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• Mozilla site exposed encrypted passwords

  A Mozilla database was exposed to the Internet, the Mozilla Foundation disclosed

• Mozilla launches 2010's last Firefox 4 beta

  eta 8 renders JavaScript about 5% faster than predecessor

• 'Do Not Track' coming to Firefox 4

  Hard on the heels of Microsoft's decision to offer "do not track" functionality in its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser comes word that Mozilla is planning a similar move for its Firefox 4.

• Opera 11 ships, adds stacked tabs and extensions

  Opera Software today released version 11 of its flagship desktop browser, adding a new tab manager and support for extensions.

• Microsoft boosts HTML5 video for Firefox on Windows 7

  Microsoft released on Wednesday a Firefox browser add-on extending HTML5-based video on the company's Windows 7 OS.

• IE9's App Rep bumps browser's anti-malware score to 99%

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) blocks more malicious sites and malware than any other browser, including its predecessor IE8, according to a report released Tuesday.

• Remove old versions of Java Console from Firefox

  While we're on the subject of improving Firefox performance (see yesterday's post on clearing the Downloads list), let's talk about old, outdated Java Consoles.

• Google opens Web app store, revs up Chrome

  As expected, Google launched its Chrome Web Store today, offering users of its browser free and paid Web apps.

• Firefox 4 offers silent add-on updates

  Firefox 4 will automatically update the browser's extensions, a Mozilla interface designer said Sunday.

• Phone makers, software vendors push Web-based apps

  Companies including Mozilla, Opera Software, Palm and Sony Ericsson are trying to accelerate the use of Web standards when developing applications for smartphones.

• Mozilla confirms an app store is on the way

  Along with its audited financial statements indicating a revenue increase of 34 percent last year, Mozilla late last week also published a "State of Mozilla" report providing a glimpse at what the organization is planning for the future.

• Search deals generate 97% of Mozilla's income

  Although Firefox's usage share has been stalled for the last year, Mozilla's revenues were up 34% in 2009, largely on the back of money paid the organization by Google and other search engines.

• Apple patches critical 'drive-by' Safari bugs

  Apple today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Safari for Mac OS X and Windows, 85 per cent of them critical bugs that could be exploited to hijack Macs or PCs.

• Microsoft's IE exec downplays JavaScript scores

  Microsoft's top executive for Internet Explorer (IE) today dismissed browser speed trials as "at best, not very useful, and at worst, misleading."

• Firefox F1 fights back against RockMelt

  The timing might sound suspicious to some observers, but Mozilla has just announced a social networking plugin for Firefox that offers some of the features found in the much-heralded RockMelt social browser, the limited-availability beta of which was announced a few days ago.