Firefox

I won’t be upgrading to Firefox 3 today or anytime soon because too many of the Firefox Add-Ons I rely on haven’t been updated yet or won’t be at all.
Sadly, the latter is the case with Google Browser Sync according to an email from Google posted by Lifehacker:
Thanks for trying out Google Browser Sync and […]

US-CERT is warning it’s aware of publicly available exploit code that can allow a remote attack that runs commands on computers with Firefox and QuickTime installed if you navigate to a malicious web page.
If you use Firefox and also have QuickTime installed, you can help mitigate this attack by only going to Web sites you […]

The Mozilla Corporation has released version 2.0.0.6 of the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
This update contains mostly security and bug fixes and is a recommended update for all Firefox users.
Firefox is a free, open source, web browser and I highly recommend it over Internet Explorer.
[Mozilla Firefox Mirrors]

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There is a new zero day exploit for Internet Explorer circulating but it requires that you have previously installed Firefox for it to work on a system.
The exploit code demonstrates the vulnerability using the Mozilla Firefox firefoxurl:// URL protocol. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker must persuade a user who has previously installed Firefox or […]

Mozilla and eBay are working together to create a a special version of Firefox (if you already have Firefox, an Addon) that makes the eBay expereince safer and faster.
The Firefox Companion for eBay allows you to stay securely signed into eBay so you can quickly check your auction statuses and also get alerts on auctions […]

Malicious hackers are increasing using mainstream and popular web sites to spread their spyware and adware.
Cybercrooks are corrupting Web pages by the tens of thousands. By tapping holes in the Internet Explorer browser, they implant tiny programs that connect the PC of anyone who simply clicks on the tainted page to a “mother ship” server, […]

Microsoft has recently released a Firefox Addon that allows Windows Media to played within the browser. But is this really an attempt at good will or does Microsoft have another motive?
When it suits, of course, Microsoft likes to look like it’s playing nice. Hence the jaunty tone of a recent post on the official […]

ComputerWorld has published a list of Firefox extensions to avoid but some of their recommendations leave me very puzzled.
The extensions they don’t recommend are:

Fasterfox

NoScript

Adblock and Adblock Plus

PDF Download

VideoDownloader

Greasemonkey

ScribeFire (formerly Performancing)

TrackMeNot

Tabbrowser Preferences

Tabbrowser Extensions

If you’re a Windows user, NoScript absolutely keeps you safer when used properly. You never want to allow questionable sites to run JavaScript as […]

Oops, did you accidentally add a misspelled word to Firefox’s spell check? Don’t fret. You can remove it.

1. Open your application data folder. On XP or Vista, go to your Start menu and hit Run (or just press Windows-R) and paste in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles; on your Mac, navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles.
2. Find your profile folder, which […]

AutoCopy is an extension for Firefox that makes copying text in Firefox a much easier experience. Just highlight text you wish to copy and its automatically copied to the computer’s clipboard.
Other major features include:

Adds “Paste on middle click”.
Automatically fixes wrapped URLs in web mail or on web pages.
Saves previous Copies
Option to Paste URLs to address […]

A new feature in Google Toolbar 3 Beta for Firefox and Google Toolbar 4 for Internet Explorer is the ability to add custom search buttons for sites that you search often. Google offers a Button Gallery so you don’t have to go through the process of creating buttons yourself but the gallery is missing a […]

Today Firefox will begin broadcasting four fan produced TV commercials on Boston and San Francisco TV stations. You can learn more about the process in this article at Firefox TV Commercials Go Live: Interview with Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler.
After looking through all the top rated commercials, I thought these were best of the best:

This Is Hot
Infinate
Billy’s […]

James Hall wrote a useful Firefox extension called Googlepedia. It displays a relevant Wikipedia article along with your Google search results. It also creates links in the Wikipedia article for other Google searches, making it a very useful tool.
Other features include:

Uses Google’s I’m Feeling Lucky(tm) feature to find relevant articles
Links images directly to their full-sized […]