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• Microsoft IE9 not a 'modern browser,' Mozilla exec claims

  Microsoft says IE9 is "the world's fastest browser." Mozilla claims IE9 doesn't even qualify as modern.

• Lawmaker introduces online do-not-track bill

  A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday would create a do-not-track tool giving Internet users the power to prohibit online advertising networks and social media sites from tracking their Web behavior and sharing their personal information with other businesses.

• Chrome, Safari reach record browser share highs

  Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari posted record numbers in January while Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) lost ground for the sixth month running, an Internet measurement company said today.

• Firefox 4 add-on takes browsing outside the browser

  A new, experimental add-on from Mozilla Labs' Prospector project removes the standard browser interface from Firefox 4 and instead gives full priority to Web content.

• Firefox 'Do Not Track' ready for download now

  Adventuresome Firefox users who can't wait to try out the "do not track" feature can do so now by grabbing a "nightly build" of the browser. Nightly builds are for testing purposes only, Mozilla warns, and aren't as stable as beta releases.

• Tiny patch cuts Firefox 4's startup time in half

  While all the world scrutinized the proposed "Do Not Track" feature for Mozilla's Firefox 4 on Monday, a tiny patch quietly emerged that promises to cut the open source browser's startup time in half on Windows.

• Google jumps into 'Do Not Track' debate with Chrome add-on

  A day after Mozilla said it was exploring a "Do Not Track" feature for Firefox, Google today announced a Chrome add-on that lets users opt out of tracking cookies that monitor their movement and behavior online.

• Mozilla to offer new feature for improved online privacy

  Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, is working a feature that will allow users to opt-out of online behavioral advertising.

• After dropping H.264, Google admits it's more popular than WebM

  Amid controversy over Google's decision to strip H.264 support from its Chrome browser, a Google official has acknowledged H.264 is more popular than the WebM video codec, but said restrictive licensing will ultimately doom H.264.

• Firefox 4 beta 9 gives short shrift to Linux users

  Considerable fanfare greeted Friday's release of the ninth--and apparently final--beta version of Firefox 4, which boosted the popular Web browser with hundreds of bug fixes and a raft of powerful new features.

• Google pays record bounty for Chrome bug

  Google patched 16 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday, paying one researcher a record $3,133 for reporting a single bug. The flaws fixed in Chrome 8.0.552.334 were in several components, including the browser's support for extensions, its built-in PDF viewer, and CSS (cascade style sheet) processing.

• Mozilla revives Qt port for Firefox 4

  In the lead up to the next major release of its flagship Web browser, Firefox, Mozilla Corporation is now releasing public builds of Firefox 4 beta compiled with Nokia's Qt environment in addition to the incumbent GTK+.
  

• Mozilla delivers latest Firefox 4 beta

  Mozilla today shipped Firefox 4 Beta 9, perhaps the last it will release before it pushes toward a final version now planned to ship by the end of February.

• Mozilla pushes devs to make Feb. ship date for Firefox 4

  Mozilla hopes to have a final version of Firefox 4 ready to ship by the end of February, according to comments made by the company's engineering director.

• Mozilla exec: Firefox 4 will arrive in February

  Firefox 4 is nearly ready for release, a recent post on Mozilla's developer mailing list suggests.