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Canada gets unlimited mobile browsing – but not for iPhone
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Bell Canada, one of the competitors to dominant Canadian telco Rogers, isn’t also selling the iPhone – but has just introduced unlimited $10 mobile web browsing on the Samsung Instinct. Is it a clever ploy to attract serious interest in the wake of the iPhone or doomed to disinterest?


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Firefox 3 downloads set Guinness World Record
By: Stephen Withers

Guinness World Records has validated Mozilla's attempt to set a record for the number of software downloads in a 24 hour period. The official count of Firefox 3 downloads was 8,002,530.


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Browser minefield: 637 million potential disasters waiting to blow up
By: Stephen Withers

637 million users are open to security exploits that have already been blocked by developers, making them easy targets for drive-by download attacks. A joint study by ETH Zurich, Google and IBM has found over 40 percent of web users are running unpatched or outdated browsers


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Opera Mobile 9.5 beta due July 15 – at last!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Although the very Safari and iPhone-esque Opera Mobile 9.5 browser is being used today on the HTC Touch Diamond, users of Symbian and Windows Mobile devices have been patiently waiting for what should be the world’s best mobile browser for some time. It’s nearly here!


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Ubuntu MID makes Linux upwardly mobile
By: Stephen Withers

Ubuntu Linux owner Canonical has launched Ubuntu into the realm of mobile Internet devices with a release called Ubuntu MID. The new version of arguably the world's most popular desktop Linux distribution initially targeted the Samsung Q1U though the OS also runs on Intel's Atom-based Crown Beach development system.


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The HTC Touch Diamond: a true iPhone 3G killer?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Nope, there’s no iPhone on Telstra’s Next G network yet, but from mid-August the HTC Touch Diamond will exclusively sparkle its way into Telstra stores and sprinkle a bit of magic over the lacklustre Windows Mobile OS. Surely it’ll be joined, if not preceded, by the iPhone 3G?


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Grand Theft Auto IV players in virtual paedo website sting
By: Davey Winder

Some GTA IV players react badly to getting caught in a virtual paedo website sting operation, while playing the game! Liberty City Police Department respond with a five star wanted level when players try to access a certain website on the in-game web browser.


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Firefox 3 fans cry foul as first vulnerability reported
By: Stephen Withers

All those millions of people that rushed to download Firefox 3 got something they didn't expect - a critical security vulnerability. Some people smell a rat!


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Firefox 3 blasts through 8 million downloads in 24 hours, record to be confirmed
By: Stephen Withers

Mozilla was hoping for 5 million downloads of Firefox 3 on its first day, and then 7 million seemed possible but it has outdone outself yet again. When the 24 hour period ended, the new browser had been downloaded 8.3 million times, but is it a software downloads record?


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Firefox 3 powers to a smashing download record
By: Stephen Withers

Mozilla has succeeded beyond its wildest dreams, receiving more than its hoped for 5 million downloads of Firefox 3 in less than 14 hours. So for the first day of the new browser's life, it's onward to 7 million!


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Firefox 3 launch firing on all cylinders after early stumble
By: Stephen Withers

The debut of Firefox 3 on Tuesday morning (US time) ran into a slight hitch, but it's now full steam ahead to establish a world record for the number of downloads of one program in a 24 hour period.


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Flock me! It’s a new 2.0 beta browser based on Firefox 3!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Social networking browser, Flock, has reached the 2.0 milestone in beta status, bringing together all the major social networking sites in the one browser. Offering all the enhancements of Firefox 3.0, you’ll only be flocking to use this browser if you’re a big social networking user.


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Opera 9.5 browser bursts onto the stage
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Beating Firefox 3.0 to the opening night accolades is Opera 9.5, the latest version of the free browser from the Norwegian browser company, available for Windows, Macs and Linux PCs. Time for a standing ovation?


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Firefox 3 ready to rock on June 17 - in theory
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

After a last minute RC3 for Mac users, the final version of Firefox 3 is set to launch on June 17, following almost three years of development, with the latest version set to be a sure fire hit with the web browsing world.


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Windows, IE lose web share to Mac OS X, Linux, Safari, Firefox, iPhone
By: Stephen Withers

The trouble with having a huge market share is that the only way to move is down - and that's exactly what's happening to Windows and Internet Explorer, according to an new report. The question is how much further are they going to fall?


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Uh-oh: Safari, IE flaws combine to put Windows at risk!
By: Stephen Withers

Human imagination is a wonderful thing, but unfortunately some have a tendency to use it to use it to devise nasty scenarios. A researcher has mashed up flaws in two different browsers to trigger the execution of remote code on Windows. Let the finger pointing begin!


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Is Firefox 3.0 RC1 worth it?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

I’ve been playing with Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1, and by the looks of it, things bode well for its June release, but it still faces stiff competition from IE7, Opera 9.5 and Safari 3.


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Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 hits the web
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

The full version of Firefox 3 is due in June, but Firefox 3 in beta status is no more, having been issued as Release Candidate 1 for some near final testing before the full version is unleashed onto a Firefox loving web wide world!


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