How to boot a Vista system from a locally stored WIM file
The Windows AIK provides excellent opportunities to create custom Windows PE based images. Those images are provided as WIM files and can be easily converted to ISO files to be burned on CD or DVD.
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13.5.2007 How to boot a Vista system from a locally stored WIM file
The Windows AIK provides excellent opportunities to create custom Windows PE based images. Those images are provided as WIM files and can be easily converted to ISO files to be burned on CD or DVD. WIM files can also be used to boot from the network using Windows Deployment Services.
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6.6.2007 Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, Ahead of IE8 and Firefox 3.1
For the past couple of years Internet Explorer has been on a downward spiral, albeit slow, but inching down with every passing month, with only Firefox to blame.
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2.12.2008 Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests.
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21.11.2007 Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"
My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
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30.7.2006 Windows Genuine Advantage now supports Firefox
Microsoft Genuine Windows Validation process now works in Firefox and other Mozilla browsers. Firefox users can manually install the Windows Genuine Advantage validation Firefox plug-in available on Microsoft's website to complete the Windows validation process.
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17.11.2005 Firefox Also Vulnerable to Windows Cursor Exploit
Contrary to other reports, Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 is vulnerable to attackers armed with the Windows animated cursor exploit, a researcher says. Thanks to Matt for this news.
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5.4.2007 Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
Have you been itching to enjoy your media content on Firefox? The Windows Media Player team put a lot of work into evolving media playback on Windows Vista through the new Media Foundation pipeline, and has also been actively monitoring feedback on WMP and playback in general.
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17.4.2007 Firefox 1.0.7 Released
Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Download Firefox 1.0.7
Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 Out Now
Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. This is the second Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback.
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Best Firefox extensions
When you ask most people what Web browser they use, the answer often will be Internet Explorer. After all, it comes preloaded on Windows PCs, so most people just use it by default.
But while IE maintains a stranglehold on the majority of computer systems, Mozilla's open-source solution, called Firefox, has made significant inroads into the browser market. Handy extra features are part of the reason for its growing success, as is the continual supply of third-party add-ons.
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22.12.2005 Just how buggy is Firefox?
Security researchers that carried out a code analysis of popular open source browser Firefox using automated tools, have discovered scores of potential defects and security vulnerabilities despite coming to the conclusion that the software was generally well written.
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12.9.2006 Firefox 2.0 RC2 available
The dev team over at mozilla.org have quietly released RC2 to the FTP.
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6.10.2006 A First Look at Mozilla Firefox 3.0
ArsTechnica have posted an in-depth look at Mozilla's new project, Firefox 3.0. The significant jump from 2.0, released a mere 2 months ago is mainly due to Mozilla's use of the new Gecko rendering engine.
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13.12.2006 Portable Firefox 2.0.0.1
Portable Firefox is a fully functional solution of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. And by
this poll is Firefox your favorite browser.
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15.2.2007 Dumping Firefox for IE
Office 2007 works so well with Internet Explorer 7 and does not mesh with Firefox. With that in mind I dropped Firefox in favor of IE.
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16.4.2007 First look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 1
I noticed that the Beta 1 for Firefox 3.0 was made available sometime yesterday. I’ve been curious as to whether the Firefox dev team would do a serious revamp for this release or just concentrate on bug fixes and performance improvements.
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20.11.2007 Firefox 3 Beta 3
Firefox 3, Beta 3 has just been released. Over 350 memory leaks have been fixed and reductions have been made in the memory footprint.
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13.2.2008 Firefox 3 vs IE 7 vs Safari 3.1
A few short years ago the browser war seemed dead and buried. After Microsoft’s Internet Explorer usurped Netscape’s Navigator in the late 1990s, it’s domination of the Internet seemed complete, over 95 percent of us using a version of IE.
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24.5.2008 Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
The second Beta development milestone of Firefox 3.1, codenamed Shiretoko, is now available for download.
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9.12.2008 Firefox 1.5 RC2 released!
Mozilla has just released Firefox 1.5 RC2 (Release Candidate). This release contains many bugs (about 36 fixes) over the previous RC. If no critical issues are found, then this is 1.5 final, otherwise there will be some more fixes before final, with possibly another RC release.
