Windows 8 fails to offer third-party app developers a level playing field by allowing only Microsoft applications to access many of the restricted APIs. However, is this sufficient cause for an antitrust investigation?

A simple Greasemonkey script for Firefox can make your Google+ stream look like Pinterest.

Mozilla is working on a new Firefox design called “Australis”, that will offer a unified experience for Firefox across platforms and form factors. Soft textures, smooth curves, and a streamlined experience will be the cornerstones of the redesigned Firefox.

While Google Chrome has shipped with SPDY for a long time now, although Firefox had SPDY present from version 11 onwards, it was turned off by default. Finally, after a series of bug fixes, SPDY has made it to the latest beta of Firefox 13.

According to a study conducted by New Relic, Internet Explorer 9 is the fastest browser on Windows based on page load times.

PDF.js is a well known script that renders PDF files with HTML and JavaScript successfully. It can be installed as an extension but the latest nightly version of Firefox 14 ships with PDF.js built in.

Mozilla releases the next version of their popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox 11

Google is working to speed up multiple layers on the network protocol stack. SPDY speeds up the application layer, it has plans for hacking TCP to speed up the transport layer and internet layers, and Google fiber speeds up the underlying physical medium. Although slowly, the next internet upgrade is coming, and clearly, Google is driving it.

There are various methods that can be used to activate private browsing. We’ll show you how to activate it in your favorite browser.

A quick look at more than a dozen of the new features planned for Firefox in 2012.

Mozilla has announced that it is working on a Metro version of Firefox that will feature a simplified UI that is optimized for touchscreen devices like tablets.

Mozilla has brought anotification system called Push Notification, using a JavaScript API. It has also improved on Google’s notification system, and will push notifications for all websites, irrespective of whether they are open in a tab or not.

Firefox 10 is the first “Extended Support” version of Firefox, ensuring it will get support and security patches for the next nine release cycles. Moreover, it also has slight UI tweaks and many bugfixes.

The New Tab page on Firefox is similar to the new tab page of Chrome, where it will showcase your most visited websites in a Speed-dial like interface. This puts your most visited websites in a 3×3 grid where you can drag and re-position the tiles.

Mozilla is bringing major changes into Firefox making it future proof. From being notorious for its memory leaks and slow speed, Firefox has emerged as the challenging player it used to be. ESR will make it enterprise ready once again.