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Mozilla updates Firefox with Forget button and DuckDuckGo search

As Mozilla Firefox turns 10 years old, in addition to the debut of the Firefox Developer Edition, the company today announced new features for its main Firefox browser. They’re is launching a new Forget button in Firefox to help keep


Mozilla to launch Rs 1,500 Firefox smartphones

Firefox web browser developer Mozila has tied up with handset makers Intex and Spice to bring smartphones priced at $25 (Rs 1,500) to India in the next few months, a move that may redefine the “ultra-affordable” mobile phone market in


Goodbye FireFox, Welcome Google Chrome

I was using Firefox for long. For extra security i used NoScriptFirefox extension. This will stop bad scripts from starting when you visit unknown or hacked web sites. I recommend anyone using firfox or google chrome use NoScript (NotScript for


Hide Firefox 20 Open Links in a New Private window

Firefox 20 added new feature, that allow you to open private browsing window in same browsing session. I don’t want this new context menu. To hide this, go to your firefox profile. You can find this by going to You


Force saving passwords on firefox.

For some sites, when you login, forefox won’t prompt you to save passwords. This is because in the html form, input tag have autocomplete=”off” I used to login to softlayer private network everyday. To get password saved by firefox, i


SearchStatus Extension for FireFox

SearchStatus is a good extension for FirxFox, it shows Alexa Rank and Google Page Rank of the site you visit at bottom of the browser. When i first switched to FirxFox, i missed alexa tool bar, but found this extension


Changing User Agent in Firefox

You can change user agent in firefox by going to about:config Then add a new “String” by right clicking. Give “general.useragent.override” as name of the string. For the value, use what you need. I put Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) So