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• SAP executive named Mozilla CEO

  The Mozilla Corporation announced Thursday that SAP executive Gary Kovacs is its new CEO, a move that gives the Firefox Web browser backer a leader with ample experience in mobile software.

• Firefox 4 for Android greeted with cheers and jeers

  Mozilla's release of Firefox 4 Beta 1 for Android (and Maemo) phones brought with it some cheers -- and some jeers. Though Firefox 4 Beta 1 showed improvements in some areas, it stumbled in others, leaving users yearning for speedy future enhancements. Here's a rundown of what's new with Firefox and what requires more of Mozilla's attention.

• Firefox 4 for Android arrives in beta version

  Mozilla has released the first beta versions of Firefox 4 for mobile phones. Versions are available for download for Android-based smartphones and for the Nokia N900, Mozilla said in blog post on Thursday.

• IE9 beta launch fails to slow Microsoft's browser slide

  The quick start of Internet Explorer 9's beta last month wasn't enough to prevent Microsoft's browser from again losing share to rivals from Google and Apple, a Web measurement firm said today.

• Seabird concept phone designer talks about need for better interfaces

  Designer Billy May's concept smartphone, the Seabird, might never be produced. But the underlying concepts in the phone -- and inside May's head-- are a wonder, nonetheless.

• Mozilla concept phone is a glimpse of the future

  The hottest concept mobile phone right now doesn't come from Apple, Google, Motorola or HTC. It was developed by a designer in his spare time as part of a Mozilla Labs project.

• 8 essential privacy extensions for Firefox

  They say privacy doesn't exist on the Web -- but that doesn't mean you can't try to safeguard your personal information. Our computers are loaded with details about our personal and business lives, and it's definitely not acceptable to reveal them haphazardly. With hackers becoming ever more sophisticated, you have to take precautions.

• Mozilla rushes out stability fixes for Firefox

  Mozilla this week updated all versions of Firefox, including the beta of the upcoming Firefox 4, to fix stability problems that crashed the browser.

• Microsoft ships IE9 beta, pushes Web, not browser

  Microsoft today released the first public beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), its latest effort to reclaim the ground it's lost to rivals Mozilla, Google and others.

• Mozilla halts Firefox security updates

  Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week.

• Firefox 4 revs its JavaScript engines with JägerMonkey

  Microsoft may be on the verge of releasing the public beta version of Internet Explorer 9, but Mozilla has been busier than ever fortifying its Firefox browser with upgrades and new additions designed to keep it ahead.

• Mozilla starts dropping features from Firefox 4

  Mozilla, which launched the latest beta of Firefox 4 last week, has started to drop features from the still-under-construction browser.

• Apple matches Mozilla, patches DLL hijacking bug in Safari

  Apple yesterday patched three vulnerabilities in Safari, including one in the Windows version that quashed a bug Microsoft said individual developers had to fix themselves.

• Open source projects under microscope

  The world's best open source projects are going to be under close scrutiny in an effort to determine which one is the biggest game changer in the market.

• Firefox pushes ahead on Android with Fennec browser

  Even as Mozilla's Firefox recently garnered the No. 2 spot in the worldwide Web browser market overall, the software has taken a step closer to staking its claim on the Android platform as well.