Mozilla Delivers New Version of Firefox – First Web Browser to Support Do Not Track on Multiple Platforms

Mozilla, a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better, today released a new version of Mozilla Firefox for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. The new version of Firefox comes on the heels of the wildly successful release of Firefox 4, which had more than 200 million downloads on Windows, Mac and Linux and millions of downloads in the Android Market.

Mozilla’s shift to a rapid release development cycle delivers cutting edge Firefox features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements to users faster.

The latest version of Firefox includes more than 1,000 improvements and performance enhancements that make it easier to discover and use all of the innovative features in Firefox. This release adds support for more modern Web technologies that make it easier for developers to build amazing Firefox Add-ons, Web applications and websites.

Firefox for Android includes the Do Not Track privacy feature in this release, making Firefox the first browser to support Do Not Track on multiple platforms. Mozilla created Do Not Track to give users more control over the way their browsing behavior is tracked and used on the Web. The feature, which lets users tell websites that they wish to opt-out of online behavioral tracking, is now easier to find in Firefox

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Google releases ‘safer and snazzier’ Chrome 12 browser update

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California, Jun 8: The Web-search giant Google has announced the update for its popular web browser Google Chrome. The new new stable release of Chrome 12 brings new exciting features and security options.

The notable security feature available on Google Chrome 12 is the Safe Browsing option, which screens downloaded files for known malware in addition to warning against potentially malicious or phishing websites.

Google Chrome developers claimed that they have carefully designed Safe Browsing feature so that malicious content can be detected without Chrome or Google ever having to know about the URLs the users visit or the files they download.

Chrome 12 also gives more control over the data that websites store on user's computer. This includes Flash Player’s Local Shared Objects (LSOs), which were previously only manageable using an online settings application on Adobe’s website.

The latest release includes support for hardware-accelerated 3D CSS, which means users will get a snazzier experience in some web pages and web apps that choose to implement 3D effects.


Google Chrome 12 new features include:

• Hardware accelerated 3D CSS
• New Safe Browsing protection against downloading malicious files
• Ability to delete Flash cookies from inside Chrome
• Launch Apps by name from the Omnibox
• Integrated Sync into new settings pages
• Improved screen reader support
• New warning when hitting Command-Q on Mac
• Removal of Google Gears

Google Chrome 12 is available now as a free download for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Users can download the new Google Chrome 12 by clicking here.
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