Firefox knows where your computer is located

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers.

The system will allow users, for instance, to find local restaurants when they travel to a new town.

The Geode project is an experimental add-on ahead of a full blown launch of geolocation technology in version 3.1 of Firefox. Users will have control over how much location information they give. It uses technology from a firm called Skyhook which works out a computer's location from nearby wireless networks.

Its so-called Loki system can determine location within seconds with an accuracy of about 10 to 20 metres.

Firefox 3.0 is out!

If you haven't yet downloaded the official 3.0 release, then do it today as Firefox is willing to Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours.

So enjoy increased security, blinding speed and cool new features that will change the way you use the Web.

Please visit Official Download Day Page.

Note: Only downloads from Mozilla's official site count towards the record.

Firefox RC1 to the public

Mozilla's Firefox release candidate (RC) 1 has been released for public testing. This newer version is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform and offers few more features that would make Firefox more secured, friendly and personal.


You can download it from here for testing purposes so that it can collect feedback from different web developers and the Firefox testing community.

Please check out the link for detailed review.

Source: ChannelWeb

Firefox 3 ready for prime time

The latest beta vesion of Mozilla's Firefox web browser can easily be downloaded and installed.S Some improvements are made in security and memory domains.

"In many ways it (Firefox 3) is much more stable than anything else out there," Mozilla Corp Vice President of Engineering Mike Schroepfer said in an interview.

Fifth round of changes includes the tuning of visual look and feel of the browser and its stability.

Source: Neowin

FireFox 3 Beta 3 is released

In this growing era of open source. FireFox is supposed to be one of the best applications. Its popularity and user share continues quite slowly, but I believe it will demolish all the onopolized browsers of the present.

This new Beta 3 released has brought some new features like Micro Formats that will help in breaking the thick line between an online application and an offline one. Most of the changes were made to the functionality instead of overall interface of the program.

Some of the features are easier to use and one of them is the improved Bookmarks management. It has made bookmarking easier than ever. Download manager is the another thing that has seen improved which can resume downloads with more reliability. Password manager is another better option, one can save his/her password without being troubled by the popup (as it was in FireFox 2). Whenever you try to close the browser with many tabs open, you will be asked whether to save the tabs or not for next opening of the browser (personally like it).

FireFox has some bug-issues as it is in Beta stage but I haven't noticed any of them yet. I recommend you to downlaod and try this version from Mozilla's site.