That’s right! It is official! The Mozilla Firefox 3 browser has gained new world record for the largest number of software downloads within 24 hours. More than 8 million people downloaded this browser on the same day. [Reuters]
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The new version of Firefox web browser will be available for download on Tuesday, 17th June 2008. The new version of browser features one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance. You can also read the Firefox 3 guide to get more info. [Mozilla Blog]
AT&T has developed a new web browser called Pogo. This Windows compatible web browser is in private beta status. The Pogo requires Windows XP SP2 or later or Windows Vista, and its minimum hardware are a 1.6GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 256MB of video memory. [Ars Technica]
Good news for Mozilla Firefox fans. The latest version of Firefox will be released in June 2008. The Firefox 3 AKA Gran Paradiso is claimed to be much more stable than “anything else out there”. This Internet Explorer competitor features enhanced security level and allows users to run websites when they are not connected to the Internet. The new Firefox 3 also uses less computer memory than Firefox 2. [Reuters]
Good news for the Helio Ocean user community. Boy Genius has reported that the Opera browser for the Helio Ocean has finally been made official. Opera and Helio have responded to massive demand from the Ocean user community. Dubbed as Opera Mini, the browser can be downloaded through Helio’s Web Portal. [BoyGenius]
Mozilla has finally rolled out its updated Firefox girl. The new version features updated security, ease-of-use, and the familiar open-source functionality. It is able to run web-based applications even if you’re not connected to the Internet. The software is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux at Mozilla’s download site in 20 languages.
Gecko 1.9 includes some major re-architecting for performance, stability, correctness, and code simplification and sustainability,” the notes said. Those changes “put foundations in place for major performance tuning which have resulted in speed increases in beta 1, and will show further gains in future beta releases.
