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Browsers

Google Chrome And Mozilla Firefox Browsers Block The Pirate Bay

Big browsers take another shot at the tormenting website

Browsers

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Web Browsers

What do you know about Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari and others? Test your web browser knowledge!

Workspace

The Essential Download: BlackBerry Hub, Firefox, Rio 2016

Get more productive, active and entertained with our weekly roundup of the best new and updated iOS, Android and Windows apps

Mobile Apps

Mozilla Firefox iOS 5.0 Is Quicker, Uses Less Battery And Has Custom Search Engines

Mozilla updates Firefox for iOS with back end and front end improvements - including a new menu and tab options

Enterprise

Mozilla Awards £260,000 To Tor, Tails And Caddy Open Source Projects

Mozilla kicks off MOSS awards program with funding to accessibility, security and privacy upstarts

Security

Mozilla Splashes £350,000 On SOS Open Source Security Fund

Firefox creator wants to save open source by starting fund to help community prevent security threats

Mobile Apps

Mozilla Adds Synced Tabs And Android Data Saving Options In Firefox 47

Mozilla improves security, data efficiency and usability in Firefox 47, available for desktop and Android

Mobile Apps

Firefox iOS 4.0 Adds Widget Support And Security Features

Firefox for iPhone and iPad lets you access functions quickly from notification centre and override security warnings

Legal

Mozilla Tells FBI To Reveal Firefox Security Vulnerability

FBI allegedly discovered Mozilla Firefox flaw when investigating child porn websites

Security

Pirate Bay Is Blocked By Chrome, Firefox And Safari As ‘Phishing Risk’

Chrome, Safari and Firefox all now classify Pirate Bay as a ‘phishing site’ that could unleash malware onto users

Browsers

Mozilla Firefox 45 Removes Tab Groups, Provides Security Updates

Mozilla provides 21 security advisories for its Firefox 45 browser. New features in the browser include improvements to the Firefox Hello communication tool.

Security

10 Firefox Features That Will Keep Your Private Stuff Private

Nick Nguyen, VP of product, Mozilla, offers a super fast crash course in data security and privacy with Firefox

Browsers

Firefox 44 Arrives With Push Notifications

New browser allows websites to deliver push notifications, even if the site not loaded

Browsers

Mozilla Releases 64-Bit Firefox 43 For Windows

Mozilla improves private browsing with Firefox 43, which gets a Windows 64-bit release too

Mobile Apps

Mozilla Releases iOS Ad Blocker For Safari, But Not Firefox

Mozilla attempts ethical ad blocker with Focus by Firefox, but it only works with Safari for now

mobile OS

Mozilla Stops Development Of Firefox OS Smartphones

Mozilla calls time on Firefox OS, saying it wasn't able to develop the "best user experience possible"

Mobile Apps

Mozilla Firefox For iOS Debuts On App Store

Firefox finally makes its way to iPhone and iPad, offering more choice for iOS users

Browsers

Firefox To Finally Ditch Ancient NPAPI Plug-ins – Except Flash

Remember Netscape? Mozilla says NPAPI web plug-ins are to be removed from the Firefox browser

CyberCrime

Mozilla Blames Bugzilla Hack For Firefox Attack

Bug reporting system compromised by hackers and used to attack on Firefox users, Mozilla admits

Software

Mozilla Strengthens Firefox Privacy

Mozilla has begun testing features aimed at blocking website elements that track user activity

Browsers

Mozilla Lets Users Re-Route Cortana Traffic With Windows 10-Oriented Firefox 40

Firefox 40 will allow users to re-route Windows 10 Cortana traffic away from Bing and to a search engine of their choice, alongside security updates

Security

Could Your Phone’s Battery Be Spying On You?

Researchers reveal that a flaw in HTML5 API can be used to track users across the web

Security

Firefox Blocks Flash By Default To Protect Against Fresh ‘Critical’ Vulnerabilities

Mozilla disables Flash by default in Firefox after Hacking Team documents reveal the 37th and 38th flaws in plug-in this month

Browsers

Mozilla Fixes Flaws With Firefox 39, Previews Firefox 40

Logjam SSL/TLS vulnerability is among the 13 security advisories in latest stable release of the open-source Firefox Web browser

Legal

Firefox 38 Arrives With DRM Support

Lesser of two evils? Mozilla admits DRM is not a desirable market solution, but bundles it anyway

Security

Mozilla Looks To Phase Out Unencrypted Web

In a controversial move, Mozilla has said it will begin restricting new Firefox browser features to encrypted sites

Browsers

Firefox 37 Debuts With Opportunistic Encryption, Security Fixes

In addition to security patches, Mozilla's latest open-source browser release includes a new feedback feature to help users share their views on Firefox