Mozilla, the open-source organization responsible for Firefox, joined other major technology companies today to protest anti-piracy legislation by blackening the browser's home page.

From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, Firefox's default home page — essentially a search field for Google — will change from its usual white background with the Firefox logo to a blacked-out version displaying a modified graphic emblazoned with "Stop Censorship."

Meanwhile, the English language versions of Mozilla's sites — mozilla.com and mozilla.org — will redirect visitors to an "action page" asking for their support in stopping what it called "Internet blacklist legislation."

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If you’re not satisfied with the performance of your Firefox installation then a good first step is to make sure you’re fully up-to-date; Firefox 9, released just before Christmas, introduced some worthwhile improvements aimed at optimizing speed and cutting resource use.

If that’s not enough, though, you could always check out Pale Moon 9.0.1, released today. It’s a custom version of Firefox that has been further optimized for performance, and our initial benchmarks show some interesting results.

When we tested both browsers at Dromaeo, for instance, Pale Moon 9.0.1 took a major lead in the important DOM tests, with a 37 percent advantage on DOM Attributes, and a 33 percent lead on the DOM Queries benchmark. It also scored well on the math and logic tests. And while the story elsewhere was more mixed, Dromaeo still gave Pale Moon 9.0.1 an overall performance lead of 9 percent over Firefox (that’s up from a 5.8 percent advantage when we tested version 8.0).

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Version 8.0 is the latest in a rapid series of releases from Mozilla that has seen development accelerated to rival the likes of Google Chrome.

Whereas version 7, release six weeks ago, concentrated on behind-the-scenes improvements, version 8 does feature some noticeable changes, including an Add-ons Compatibility Assistant plus an option for speeding up startup.

The new Add-Ons Compatibility Assistant only appears whenever the browser has been updated. It lists all add-ons, making it clear which ones have been disabled for compatibility reasons and inviting the user to review all third-party add-ons, giving them the opportunity to disable any before the browser starts.

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According to the browser usage share data released by Net Applications, Google Chrome continues to grab Internet Explorer market share in October. Google Chrome gained share for the 12th consecutive month. Since November 2010, IE share fell 7.72 points, while Chrome gained 8.05.

Looking more recently, Chrome gained 1.42 points, while Internet Explorer lost 1.76 points September to October. Firefox actually edged up 0.03 points, ending four months of consecutive losses. Apple's Safari eeked up 0.41 points. Usage share for each in October:

* Internet Explorer: 52.63 percent
* Firefox: 22.51 percent
* Chrome: 17.62 percent
* Safari: 5.43 percent
* Opera: 1.56 percen
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Mozilla has recently launched Firefox 8 Beta 5, the latest version of Firefox beta is now currently available for testing on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. The latest version adds following features: Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default; Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons; Added Twitter to the search bar; Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored; Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs; Improved performance and memory handling when using and elements; Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL; Added support for HTML5 context menus; Added support for insertAdjacentHTML; Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages; Improved WebSocket support and Fixed several stability issues.

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1. Download Mozilla Firefox 9.0 Alpha 2 Aurora / 10.0 Alpha 1 Nightly

Mozilla Firefox is almost the most popular Internet Browser among the internet users. Mozilla is working really hard so that it’s scheduled that there will be a new release every 6 weeks, and it may change it to 5 weeks or less. The last release date for the builds was 13 Oct 2011. Firefox 9.0a2 Aurora / 8.0b3 Beta / 7.0.1 Final were released some time ago. More about it Here:

2. 3 Apple’s SIRI alternative for Android mobile phones

Its been a couple of weeks since the launch of Apple iPhone 4S. It is very much the same like iPhone 4 but the one feature which is catching everyone’s attention is the iPhone’s Virtual personal assistant SIRI which can talk with you in real time and handles the queries really well. But many of us either don’t want to buy an iPhone 4S just for SIRI or it is not available to many of us. More about it Here:

3. Winzip – Review

The software which comes in your mind when you think of file compression is Winzip, but how many of you have actually checked the complete feature list of Winzip which is not only comprehensive but also its very simple to use. Let’s talk of its basic feature which is it specializes in ZIP archives and it also extracts other file types which are compressed which includes Zip,TAR, RAR, ISO and others. More about it Here:

4. Firefox 9.0 Alpha 2 / 10.0 Alpha 1 with new features

Firefox 9.0 Alpha 2/10.0 Alpha 1 released come with the bundle of new feature to server better to users. New version comes up with the friendly and customizable browsing feature for all. As Firefox is much familiar name in the browsing world, and I think many of you guys love to use it because it’s fast and give a very good browsing experience.More about it Here:

According to latest statistics released by Net Market Share, the market research company,showed Microsoft IE browser increased its global market share slightly in July, grow up to 60.74 percent, ranked first. Let's find other browsers' situation. Firefox ranked second in market share of 22.91 percent, almost three times of Google Chrome. Market share Chrome browser is 7.16 percent. Apple's Safari browser is 5.09 percent. And the market share Opera browser is only 2.45 percent at the bottom of the rankings in the investigation.

Since September 2009, IE browser users have a small amount lost to Chrome, and Safari. The market share of IE is 65 percent in September last year. Since then, Chrome browser market share had a doubled growth, from 3 percent to 7 percent. Safari browser market share increased from 4.24 percent to 5.09 percent.

The statistics in July show that IE has changed the declined situation in the last 9 months. The market share of IE browser has grown from to 59.75 percent in May to 60.74 percent in July. Firefox and Chrome browser market share has lost a small amount.

The following article about A Good Theme For Firefox Mac Version, Make Firefox Looks Like Safari is from Recipester.

Firefox may be the 2nd web browser on Mac. But even the Mac Version Firefox looks like a windows software, for example: the "close tab" button is on the right, but all the other softwares "cross" button are on the left! I am sure many Mac users like me have the unlucky time clicking the left of a tab in habit with nothing closed. Now let me introduce you a firefox theme called "GrApple Delicious", which can make your firefox "tasts" like Safari and - most important - place the cross button on the left of every tab.

See the firefox with GrApple Delicious theme? It looks like Safari and gives firefox an "apple tast".You can download the GrApple Delicious theme here.

Good news for Firefox fans! We today recommend you two new ways for your Aero Glass Firefox. Let's right now see respective effects and functions.

The first one is called All-Glass Firefox, which the specific visual effects quite match its name. There is really an all-scale Aero Glass place. All-Glass Firefox is a nice add-on made by Ambroos and is especially for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users. Almost every piece of the Firefox interface is getting Aero transparency effects. After the installation, restart the Firefox, you will see a shiny new transparency effects jumping into your sight. If you are running the latest beta of Firefox, you will experience even an additional fancy text effects. See what I've tried.

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As it is demonstrated from Net Applications data, the general market share of Apple has been improving to a certain extent due to specific mobile equipment like iPhone until the end of April. In comparison, relevant market share of Windows and IE from Microsoft is getting down constantly.

Even the Safari share is down to 8.21% from 8.23%, but this result really resulted in an increase compared to 8.02% on February. While the share of Firefox and Chrome from Google is both improving a little. Even IE8 launched from Microsoft, however, the whole IE market share is keeping decreasing.

According to the data analysis, the market share of IE browser in April is 66.10%, and 66.82% on March. Firefox is now constantly pressing Microsoft, with present 22.48% increased by 22.05% on last month.

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