Firefox

Firefox to feature sponsored content as of next week

Mozilla thinks you won’t mind analytical action on the client

Software01 May 2018 | 108

Get the FTP outta here, says Firefox

Apparently someone still uses src to suck content into web pages from FTP servers

Software11 Apr 2018 | 35

Fed up with Facebook data slurping? Firefox has a cunning plan

The Facebook Container add-on quarantines the social network to limit data harvesting

Personal Tech28 Mar 2018 | 57

More ad-versarial tech: Mozilla to pop limited ad blocker into Firefox

Deteriorating web prompts browser maker to take a stand

Software24 Mar 2018 | 65

Mozilla's opt-out Firefox DNS privacy test sparks, er, privacy outcry

Nightly build fans' hostname lookups piped to Cloudflare in limited security feature trial

Software20 Mar 2018 | 57

Mozilla wants to seduce BOFHs with button-down Firefox

Control. Control. Control

Security13 Mar 2018 | 25

Mozilla sends more snooping Web APIs to smartphone Siberia

Light and proximity sensors blocked for Firefox 62

Software13 Mar 2018 | 29

Unsanitary Firefox gets fix for critical HTML-handling hijack flaw

Versions 56 through 58 need patching, pronto

Security30 Jan 2018 | 12

Firefox to emit ‘occasional sponsored story’ in ads test

Privacy preserved, promise, because Mozilla wants to reinvent web ads

Software29 Jan 2018 | 103

It's 2018 and… wow, you're still using Firefox? All right then, patch these horrid bugs

OG open-source darling gets security check-up

Security24 Jan 2018 | 78

Mozilla edict: 'Web-accessible' features need 'secure contexts'

If an API or feature needs the 'net, it needs HTTPS under Mozilla's new plan

Security18 Jan 2018 | 23

Mozilla offers sysadmins a Policy Engine for roll-your-own Firefox installs

And warms to a kind of speculative execution for Tabs, too. Really.

Software15 Jan 2018 | 20

Firefox 57's been quietly delaying tracking scripts

Trying to stop snoops stalling page loads

Software21 Dec 2017 | 85

Mozilla and Yahoo! trade sueballs over Firefox-Google search deal

'Your search is trash and you stopped paying ' vs. 'we had a deal you can't walk away from'

Software06 Dec 2017 | 15

Firefox to warn users who visit p0wned sites

Do you really want to go there? And does Mozilla, which hasn't figured out how to do this and preserve security, privacy

Security24 Nov 2017 | 38

The Quantum of Firefox: Why is this one unlike any other Firefox?

Interview 57: Mozilla's big bid for relevance

Software15 Nov 2017 | 206

Firefox 57: Good news? It's nippy. Bad news? It'll also trash your add-ons

Open Source Insider Unless you're lucky and there's already a WebExtensions equivalent

Software10 Nov 2017 | 284

Firefox bookmark saving add-on gives users that sync-ing feeling

XMarks the ... where are my bookmarks?

Software06 Nov 2017 | 42

Tor blimey, guv'nor: Firefox to try on privacy tool's Canvas gloves to leave fewer fingerprints

Browser maker turns to anonymizing network for anti-identification technique

Security30 Oct 2017 | 10

Gotta have standards? Security boffins not API about bloated browsers

+Comment W3C, are you listening?

Security24 Oct 2017 | 26

German Firefox users to test recommendation engine 'a bit like thought-reading'

POLL Data capture tool that analyses 'surfing activity' will land in ~1% of browsers

Software09 Oct 2017 | 80

Another W3C API exposing users to browser snitching

Web Payments API bugs, or perhaps features, can be abused: Lukasz Olejnik

Security06 Oct 2017 | 10

Mozilla extends, and ends, Firefox support for Windows XP and Vista

Even Extended Support Releases will be naked and alone as of June 2018

Software05 Oct 2017 | 38

Mozilla whips out Rusty new Firefox Quantum (and that's a good thing)

Landmark build promises to be faster, slimmer, better at multi-threading

Software26 Sep 2017 | 32

You are the one per cent if you read Firefox's privacy spiels

So Mozilla's going to give them their very own Tab, perhaps ahead of opt-out slurping

Software07 Sep 2017 | 22

Russian malware scum post new rent-an-exploit

Unpatched browser, plug-in bugs targeted by and with 'Disdain' kit

Security16 Aug 2017 | 5

Old Firefox add-ons get 'dead man walking' call

After version 57, plugins go to browser heaven

Software14 Aug 2017 | 107

Meet VRfox: Mozilla's latest attempt at regaining browser share

v55 first desktop browser to support WebVR standard

Software08 Aug 2017 | 9

Browser trust test: Would you let Chrome block ads? Or Firefox share and encrypt files?