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Firefox 1.5 Final Released
Firefox hit its second major milestone Tuesday with the release of version 1.5, arriving just over a year after the alternative browser debuted at 1.0. The update sports Mozilla's new Gecko 1.8 rendering engine to speed up Web surfing, along with a myriad of other fixes and improvements.
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29.11.2005 New Default Theme for Firefox 2
There's a discussion going on in mozilla.dev.apps.firefox about "Changes
to Fx2 Chrome" which is about proposed changes to the main browser
window structure (buttons, layout, functions) that is exposed to users
by default in Firefox 2.
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13.3.2006 Firefox 3.0 Alpha released!
Today Firefox 3.0 Alpha was released to the public even before Firefox 2.0 has been released.
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9.4.2006 Firefox 2.0 Beta Delayed
The open source Mozilla Foundation has delayed the release of Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 by a week because of bugs yet to be ironed out in the browser software.
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10.8.2006 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta 2
Beta 2 of Mozilla Firefox 2.0 has just appeared on the Mozilla FTP in the release folder, it's safe to say that this is Beta 2 and not a pre-beta.
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31.8.2006 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Download Available
The Mozilla Corporation have today uploaded the follow-up to their hugely popular web browser, Firefox.
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23.10.2006 Firefox 2 Tweak Guide
The release of Mozilla Firefox 2 further expands the capabilities and features of this highly regarded Internet browser, proving that just because you are popular doesn't mean you should slack off.
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17.2.2007 Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1
Many of you will know that I’ve been following the progress of the Firefox 3.0 browser carefully over the past few months.
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18.5.2008Firefox leak could divulge sensitive info
A security researcher has
discovered a vulnerability in
Firefox that could allow
criminals to remotely siphon
private information stored in
plugins and call sensitive
functions.
According to
an
entry on the 0x000000
blog, Firefox generously
enumerates all variables and
registered objects that are
present inside javascript
files and on runtime and even
allows the calling of certain
functions.
This means ethically
challenged hackers can
remotely scan all variables
set in
Firefox
plugins and use a simple
AJAX script to log that
information on a server...
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14.08.2007Firefox 3 moves into Alpha 6
Less than a month after Alpha
5 went into developers'
hands, the next version of the
Firefox preview build is now
available.
The
browser's SQLite engine has
been updated to version
3.3.17. In addition, the
coding for managing cookies
has been improved to allow 5%
faster execution.
Other fixes include
patching a problem with the
download manager, which caused
display errors with large file
sizes, and "various Places
fixes".
"Places"
is the Firefox 3 system in
charge of bookmarks, history,
and other stored information,
designed to make it easier for
users to locate sites they've
previously visited...
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04.07.2007Firefox 4.0 redesign mockups released
Earlier last week, Mozilla updated the Firefox 3.7 wiki to show potential design changes for Firefox 3.7, and today, updated their wiki to show new
mock ups for Firefox 4.0 Windows designs. The designs are changed to fit better into Windows 7 - as they want to "embrace glass" which is a major
goal of Mozilla for the next Firefox release, as well as making them feel more a part of the OS. The designs also work on Windows Vista. A separate
design would be in place for lower versions of Windows. The images below show the ideas that the Mozilla team has, for some potential tab layouts/UI
redesigns.
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28.07.2009Coalition urges better laws for e-mail and cell phone privacy
Information stored on remote computers should be given the same legal protections as data stored on a user's desktop PC, according to report produced
by more than 20 activist and human rights groups...
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22.11.2008Firefox 2.0.0.12 is still vulnerable to directory traversal
A few hours after the release, a hacker has discovered the flaw, where he recommends using the NoScript plugin. In the mean time you can either use
another browser, or install the NoScript plugin to mitigate these issues.
"Don't patch vulnerabilities for fifty percent, take the
time and fix the cause. Because directory traversal through plugins is all nice and such, we don't need it. We can trick Firefox itself in
traversing directories back. I found another information leak that is very serious because we are able to read out all preferences set in Firefox, or
just open or include about every file stored in the Mozilla program files directory, and this without any mandatory settings or plugins.," said
Ronald van den Heetkamp to Mozilla.
