are, for example, complete discography and it also has a chat to ensure the communications between users.

eMule gives priority to those users that share greater amount of contents, avoiding those who do not contribute at all. Another disadvantage to mention is that is slow to download.

Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger is the most used instant mail client. With it, you will be able to chat with all your contacts in real time, exchange files, have voice conversations, video conferences, etc.
In addition to this, it allows sharing folders with other contacts, free call PC to PC, send messages to offline contacts and more.

Thanks to all the possibilities it offers, this tool has become one of the most popular, used not only by young people but also companies. Its main disadvantage is probably it only offer one chat room, preventing you of meeting new people.

Eudora

Eudora is one of the most used and traditional e-mail clients, since it offer two great features to their users: functionality and simplicity.

This software offers all the tools we expect to find: multiple support for E-mail accounts, powerful filters that ensure security when receiving mails, customized text presentation, “drag and drop” system to make all the tasks easy and processes automation to improve our work. This software also stands out by the possibility of including plug-in to improve it uses and benefits.

Its main disadvantage is related to the constant appearance of annoying publicities and ads during their use; nevertheless, this is irrelevant due to its good performance.

Ppmate

One of the brilliant Internet´s innovations is this type of software that allows watching TV by the P2P streaming technology. This original software offers the possibility of watching more than 200 channels that are also automatically renew and organized by categories to make the search easy.

Being P2P TV, the greater the numbers of users are enjoying the same channel, the better the video quality and the downloading speed will be. PPMate stands out for being available in English, since most of these kind of software are only available in Chinese.

Its main disadvantage is related to the few channels it offers and the slowness to tune them, something that we forget about due to the good transmission quality we obtain.

To sump up, the actions we can make with Internet are many and varied. The supply of programs offered grows day by day but only a few offers high standard of quality and simplicity. When analyzing these variants, we can say that the software here developed are the best in its category.

Critical security hole found in Firefox 3.5

Days after the launch of Firefox 3.5, several issues have been found due to security issue. To make things worse, these slipups are turning into common issues among web browsers, and hackers will obviously make the most of it.

The first issue found in Firefox 3.5 was a highly critical Javascript vulnerability, the problem was cause due to the new Javascript rendering engine Tracemonkey, any one who has this enabled would be affected. It is a critical vulnerability that can be used to execute malicious code. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a victim into viewing a malicious Web page containing the exploit code.

Even though this issue was fixed with Firefox 3.5.1, a vulnerability was found days later. Various analysts and sites have recently confirmed a vulnerability.1 that has had exploit PoC released. When exploited, the vulnerability can lead to system compromise or induce a DOS.

As a workaround, Mozilla advises users to disable the Just-in-time JavaScript compiler. To do so, users must first enter “about:config” into the browsers location bar and then set the “javascript.options.jit.content” setting value to “false”. When making changes to the “about:config” settings, users will first see a warning message stating that “This might void your warranty” and that changes to the advanced settings can be harmful to the stability, security and performance of Firefox.

Mozilla notes that disabling the JIT compiler is only a temporary security measure and that it will result in decreased JavaScript performance. Once the update is released, users should change the value back to “true”. Alternatively, users running Firefox 3.5 on Windows can run Firefox in Safe Mode, which automatically disables JIT.

Mozilla claims that the patch was already in the works when Firefox 3.5 was released which makes users uncomfortable and are starting grow disgrateful towards the Mozilla foundation.

Even though the security patches were released on the double, we hope that Mozilla checks on their products better before releasing them to the public since there are lots of Firefox users around who use the popular app as their default browser, otherwise a lot of Firefox will quickly turn to other browsers without giving it a second thought

Firefox fans should be excited to know that this Tuesday Mozilla finally release its new version of their high-acclaimed Firefox who is know the most used web browser in the entire world.

Improvements and breakthroughs in the upcoming release of the Firefox web browser.

Firefox is well-known for its advantages in the field of web browsers, but the Mozilla foundation managed to pull off amazing improvements since its last release. This release candidate includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed.

The new version is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in over 70 different languages. New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering, as well as the following enhancements:

• Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
• Better performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
• The ability to provide Location Aware Browsing using web standards for geolocation.
• Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
• Support for new web technologies such as CSS media queries and HTML5 local storage and offline application storage
• Downloadable fonts

While this release is considered to be stable, it is intended for developers and members of our testing community to use for early evaluation and feedback. Users of the latest released version of Firefox should not expect all of their add-ons to work properly with this milestone.

The countdown is finally getting to its end, and in a matter of way we´ll be able to try the new Firefox . The long-awaited update one stage closer to full release. Just be patience and relax, all good things are worth the wait.

While surfing the internet, private date is stored in the web browser and many people may have access to them. In order to avoid this from happening, we must erase our private data, browsing history so that no traces are left on the computer. You will now learn how to clear or delete the history of Mozilla Firefox.

Clearing Mozilla Firefox´s history

One of the main ways to safeguard your security and privacy whilst using a web browser is to know in what way it registers and records information about your past web-browsing sessions. Usually, a browser has options like a browsing history, a chronological record showing, for a certain period of time, the addresses which have been recently visited. If you want to protect your security and privacy, it’s important to know how to clean out this and other registers.

Here we’ll show you how to clean the various registers that the Mozilla Firefox browser uses to keep track of what you do on the web.

Let’s start by cleaning out the Browsing History. In this image you can see that our browser has visited lots of sites. Whilst cleaning this one out, we also have the option to do the same with some other, not so visible, Firefox registers.

The first thing to do is open the “Tools” menu and select the “Clean Private Data…” option. A window will open in which you should select which registers you wish to clean.

Here we will briefly describe each of the options.

Browsing History: This is the chronological record of previous browsing sessions.

Saved Form and Search History: If you’ve filled in any online form or if your searches were registered by the browser, the data will be stored here.

Cache: The browser’s stored cache memory.

Cookies: The cookie files stored on your computer – used to speed up access to previously visited pages, among other things.

Offline Web Site Data: All the data saved in order to browse certain web sites when an internet connection is not available.

Saved Sessions: All the data for authenticated web-site sessions that were saved on your computer.

In our case, we’re going to opt to clear the Browsing History and all of the other registers, too. To do this, we select all of the checkboxes. Lastly, we click the “Clear Private Data Now” button. This is the quickest way to clean out the private data recorded within Firefox. You can check that the task has completed successfully by reopening the History window. Press Ctrl+H and you’ll see that, unlike before, the list is now empty.

If you want to make some permanent adjustments to the way this data is handled, open the “Tools” menu again and select “Options…” In the next window that appears, open the “Privacy” tab.

Here you can change the number of days that the history is kept for, choose whether or not to remember data entered into the browser and what has been downloaded, and opt to clear out any private data each time Mozilla Firefox is closed.

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