Mozilla spins share 'n' synch as Google spins its own virtues

Software02 Aug 2017 | 55

Adobe will kill Flash by 2020: No more updates, support, tears, pain...

Buggy multimedia nightmare won't see President Zuckerberg's inauguration

Security25 Jul 2017 | 103

Firefox doesn't need to be No 1 – and that's OK, 'cos it's falling off a cliff

Open Source Insider Mozilla runs counter to Valley narrative

Networks25 Jul 2017 | 229

Cisco plugs command-injection hole in WebEx Chrome, Firefox plugins

Make sure you've updated if you're using Windows

Security17 Jul 2017 | 1

Firefox 54 delivers sandboxes Mozilla's wanted since 2009

Project Electrolysis means Firefox spawns four processes and shares them between tabs

Software14 Jun 2017 | 63

Russian hackers and Britney Spears in one story. Are you OK, Reg?

We're fine. You might not be as Turla espionage-ware uses Britney's Instagram for evil

Security08 Jun 2017 | 10

Azure Portal rejects Firefox after certificate revocation SNAFU

C*ck-up not conspiracy – Redmond says 'OCSP stapling' has come undone

SaaS29 May 2017 | 19

Hi! I’m Foxy! It looks like you want to run Flash. Do you need help?

Firefox 55 to get all up in your face if a web page needs Adobe's hell-spawn

Software22 May 2017 | 47

Phishing scum going legit to beat browser warnings

Now that Chrome and Firefox call out HTTP, phisherpholk are getting certified

Security19 May 2017 | 27

Mozilla to Thunderbird: You can stay here and we may give you cash, but as a couple, it's over

Beleaguered email client team gets its 'Dear John' letter

Software11 May 2017 | 135

Flatpak and Snaps aren't destined for graveyard of failed Linux tech yet

Independence from distros

Software28 Apr 2017 | 28

Don't stop me! Why Microsoft's inevitable browser irrelevance isn't

Your best excuse for using Firefox or Chrome is just that

Software26 Apr 2017 | 90

Why Firefox? Because not everybody is a web designer, silly

Open Source Insider Do we really want Chrome hegemony?

Software19 Apr 2017 | 156

Mozilla abandons experimental Aurora Firefox channel

New builds from Nightly to Beta

Software18 Apr 2017 | 16

Firefox Quantum: BIG browser project, huh? I share your concern

Open source insider What Mozilla's browser rewrite means to... Mozilla

Software28 Mar 2017 | 83

Linux-using mates gone AWOL? Netflix just added Linux support

Brace yourselves, netadmins, streamer's promising more and chunkier vids everywhere

OSes22 Mar 2017 | 47

What should password managers not do? Leak your passwords? What a great idea, LastPass

Updated Critical bugs found in Chrome, Firefox add-ons

Security21 Mar 2017 | 87

Firefox 52 kills plugins – except Flash – and runs up a red flag for HTTP

New browser also crumbs cookies and finds new ways to speed web apps

Software08 Mar 2017 | 88

Firefox certificate cache leaks user information

Mozilla devs debate whether this is a bug or a feature

Security23 Feb 2017 | 5

Two words, Mozilla: SPEED! NOW! Quit fiddling and get serious

Opinion Unleash operation Thrash Chrome

Software15 Feb 2017 | 177

Mozilla axes IoT project, cuts staff, backs off from commercial stuff

Despite the layoffs, Mozilla insists it will be increasing its headcount

Edge + IoT02 Feb 2017 | 8

Google's Chrome is about to get rather in-your-face about HTTPS

Usenix Enigma 2017 More warnings for users, downgrading insecure APIs

Security31 Jan 2017 | 46

Firefox bares teeth, attacks sites that collect personal data

If it wants a password and doesn't use HTTPS, Mozilla will breathe fire

Security25 Jan 2017 | 19

Firefox to give all extensions their own process in January

Multi-process plan, for the sake of security and stability, is moving fast

Software22 Dec 2016 | 37

Mozilla launches 'privacy edition' Firefox... that phones home

You had one job, Mozilla. One job

Software17 Nov 2016 | 25

Firefox hits version 50

World's number two browser now boasts retro-emoji, better media handling and more

Software16 Nov 2016 | 76

Put Firefox DE and Chromium in blender. Devs... Is it pure Blisk?

Open Source Insider Depends who you're asking

Devops01 Nov 2016 | 6

130 serious Firefox holes plugged this year

Bug bounty still bearing bugs.

Security30 Oct 2016 | 2