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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cite it for "most software downloaded in 24 hours." You can get Firefox 3 from the official "Download Day" site here. However, for the past few hours, Firefox's servers have been down, as a result of a crash caused by the enormous demand for the browser update. The Mozilla folks say service will be restored shortly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firefox Goes for a Record | 6/17/2008 | See Source »

...Launch Day today coincides with the general availability of the latest version of the popular browser, which runs on virtually any computer. An open-source project organized by Mozilla (the descendants of the Netscape browser), Firefox is the world's second-most popular browser; Microsoft's Internet Explorer occupies the top slot. Of course, that's hardly a fair comparison, since virtually all Windows PCs ship with IE, giving it a 72% share of the browser market. Firefox, which is typically downloaded rather than factory installed, has a 17% market share, followed by Apple's Safari...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firefox Goes for a Record | 6/17/2008 | See Source »

...have heard that the makers of the two leading web browsers launched their latest totally free editions, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 2, within a week of each other. Feature-wise, most news reports have already declared a winner: the long-awaited IE7 may be a vast improvement over its predecessors, but the new Firefox leaves it in the dust. While that's mainly true, here's what you need to know about each one, and why you should have them both on your Windows PC. (Firefox 2 is available for Mac users, although Internet Explorer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Two Browsers are Better than One | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...more crucial, and tend to be of great help to the less savvy web surfers. Phishing is the malicious art of capturing people's personal information by making them think they're at one website-a bank or favorite shopping site-when they're really at another. Microsoft and Mozilla have created constantly updated databases of known or suspected phishing sites. Both browsers employ those databases to block a user from surfing into danger. The feature is invisible if you are in safe waters, but when you land on a phishing website, the browser will alert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Two Browsers are Better than One | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

...mail, blog entry or online comment form, it puts a little red line under dubious spellings. Right-click the word to see correctly spelled suggestions. Ironically, it just like using Microsoft Word. It worked in Hotmail, although it didn't work in AIM's web mail program. Mozilla says its up to webmasters to enable or disable the feature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Two Browsers are Better than One | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

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