A highlight on what open source community, as a whole achieved in 2009

Mozilla will soon be releasing Firefox mobile, codenamed “Fennec” for the Nokia N900 phone. Fennec supports synchronization and add-ons. The browser will be made available for other phones in near future.

Google’s recent controversial comments about privacy has invited serious criticism. A senior executive at Mozilla is suggesting people switch to Bing for better privacy options.

Thunderbird 3 has been released for downloads. Thunderbird 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1.5 plaform and packs in several new features including Gmail support.

Firefox has started working on the availability of this support on Firefox 3.7. Direct 2D will allow the browser to use the GPU power.

Today is Firefox’s 5th birthday and Mozilla is celebrating with its “Light the World with Firefox” campaign.

According to the latest release schedule, Firefox 3.6 RC1 is expected to be released in November end, with the final version slated for Mid December.

RainDrop is an open web technology by Mozilla that promises to manage your inbox intelligently. Using RainDrop, your more important messages will be given more prominence and your mailbox would be organized to give you more productivity.

Firefox just completed a feat of over 1 billion downloads that was unfathomable a few years ago, created a browser that has been a favorite to many including us