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Firefox to Introduce Browsing Based Targeted Advertising

For the longest time, Firefox was the browser of choice for many security and privacy conscious users.  Unfortunately, that might soon change with the introduction of a new advertising program that will use your internet browsing history to deliver targeted advertisements. The new advertising “feature” is called Suggested Tiles and tailors content based on a [...]

By |2019-02-04T02:35:57+00:00May 22nd, 2015|Browser, Firefox, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Firefox to Introduce Browsing Based Targeted Advertising

Firefox 4 Reaches 100 Million Downloads

The current browsers wars will be on topic for this week's Tech Wars Software feature but I wanted to preface with this weekend's Firefox milestone.  The newest version of Firefox reached 104 million downloads over the weekend, a milestone that was achieved in just over a month.  Firefox has held onto its #2 spot in [...]

By |2019-02-04T02:36:28+00:00April 26th, 2011|Browser, Firefox, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Firefox 4 Reaches 100 Million Downloads

Google Gunning for Firefox

When Google released the beta version of Google Chrome earlier this year it was received with a mixed reception. The browser that had been announced as faster and more secure then either Firefox or Internet Explorer proved instead to be little more than a cosmetic alternative. Now however, Google is ramping up its Chrome promotion [...]

By |2008-12-19T16:00:54+00:00December 19th, 2008|Browser, Firefox, Google, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Google Gunning for Firefox