Mozilla’s Firefox 3.5 is off to a running start. The new browser, boasting significant speed increases and a host of added features, was officially released Tuesday morning. By mid-afternoon, the program had surpassed 1.6 million downloads worldwide and was steadily climbing, according to...

THE death of pop superstar Michael Jackson has led to a massive surge in web traffic and is dominating discussion on social networking sites. Major websites including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace were reported “moving at a snail’s pace” today as millions of people went online to read...

Mozilla testing near-final Firefox 3.5 Mozilla is close to releasing of its near-final version of Firefox 3.5, but the updated browser wasn’t quite ready in time for a planned day of widespread testing. Earlier this month, Mozilla set Friday to be Firefox 3.5 RC1 Test Day. But RC1, the first release...

Browser Showdown: IE 8 vs. Firefox Microsoft’s newest browser promises faster page load speeds. Does IE 8 deliver? We put it to the test against the latest version of Firefox. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is here at last–the newest entry into the ongoing browser wars. Microsoft packed a...