Firefox 3.6 Released,Download now

Mozilla has released final version of its web browser Firefox 3.6.6. This new version fixes several stability and security issues.
You can use "Help -> Check for Updates" option to update your browser or it'll automatically notify you about the update very soon.
Firefox 3.6 Release Notes:
Firefox 3.6.6 modifies the crash protection feature to increase the amount of time that plugins are allowed to be non-responsive before being terminated.
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Mozilla Explains Why Firefox 4 Has Tabs on Top [VIDEO]

Firefox4 coming soon, and it’ll carry with it a lot of design and UI changes. One of the biggest ones is that the default setting will be to place tabs on top, a design Google Chrome popularized.

For years, there’s been heated debate in the Firefox  community over whether the tabs should be on top or below the address bar. To explain Mozilla’s decision, Alex Faaborg of the User Experience Design team recorded this seven minute video explaining the four key reasons Firefox 4 defaults to tabs on top. Watch the video to learn about them all.

If you hate the tabs on top look though, don’t worry: Faaborg makes it very clear that tabs on top is just the default setting, and that users will have full control over where their tabs are located.

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Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 platform preview 3 today

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 platform preview 3 today, marking the third and possibly final release prior to the beta phase.

Microsoft originally unveiled Internet Explorer 9 at PDC 2009. IE 9 will take advantage of the power of the GPU for all page rendering and developers can exploit this using CSS, DHTML and javascript. A new JS engine (codenamed Chakra) will also be built into Internet Explorer 9 with greater interoperability and standards support all round. Features such as rounded corner CSS support will be built in.Microsoft is also planning broader support for HTML5 in Internet Explorer 9 through its new script engine. Microsoft recently performed W3C Web Standards tests on IE9, including HTML5, SVG 1.1 2nd edition, CSS3 media queries, CSS3 borders & backgrounds, CSS3 selectors, DOM level 3 core, DOM level 3 events and DOM level 2 style. Microsoft, with the help of W3C, performed a total of 192 tests on a variety of browsers. Internet Explorer 9 scored 100% in all eight tests, while every other browser, except Firefox in DOM level 2 style tests, didn't score perfect in any of the test categories.

Microsoft originally began scouting for Internet Explorer 9 beta testers in March. In an email to testers, Justin Saint Clair - Program Manager of Internet Explorer invited testers to join a "select group of IE9 Tech Feedback participants." Neowin understands that Microsoft will introduce a beta of Internet Explorer 9 in August. Today's Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 3 is available at Microsoft's IE Test Drive site.

Mozilla has released final version of firefox 3.6.4

Mozilla has released final version of  its web browser Firefox 3.6.4. This new version fixes several stability and security issues.

You can use "Help -> Check for Updates" option to update your browser or it'll automatically notify you about the update very soon.

Firefox 3.6.4 provides new out-of-process plugins functionality or uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.

If a plugin crashes or freezes, it will not affect the rest of Firefox. You will be able to reload the page to restart the plugin and try again.

Firefox 3.6.4 also fixes the following issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6:

• Fixed several security issues.
• Fixed several stability issues.

You can download it using following direct download links:

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 (Windows)

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 (Mac OSX)

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 (Linux)

Opera team has released Beta version of Opera 10.60.

Good news for Opera users. Opera team has released Beta version of Opera 10.60.

The focus on this version has been performance and core updates. They have also added some nice web technologies like WebM, Geolocation, Web Workers, Offline Web Applications, Cross-Document Messaging update etc.

Some Changes in User Interface:

• Added "Menu" to the Opera button
• Icons are replacing thumbnails for some internal tab types
• Speed dials (and tab-previews on hover) changed from 4:3 to 16:9 (wide screen format)
• Disabled task bar thumbnails by default with an option to enable them in Preferences

You can download it using following link:

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Opera 10.60 Alpha released

It has been very little time since the release of Opera 10.50, which blew past all the previous versions of Opera in performance, and gave other browsers some serious competition. Now Opera is already on track for Opera 10.60 with a release of its first Alpha.

For those Opera fans using Linux, there is both good news and bad. Bad news, Opera 10.50 will not be getting a stable release for Linux. Opera 10.50 for Linux was supposed to come with improved support for KDE and Gnome, and with it getting skipped, this means Linux users will have to wait much longer before a stable release. The good news is that with Opera 10.60 the Linux, Mac OS and Windows builds will come to sync, and Opera Software claims that they will strive to ensure that they remain in sync. Opera 10.60 will bring all the features that were supposed to come with Opera 10.50 for Linux.

Opera 10.60 continues improving the browsers performance with a claimed 75% improvement in performance over Opera 10.50! If these claims are true, this would make Opera 10.60 the fastest browser yet.

Opera 10.60 also continues to improve the Opera UI. With Opera 10.50 came support for Windows Aero Glass, and the reduction of UI chrome by removing the menu. The menu was instead moved to an Opera button on the top-left of the window. In 10.60 Opera now has a better, more clearly labelled menu button. mouse-over tab previews are also much smoother and better.

In Opera 10.60, tabs opened for Opera features such as the download manager, history manager, bookmarks etc showed tab previews like any other tab. Now they will show icons for the respective functions instead, making the interface much clearer.

Google asking employees to use Mac or Linux, instead of Windows

Google is reportedly phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s Windows operating system because of security concerns. New hires at Google are now being given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system.
The directive to move to other operating systems began in January 2010, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked. According to a Google employee, the move to phase out Windows is also an effort to run the company on Google’s own products, including its forthcoming Chrome OS.
Windows is known for being more vulnerable to attacks by hackers and more susceptible to computer viruses than other operating systems. The greater number of attacks on Windows has much to do with its prevalence, which has made it a bigger target for attackers, reports Financial Times.