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Firefox hits record market share

Mozilla had a big month as Firefox is closing in on the 20% market share mark. Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to lose share.

Firefox has been playing with the 20% market share mark for some time now. Back in July we reported that the browser has begun jumping over 20% on several days and this trend has solidified since then. In October, Firefox' average market share as measured by Net Applications was 19.97%, up 0.51 points from 19.46% in September.

Fishy Fingers6403d ago (Edited 6403d ago )

Anyone tried or trying Mozillas new "Minefiled" browser (still in alpha stage)?

I've been using it for a while and it's working great and super fast, want to give it a spin? >

For windows:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/... Then click "firefox-3.1b2pre.en-US.w in32.installer.exe" which is the second from the bottom. Just download and install as usual.

Or:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/... Then click "firefox-3.1b2pre.en-US.w in32.zip" No install required, just run directly from the folder.

Mac/Linux:
Same link, just use the appropriate downloads.

verb3k6403d ago

And new features are about to land in trunk soon, probably before beta 2, features like private browsing.

Kakkoii6403d ago (Edited 6403d ago )

It's not an actual new browser named Minefield.

Minefield is just what they call Firefox versions that are still in testing. (Still out in the minefield looking for mines.) :P

Also, if your choose to use the beta. Make sure to go to about:config and set 'javascript.options.jit.chrome ' to TRUE for increased performance.

Also, you can make old add-on works, by downloading them, opening them with winrar. And editing the install.rdf file with notepad. Change the maxversion line from 3.0.* to 3.* and you'll be able to install it always until Firefox 4 lol.

Fishy Fingers6403d ago

Thanks for the correction and advice.

Pennywise6403d ago

I never would download Foxfire. I figured I would give it a shot when 3.0 released. I LOVE IT. Havent used IE except for some sites(that I have to).

PirateThom6403d ago

Firefox 3 was awesome once I got the plug ins to make it look and act like FF2

Kakkoii6403d ago (Edited 6403d ago )

Was it this one:
https://addons.mozilla.org/...

Cause I made that one :P

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio16d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing16d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit16d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing16d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."