A proof of concept is available at this web site
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10.02.2008Firefox 3.5 benchmarked, not as fast as Chrome
The results are in from benchmarks of Firefox 3.5, performed by ZDNet. The benchmarks test all the main browsers from Google Chrome 2.0.172.33,
Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.0.5, Opera 10 Alpha and Internet Explorer 8. Each browser was put through three tests including SunSpider
javascript benchmark, V8 Benchmark Suite and finally the ACID 3 test. Firefox 3.5 was built for speed and performance, compared to previous
versions of Firefox. Firefox 3.5 performed better than Firefox 3.0.5 and Internet Explorer 8 in all three categories. From the graphs, it is clear
to see that Google Chrome performed the best overall, followed shortly by Safari 4 and then Firefox 3.5.
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01.07.2009Firefox Faster In Wine Than Native Linux
Tuxradar did some benchmarks
comparing
Firefox's Windows and Linux JavaScript performance. 'We did some simple JavaScript benchmarks of Firefox 3.0 using Windows and Linux to see how
it performed across the platforms — and the results are pretty bleak for Linux.' Later on,
they tried Wine. 'The end result: Firefox from
Mozilla or from Fedora has almost nil speed difference, and Firefox running on Wine is faster than native Firefox.'
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13.02.2009Firefox 2.0 vs. IE7 in Vista: How Close?
Whatever Firefox 2.0 is, it
isn't "sweeping," and
nowhere does that fact become
more evident than in a Windows
Vista test environment. We
started up both IE7 and FF2 in
Vista, and were left
wondering, will Firefox users
be happy using their browser
in Vista without the
degree of changes they'd
experience with IE7?..
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26.10.2006Evidence tabs will get more attention in future Firefox releases
Google's Chrome developers -- some of whom have worked, and are still working, on Firefox -- acknowledged their debt of gratitude for Firefox's
inspiration. But today's latest development in Firefox 3.1 suggests it's now playing catch-up...
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09.09.2008Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config
Ever since its debut, Firefox
has garnered a reputation for
being an enormously
customizable program, both
through its add-on
architecture and its internal
settings. In fact, many of
Firefox's settings aren't
exposed through the Tools >
Options menu; the only way to
change them is to edit them
manually. In this article,
we'll explore some of the
most useful Firefox settings
that you can change on your
own, and that aren't normally
available through the
program's graphical
interface.
The
closest analogy to how Firefox
manages its internal settings
is the Windows Registry. Each
setting, or preference, is
given a name and stored as a
string (text), integer
(number) or Boolean
(true/false) value. However,
Firefox doesn't keep its
settings in the registry, but
in a file called prefs.js. You
can edit prefs.js directly,
but it's often easier to
change the settings through
the browser window.
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29.05.2007Firefox 3 Getting A Visual Makeover
Software isnt just about functionality anymore, users want brains and beauty. And beauty, as we know, is in the eye of the beholder, which is why the
team behind Firefox 3 plans to ditch the unified cross-platform look of the browser in favor of a sexier look tailored to specific operating systems.
Rather than a single look across all platforms, which is the way Firefox currently ships, Firefox 3 will feature different skins for Windows XP,
Windows Vista, Mac OS X and various Linux distributions. Alex Faaborg, Mozilla’s interface designer, posted a note on his blog yesterday about
the divergent themes coming for Firefox 3. Echoing the sentiments of many a Mac Firefox user, Faaborg writes, “personally I think a unified
cross platform UI results in applications that at best feel foreign everywhere, and at worst don’t even feel like real applications.”
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21.10.2007Firefox exec: we don't want to be bundled with Windows
Firefox architect Mike Connor says he doesn't want the browser bundled with Windows, whilst launching a scathing attack on rival Opera's tactics.
Microsoft could be forced to bundle rival browsers with Windows, after the EU ruled the
company had abused its monopoly by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. A charge brought before the watchdog by browser minnow Opera.
