The final version of Firefox 4 is near. They have recently announced the Firefox 4 is now in final beta stage. Go get it at here and you can test it with websites and add-ons. Besides new features, the latest beta aims to fix most bugs and improve the performance. With the increasing popularity of Google Chrome, will Firefox 4 stop to lose the market share? 【Via...

Microsoft launched the new Hotmail design to all users last week. Many users are complaining that the new design is “buggy” and some accounts are completely inaccessible. Microsoft acknowledged the problem and recommends users to use Google Chrome to visit Hotmail, “Some customers have indicated that if they use Google Chrome to view their Hotmail account they no longer encounter this problem”. They said users should not use...

After some delays, Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.4, the newest version of the popular web browser. It comes with one big addition: protection against crashing due to third-party plugins, most notably Adobe Flash. The updated browser, which you can download here, comes with dozens of bug fixes and stability upgrades. What the average user will care about most though is Firefox crash protection, something that is a prominent feature of...

Google Chrome and Opera allows users to sync bookmarks and browser settings with a simple account. Firefox could actually do the same thing by installing the Firefox Sync. It was called Weave and it’s now graduated. Firefox Sync will become one of the major features in the future release. Similar to the other browsers, Firefox Sync allows to sync bookmarks, opened tabs, preferences and more. Firefox is also planning to develop an iPhone...

John Lilly, the CEO of Mozilla, is stepping down from his post and moving to venture capital firm Greylock Partners, according to AllThingsD. Lilly became the CEO of Mozilla in January 2008, when he was promoted from the COO position. His move comes just as the non-profit revealed detailed plans for Firefox 4.0. The AllThingsD report states that Lilly will be joining Greylock Partners as a venture capitalist, although he could eventually...