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• Mozilla fights to keep users with new Firefox for Windows 10

  Mozilla today released a Windows 10 version of Firefox, making good on a pledge last month to get something in users' hands as soon as possible after the debut of the new OS.

• Opera browser maker up for sale

  Directors of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said that they were considering selling the company and had hired bankers to help them explore options after the firm missed a second-quarter revenue forecast.

• Mozilla issues quick fix for Firefox zero-day bug

  Mozilla yesterday updated its Firefox browser to patch a zero-day vulnerability being used to harvest passwords on Windows and Linux machines.

• Google puts the screws to sneaky Chrome add-on installs

  Google today said that it would squash Chrome add-ons installed from websites if the extensions deployed what it called "deceptive tactics" to dupe its browser's users.

• Patch halt looms for half of all IE users

  With just over four months left before Microsoft stops serving security updates to most versions of Internet Explorer (IE) other than IE11, nearly half of all IE users are still running a soon-to-be-retired edition, new data released Saturday showed.

• Mozilla slams Microsoft over Windows 10's default browser switcheroo

  Mozilla yesterday went public with its complaint about Windows 10 resetting the default browser, calling it "disturbing" and demanding that it "undo its aggressive move to override user choice."

• Mozilla to launch new Firefox feature testing program

  Mozilla plans to launch a new testing program next month that will let Firefox users try out potential changes to the browser, according to documents published by the open-source developer.

• Mozilla to focus on minimizing desertions to Edge with new Windows 10 Firefox

  Mozilla plans a campaign to stop or slow desertions from Firefox to Windows 10's new Edge browser because the OS's express setup changes previous defaults to Edge during an upgrade, according to published documents.

• Mozilla to pick up Firefox release pace, ship version 'soon' for Windows 10

  Mozilla will accelerate the release of new features for its Firefox browser, dumping its current 18-week development schedule for something nimbler, a company manager told contributors last week.

• Google recants, restores old UI to Chrome bookmarks manager

  Google last week retreated after Chrome users revolted against a change in the browser, saying that it's given up on a radical redesign of the bookmarks manager.

• Mozilla restarts work on multi-process Firefox

  After years of spinning its wheels, Mozilla recently stepped up work on separating page rendering from content in Firefox to make the browser more secure and more stable.

• Google promises power reduction in Chrome on the Mac

  Google last week promised to lower the power appetite of Chrome on the Mac to make its browser more competitive with Apple's Safari.

• Microsoft deletes older Ask.com browser toolbars, but ignores Oracle's new crapware

  Microsoft took what appeared to be a shot at Oracle's wallet this month when it switched on search-and-destroy in its security software for older versions of the Ask browser toolbar, which has long been bundled with Java even in the face of users' complaints.

• IE loses stranglehold on the enterprise as Chrome makes major inroads

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) is about to lose the one market it's had locked up for decades: The enterprise.

• Microsoft's update IE mandate pushes people to Chrome

  Rather than follow Microsoft's mandate to update older editions of Internet Explorer (IE) by January, a significant chunk of IE's users switched to Google's Chrome browser instead, data released Monday showed.