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10.02.2009Mozilla Launches Firefox TV Ad
Contest
Mozilla on Thursday asked
Firefox users to create a
30-second broadcast quality
television ad for a contest
called "Firefox
Flicks." The company said
that winning ads could
possibly be used in global
marketing campaigns for
Firefox 1.5, the newest
version of the open source
browser...
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22.12.2005Firefox 3 Beta 4 review
Percy Cabello: Firefox 3 Beta 4 is about to be released (later today or tomorrow), as the twelfth milestone, in what already is the longest
development time for a Firefox version since the initial Firefox 1.0 back in 2004.
Fortunately, Mozilla has not been shy to set
as many milestones as needed, and given the many new features and tweaks Firefox 3 introduces, it seems anything but sensible, specially considering
its not only about Firefox but Gecko, the web page rendering engine and the Mozilla platform as a whole which affects the many products based on
it.
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10.03.2008Tracing the memory leak: Is it Firefox 3?
Yesterday, we mentioned that we've been noticing recent versions of Firefox, including 3.0.5, have exhibited the memory leak problems that used to
plague Firefox 2. We are noticing this on both Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1.
We'd also noticed that systems where the add-on Tab Mix Plus
was installed, did not appear to exhibit the same memory leak. Today, we uninstalled Tab Mix Plus (reluctantly, because we like it) from one system.
On that system, the memory use pattern has
changed, perhaps moderated, though we're not sure the leak has gone away. It now appears to be
slower than in our tests yesterday, and from time to time, something in Firefox does clean up parts of memory from time to time. In one test,
we had two Firefox windows open with seven tabs open in one of them, a dozen in the other -- a pretty full slate. Task Manager is showing us that
Firefox grabs memory in one-megabyte chunks per second, for about a minute at a time, and then leveling back out to about 300,000 KB.
So if
it's not a leak right now, at least it's a
fight, and we'll let you know what else we find...
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20.01.2009Unpatched Firefox 1.5 exploit
made public
Exploit code for the
latest version of open-source
browser Firefox was published
Wednesday, potentially putting
users at risk of a
denial-of-service
attack.
Th
e exploit code takes advantage
of vulnerabilities in the
recently released Firefox 1.5,
running on Windows XP with
Service Pack 2. Firefox, which
initially debuted over a year
ago, has moved swiftly to
capture 8 percent of the
browser market.
The
latest Firefox vulnerability
exists in the history.dat
file, which stores information
from Web sites users have
visited with the Firefox 1.5
browser,
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?
storyid=920]according to a
posting on the Internet Storm
Center, which monitors online
threats. ..
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08.12.2005Microsoft Adds Firefox Support
to WGA
Firefox users may still be out
of the luck when it comes to
Windows Update, but they can
now download files from
Microsoft that require Windows
Genuine Advantage validation
thanks to a new plug-in. WGA
checks to make sure the
Windows license is legit and
is now a requirement on the
Microsoft Download Center...
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17.11.2005Firefox 3 ultimate feature: Performance
Percy Cabello: Along with the long list of new features and improvements we can find in Firefox 3 betas so far, there is a series of performance
improvements coming to Firefox 3 Beta 4.
Ive finally managed to run a set of tests to see how Firefox 3 performance compares to
Firefox 2s.
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29.02.2008EU may force Microsoft to bundle Firefox with Windows
Just as Internet Explorer 8 goes RC1 we have the European Commission's anti trust considering Microsoft to force bundle Firefox with future
versions of Windows as per the Microsoft's quarterly filing with the U.S Security and Exchange Commission. European Union(EU) recently accused
Microsoft of breaking antitrust laws by including the company's Internet Explorer (IE) browser with the Windows operating system. The outcome may
be either Microsoft or other computer manufacturers will be forced to install Firefox or other browsers (Chrome, Opera and Safari) by default
alongside Internet Explorer on new Windows-based PCs.
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27.01.2009Firefox Director Talks Firefox 3.6, Tasks, and Competing with Chrome
Lifehacker: We were eager to know what's happening for Firefox. Mike Beltzner, the open-source browser's director, was glad to tell us. Here's what
he had to say about future features, competition with Chrome, and keeping thousands of Firefox contributors in sync.
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