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• Mozilla re-patches Firefox 3.6 to fix plug-in problem

  For the second time in two months, Mozilla on Friday rushed out a fix for Firefox to patch a problem with a browser update issued just days before.

• Google calls, raises Mozilla's bug bounty for Chrome flaws

  Google on Tuesday hiked bounty payments for Chrome bugs to a maximum of $US3,133, up almost $2,000 from the previous top dollar payout of $1,337.

• Mozilla patches 16 security bugs in Firefox 3.6

  Mozilla on Tuesday patched 16 vulnerabilities, nine of them critical, in Firefox 3.6, the largest update for the open-source browser since March.

• Mozilla yanks password-stealing Firefox add-on

  Mozilla on Tuesday warned users that a password-stealing add-on slipped into Firefox's extension gallery more than a month ago had been downloaded nearly 2,000 times before it was detected.

• Firefox 4 picks up speed

  Firefox 4's first beta is 27% faster than Mozilla's more stable browser, Firefox 3.6.6, but still lags behind rivals including Chrome, Opera and Safari, benchmark tests show.

• Google steals security page from Mozilla's Firefox

  Google will take a page from Mozilla's playbook and block outdated plug-ins from launching, part of new efforts to keep Chrome users safer, the company said Monday.

• Google faces off against Microsoft, Apple over Web video standard

  Mozilla and Opera Software on Wednesday backed Google's new open-source, royalty-free video format, and all three browser makers issued developer builds incorporating WebM.

• Firefox aims to make IE, Safari browsing more secure

  Mozilla has expanded a service that checks if a browser's plugins are current to now scan Internet Explorer, Safari Opera and Chrome in addition to its own Firefox.

• Ex-Mozilla security chief takes job at Apple

  Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.

• Mozilla ends Firefox support for Mac OS Tiger

  Baring any last-minute change of mind, Mozilla will permanently drop support for Mac OS X 10.4 from future editions of Firefox.

• Mozilla unveils new Firefox interface ideas for 2010

  Mozilla yesterday said that its planned overhaul of Firefox's interface will be pushed back to Firefox 4.0, the major release now slated to ship before the end of 2010.

• Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client comes with tabs

  Mozilla Messaging on Tuesday released version 3 of its Thunderbird e-mail client, which comes with a tabbed user interface and improved search features.

• Mozilla releases Raindrop, a prototype messaging tool

  Mozilla has launched a software project designed to let people better manage the ever more voluminous stream of messages coming from sources such as Twitter and Facebook into their e-mail.

• To boost security, Mozilla launches plugin checker

  Mozilla developers have launched a new online tool that tells Firefox users whether popular add-on components such as Java or QuickTime are up to date.

• Mozilla augments Firefox's plug-in check

  As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox.