Mozilla Firefox 3.6 would detect computer orientation
Christopher Blizzard has announced in a blog post that the next edition of Firefox would feature support for detecting computer orientation.
Basically, the browser would be able to detect the orientation of the laptop if supported hardware is found.
Blizzard said that the technology was originally designed for [...]

Google homepage now has webkit only new buttons!
TechCrunch has reported on a small change that appeared on the Google.com homepage a couple of days ago.
This change is only visible on the webkit powered web browsers like Apple Safari and Google Chrome.
It uses CSS properties to change the appearance of the two buttons [...]

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta coming soon
Mozilla is expected to release the first beta of their upcoming update to Firefox web browser in the coming days.
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta is expected to arrive on October 16.
The developers said that the updates are pretty minor this time around as they are aiming for major feature [...]

Google Toolbar for Firefox offers quick translation
Google has updated their browser toolbar for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
The latest edition comes with a quick translation feature.
It also offers suggestions to sites as you type in a query without pressing the enter key on the keyboard.
Another useful feature is the support for [...]

Google Chrome Frame could actually work in other browsers!
Google Operating System has reported that Google designed their Chrome Frame add-on in such a way that it could be adapted on other platforms!
Essentially, developers can make available this plug-in on other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera.
Essentially, the package contains a [...]

Microsoft showcases Office Web Apps
Microsoft has finally showcased the first edition of their Office Web Apps.
These web apps would allow users to edit Office documents from inside a web browser.
The current version is essentially a technology preview as they are working on adding more features and fixing the bugs.
The company aims to [...]

Google Search – un-S-U-P-E-R-sized Greasemonkey script!
Google recently made a small but very significant change on their search homepage.
The company made the search box a bit larger.
As a result, the search suggest hints have also grown in size.
While we like these new updates and have gotten used to them, there must be [...]

Mozilla Firefox to make sure users are on latest version of Adobe Flash
Mozilla developers recently announced that the latest version of Firefox web browsers would check the existing version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the user’s machine.
If it is not the latest version, users would be directed to update to the latest [...]

Google open sources Page Speed
Google has released another extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
This new add-on is named Page Speed and it is designed to enable web developers to optimize their web applications.
The aim is to enable every developer to fine-tune their products to make them faster for the end user [...]

Microsoft has doubts about Firefox 1 billion download claims
Mozilla recently announced that their open source web browser product Firefox has been downloaded more than 1 billion times.
The group also launched a new website commemorating the event.
Microsoft is however not amused as they have now expressed some doubts over the number claimed by Mozilla.
Internet Explorer [...]