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Article | 17/05/2013 Mozilla postpones default blocking of third-party cookies in Firefox
Mozilla has postponed blocking third-party cookies by default in the Beta version of Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blockin...
Article | 9/05/2013 Mozilla's Firefox OS will also appear on high-end phones
The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device runni...
Article | 6/05/2013 Mozilla, Otoy team on JavaScript video codec
The Mozilla Foundation and graphic rendering technology company Otoy have built a video codec, written with JavaScript and WebGL, that would eliminate...
Article | 1/05/2013 Mozilla moves to stop spyware company from spoofing Firefox
Mozilla sent a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to a European company that created a piece of spyware masquerading itself as the Firefox browser.
Article | 24/04/2013 Senator rips self-regulatory do-not-track efforts
The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senio...
Article | 11/04/2013 Developers get some tips on mobile app privacy
Mobile app developers face a huge challenge in keeping up with the fast-changing landscape of data privacy law. They got some tips Wednesday at a conf...
Article | 5/04/2013 Mozilla introduces JavaScript API as part of common payments interface
Mozilla plans to introduce a common API (application programming interface) to make online payments easy and secure on ((web)) Firefox OS devices.
Article | 26/03/2013 Four alternatives to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone
Today Android and iOS dominate the smartphone market, combining to provide the operating systems for more than 95 percent of smartphones. Still, not e...
Article | 6/03/2013 Activist launches campaign to change the DMCA
The author of a successful White House petition calling on government officials to legalize the unlocking of mobile phones has turned his attention to...
Article | 1/03/2013 HTML5 Web Storage loophole can be abused to fill hard disks with junk data
A security researcher has found a loophole in how the HTML5 Web Storage standard is implemented in the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Apple Safa...
Article | 26/02/2013 Twitter to offer app for Firefox OS
Twitter plans to offer an official app to run on the new Firefox OS, in a significant endorsement of the operating system.
Article | 25/02/2013 Firefox OS 'too late' to shake up mobile
Analysts today were skeptical that Mozilla's push into mobile with Firefox OS would meaningfully change the game.
Article | 19/02/2013 Mozilla changes policy to limit risk of subordinate CA certificate abuse
Mozilla is taking steps to limit the risk of powerful subordinate Certificate Authority (CA) certificates falling into the hands of attackers and pote...
Article | 4/02/2013 Google and Mozilla hail WebRTC interop between Chrome and Firefox
Developers now can create audio and video communications applications that work across the Chrome and Firefox browsers without the need for plug-ins.
Article | 4/02/2013 Mega launches vulnerability reward program
The Mega file-sharing service has launched a vulnerability reward program that will pay up to €10,000 (around US$13,600) for every serious security fl...