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YouTube Playback Sucks On Non-Chrome Browsers
Is Google Stifling Competition? According to Chris Peterson, Technical Program Manager at Mozilla, Chrome has an unfair performance advantage over other browsers when it comes to YouTube performance. Both the video sharing platform and Chrome web browser of course, being owned by the same parent company Google. Peterson claims that…
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Firefox 61 Tries To Be Faster By Guessing What You Want To Do
Firefox 61 Launches With Smart Features Attempting To Improve Speed I think it’s reasonably fair to say that most of us, at one point or another might have tried Firefox as an alternative web-browser. I think it’s also reasonably safe to say that the majority of us no longer are.…
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Sponsored Content Coming to Mozilla Firefox Starting Version 60
‘Privacy-Conscious’ Approach to Sponsored Content? As the old saying goes, “all good things must come to an end.” For faithful users of Mozilla‘s Firefox browser, that might be happening as early as May 9. That is when they will release Firefox version 60, which will begin showing ‘Sponsored Content’ within the…
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Mozilla Launches Facebook Container Add-on for Firefox
Mozilla Steps Up to Protect User Security In the wake of the Facebook data mining scandal, Mozilla has released an optional add-on for their Firefox browser. It is called simply “Facebook Container” and it works by isolating your identity into a separate container that makes it harder for Facebook to…
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Firefox Quantum 58 Launched With Tracking Protection
In case you do not have auto-update turned on, updating to the latest Firefox Quantum version 58 is a good idea. This update introduces a new tracking protection feature. Plus, it speeds up browsing even further by improving web graphics rendering. Tracking Protection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDZXaegVuUE The new tracking protection feature helps…
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Mozilla Fans Unhappy With Mr. Robot Firefox Add-on Stunt
Mozilla Firefox is getting lambasted online for a stunt they recently pulled to promote TV series Mr. Robot. Users of the popular web browser noticed a new add-on called “Looking Glass” which was installed automatically. A description of the add-on simply says “MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS,” which…
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Graphics – AMD Beats NVIDIA in Firefox Hardware Survey
Though Steam regularly shows NVIDIA as the most popular graphical hardware provider, usurping AMD, a new Firefox hardware survey shows the exact opposite. While Steam’s Hardware Report – by its nature – presents stats specific to gamers, Firefox’s equivalent potentially offers a more “real-world” hardware view, using data divined from…
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Mozilla Officially Launches ‘Really Fast’ Firefox Quantum Browser
Until 2011, Firefox held second-place in the global internet browser market share behind Internet Explorer. At the end of 2011, though, Google Chrome’s dominance exploded, overtaking both browsers with ease. Right now, Chrome boasts a 54.57% market share, while Firefox is languishing at 6.08%. In an attempt to win back…
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Firefox Will No Longer Support Windows XP and Vista next Year
Firefox will no longer support older operating systems. When it comes to browsers, we all have our favorites. While most users prefer to use Chrome, Mozilla Firefox is a pretty good alternative, as it ensures a good balance of modern features and speed. Released originally in 2002, Firefox has been…
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Mozilla Boasts of 2x Speed Increase from Firefox Quantum
With most browser updates, a simple number suffices. In most cases, the features and additions made aren’t all that noteworthy. In case of Firefox 57, Mozilla thinks it special enough to deserve a name. Firefox Quantum may be the final goal of a very long journey. The new reworked Firefox…
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Microsoft Bing Makes a Huge Cock Up!
What is wrong with this picture? Aside from being an excellent album by Andrew Gold, it’s also a genuine question. What is wrong with this picture? Well, until yesterday this was the new front page image for the Bing search engine and there’s a naughty little mistake. Unlike one of…
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Firefox 55 Massively Boosts Performance in Multi-tab Browsing
When Firefox launched in 2002, people loved it. Back in the days where dial-up was as common as broadband, the light weight and easy to use browser gained a lot of fans. Sadly in recent years, the product has been lagging behind its competitors, however, things might be about to…
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 54 With MultiProcess
Last year, Mozilla finally made Firefox a full modern browser. With Firefox 48, the browser could have multiple processes at the same time in one browser. Firefox 48 however, limited the processes it spawned to two. It had one each for the UI and content which was a step in the…
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Netflix Launches Official Linux Support Through Firefox
Netflix has announced that its video streaming service is now officially available on Linux-based systems using the Firefox internet browser. Of course, Netflix has been unofficially available on Linux through a third-party Chrome extension for some time. The official support, though, does not require any additional plugins as it delivers…
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Firefox 52 Release Marks End for Windows XP and NPAPI
After over a decade, the relationship between Windows XP and Firefox is finally coming to an end. With the roll-out of Firefox 52, Mozilla is releasing the final version of their still popular browser to support Windows XP. Another operating system getting cut as is well is decade old Windows…
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