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• Firefox Update Fixes Three Critical Flaws Version 3.5.6 of the open-source browser shores up security and stability issues.
• Admit It: You're a Secret IE Abuser Many of you claim to have sworn off Internet Explorer, yet statistics tell a different story.
• Microsoft Settlement with EU Unlikely to Shift Browser Battle Microsoft and the EU have reached an agreement to end antitrust litigation in exchange for providing users a choice of browsers.
• Mozilla Patches 10 Security Bugs With Firefox 3.5.6 Mozilla patched 10 bugs in Firefox, half of them critical, in the browser's rendering and JavaScript engines, media and video libraries, and other components.
• Firefox Addon PrivacyChoice Opt-Out Keeps Ad Networks Away From Your Web Habits PrivacyChoice Opt-Out protects your privacy by opting out of privacy-invading ad networks.
• Use Greasemonkey Scripts In IE, Chrome, and Safari The Greasemonkey add-on lets you customize Websites and browse the way you want to--if you're on Firefox. Here's how to get under the hood with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Safari.
• Mozilla Endorses Bing Over Google Privacy Issues A Mozilla executive suggested Firefox users move to Bing for search functions, citing concerns over Google's stance on privacy.
• Clipta Toolbar Lets You Keep Your Favorite Web Videos On Your Hard Drive Save online videos to your hard drive with a Firefox toolbar.
• Chrome Extensions for Mac Coming Soon The hundreds of extensions currently available for Windows and Linux users may soon be available for Mac-based users of Google's browser.
• Learn Your Own Browsing Habits With About:Me View Firefox history data and analyze browsing habits with about:me.
• Guard Your Online Privacy With the TrackerWatcher Firefox Addon See what information sites gather about you--and how they use it--with TrackerWatcher.
• Make Google's Search-Options Sidebar Appear Every Time Good news, Firefox users: A simple Greasemonkey script makes that handy sidebar an omnipresent part of Google search.
• Mozilla Adds Extra Firefox 3.6 Beta Mozilla last week slipped in a fourth beta of its upcoming Firefox 3.6 browser, but said that it is still shooting to ship the final code by the end of the year.
• Save and Migrate Almost Any Browser Settings With FavBackup FavBackup lets you back up and migrate browser data with only a few clicks.
• Bugs & Fixes: Firefox Squashes a Buggy Microsoft Plug-In Plus: A massive Microsoft patch batch, and fixes for Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
• Will Chrome Breed Copycats? Internet Explorer OS, Anyone? Chrome OS is a dangerous product for Microsoft, to which the company needs to respond. Internet Explorer OS, anyone? Aand how about a Firefox OS and even Opera OS? This is a game every browser can play.
• Firefox 3.6 Locks out Rogue Add-ons Mozilla is adding a new lockdown feature to Firefox 3.6 that will prevent developers from sneaking add-ons into the program, the company said.
• Firefox Claims a Quarter of Browsers Used Mozilla announced it has achieved a goal, luring one in four Internet users to its browser, despite Microsoft's dominance.
• Automatically Copy Selected Text with AutoCopy Best Firefox add-on ever? Maybe not, but it's definitely in the top 10. Copying text has never been easier.
• Firefox Addon DéjàClick Shortens Lengthy Browser Tasks Automate common Firefox activities, such as logging into Web-based e-mail, with DéjàClick.
• Firefox Faces Its Future as It Turns Five As the Mozilla foundation celebrates five years of Firefox this week, bloggers bake a cake and light the candles.
• Can Firefox Last Five More Years? Forecast: Cloudy The biggest danger to Firefox, as it enters its second half-decade, is the changing role of browsers, from surfing the Internet to running applications.
• Firefox Turns 5, Will it See 10? The Mozilla Firefox web browser celebrates its 5th birthday this week. Does it have any other tricks up its sleeve to remain relevant for another 5 years?
• Firefox: Five Years In The Open Source Hen House Wasn't open source supposed to be the next big thing? Firefox was, but the open source fizzled.
• Mozilla Plans Major Firefox Interface Overhaul Mozilla plans to overhaul the look and feel of Firefox for Windows, a redesign that will resemble Google's Chrome in several key elements.