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Firefox surfers safest on web

Web-User

Surfers using the Firefox browser are the safest on the net, according to a new study.  more»»


Browser Security: IE vs. Safari vs. Firefox

IT Management

When browsing the net, I’m safest when I’m using Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0 browser—at least after I’ve tweaked it just a bit. Yup, I have absolutely no doubt about it. I’ve looked at others, and I’m sticking with Firefox.  more»»


Foxmarks Gets Selective Bookmark Syncing [Featured Firefox Extension]

Lifehacker

Firefox only: Our favorite bookmark syncing Firefox extension, Foxmarks, can now sync select sets of bookmarks to certain computers you set up, like at home or at the office. To get started with...  more»»


Panic Hides Your Inappropriate Browsing [Featured Firefox Extension]

Lifehacker

Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Panic provides a simple keyboard shortcut to instantly close all of your current tabs while opening a new, more appropriate one. So let's say...  more»»


about:crashes Shows You Every Submitted Firefox Crash [Firefox Tip]

Lifehacker

From the files of the Maybe New To You Dept.: While Firefox 3 should be a bit less crash-prone than its predecessor, it isn't bulletproof. Type about:crashes into Firefox's address bar, and you can...  more»»


Firefox users shown to be safer

Computer Active

A new study has shown that Firefox users are the most likely to have fully patched browsers and thus be safer online. The 18-month study was conducted by researchers at the Swiss Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, along with IBM and Google.  more»»


Firefox users shown to be safer

VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

A new study has shown Firefox users are the most likely to have fully patched browsers and thus be safer online.  more»»


Firefox users shown to be safer

vnunet.com

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 23:45:00 Internet Explorer users the worst of the bunch A new study has shown that Firefox users are the most likely to have fully patched browsers and thus be safer online....  more»»


Add-on brings inline PDFs to Firefox 3

MacNN

Google Code project owner 'Colesbury', has released Firefox Mac PDF Plugin. Unlike other browsers such as Safari, Firefox by default does not allow for inline viewing of PDF files (that is, the viewing of .PDFs without need of third-party applications). Based on the PDFKit in Cocoa, the open-source Mac-PDF plugin allows users to view full .PDF docu...  more»»


Better Amazon Firefox Extension Upgrades Amazon.com [Lifehacker Code]

Lifehacker

Firefox only: Save time shopping at Amazon.com with the new Better Amazon Firefox extension, which adds helpful tweaks and features to Amazon's pages. Better Amazon highlights which products the big...  more»»