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Zero day exploit for Firefox 3.6 Discovered by Russian Security Firm

Russian Security Firm Intevydis has discovered a Zero day exploit in the Windows version of Firefox 3.6. Making use of the exploit, an attacker can remotely gain control of a PC running Firefox 3.6 on Windows.
Secunia rates the problem as critical, but hasn’t provided any further information in its advisories and the Mozilla Foundation [...]

[How-To] Force Extension Compatibility on Firefox 3.6

If you have upgraded to Firefox 3.6, you too must be facing the issue of non-compatible Firefox Extensions. While the extension developers are busy modifying the source of their extensions to allow for compatibility with latest Firefox release, there are times when as regular web workers, you tend to get so used to certain extensions [...]

Firefox Mobile launches on Maemo OS

Firefox has launched Firefox Mobile for the Maemo OS. The first phone therefore to get it is the Nokia N900.
So if you ever wanted to use your Firefox add-on’s on your mobile web-browser, well that dream is now going to be a reality( for now, only with N900, but am sure, soon we will have [...]

Firefox 3.6 Released (Upgrade Now)

As informed earlier and after the release of Firefox 3.6 RC2, Mozilla has finally released the latest version of Firefox, Firefox 3.6.
The latest version features, increased performance in terms of speed, which is reported to be 25% faster than Firefox 3.5. Javascript execution in FF 3.6 is faster and 3.6 makes use of Gecko 1.9.2 [...]

[Mozilla] Firefox 3.6 Releases Tomorrow

As per the Mozilla Releases Wiki, Firefox 3.6 is slated to release tomorrow. Mozilla earlier released Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 2 this week.
Firefox 3.6 has gone through various delays and if this Wiki can be treated as a valid source, lets just gear up for a new version of Firefox tomorrow.
Via Lifehacker
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