GNU/Linux has never been short of audio and video players, but they live in a world of multiple codecs, chief culprit amongst them being MP3, AAC, WMA and (Adobe) Flash. I say "culprits" because they are not free and open codecs. They are encumbered by patents; most websites with embedded audio/video use them and most of the people who view them are also using other patented software: Windows.
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Fake Firefox Update Pages Push Adware
Purveyors of spyware and adware will try to take advantage of well known programs, illegitimately bundling their software into the install of the popular software... The latest example is found on the fake Firefox download site below.
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Alternative Browsers: Beyond Chrome and Firefox
Looking for a new flavor of Web browser? If the mainstream favorites aren’t doing the trick, or you just want to test drive something new, we take a look at several of the “alternative” Web browsers for the Linux desktop.
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Anonymous Internet browsing using Ubuntu 9.10, Tor and Firefox
"Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.
Read more »5 Reasons I would swear my loyalty to Firefox
Who wouldn't like if their browser wears a haute couture skins or the pleasure of viewing Megan fox images on a 3D wall with uncluttered black background or get to know if the weather permits you to tee over the weekend just by moving the mouse over or download all the links on a page with just one click!
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Internet Explorer’s dominant market share eroding
Remember when Internet Explorer ruled the Web, to the tune of about 98% of the browser market share? Those were happy days for Internet Explorer. Until Firefox rose from the ashes of Netscape. Internet Explorer’s market share has been sliding ever since ...
A new report shows that that slide has put Internet Explorer’s market share at just under 60%.
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How to install firefox 3.6 stable from ubuntu ppa
This tutorial will explain how to install firefox 3.6 stable from ubuntu ppa
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Ubuntu Could Profit From Both Yahoo, Google
Talk about a careful balancing act involving Ubuntu. Canonical appears to have financial relationships with both Google and Yahoo. Here's how the relationships - involving Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and Google Chrome OS - are shaping up. Plus, the potential financial implications for Canonical.
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What's Next for Firefox? Electrolysis
With Firefox 3.6 now out the door, what new features are coming next for Mozilla's open source browser?
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Mozilla takes on YouTube video
Since last week's announcement of the YouTube and Vimeo beta versions which use HTML5's element, the Mozilla developers have been defending the fact that Firefox 3.6 cannot play the content on these betas even though it supports HTML5. The reason for the problem is that the HTML5 working groups decided not to specify which video codecs the tag would support.
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Ubuntu changes Firefox default search provider to Yahoo!
Why? Canonical has negotiated a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo!
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Firefox 3.6 tips and tweaks
Here are five quick tips to enhance your Firefox 3.6 experience...
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GNU IceCat 3.6 released
"I am pleased to announce the new version of the GNU IceCat web browser. This is the first release based on the Firefox 3.6 branch..."
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FF3.6 on ubuntu is not a reason why GNU/Linux is not ready for the mass-market
In the article the writer states that it's too difficult to get FF3.6 installed on Ubuntu and that it's reason enough to call GNU/Linux dead on its tracks to get to the mass market.
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Tips to reduce memory usage on Firefox | Linux
For most users, Firefox doesn't use an abnormally large amount of memory. For others, however, Firefox's memory consumption is a major problem (Especilaly for people using old computers with limited memory resources), in same cases memory usage in Firefox is due some to other sources, like number of plug-ins, themes and extensions.
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