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Firefox Breaks 8 Million Gets Into Guinness: related news
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Punkster812 writes "Mozilla has gotten the results back from the Guinness World Records and the official number that will be set as the record is 8,002,530 downloads. The day started out a little rough for them, with server troubles during the initial launch, but once they got everything going, they were able to transfer 62,419,734 MB in 24 hours. You can get more information, including a breakdown of how many downloads each country did from around the world, by visiting spreadfirefox.com. Congratulations, Mozilla, on the new record."
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via Slashdot @ 16:04 3rd Jul
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As part of Mozilla Corporation's ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 2.0.0.16 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older.html. We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 2.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting "Check for Updates?" from the Help menu. For a list of changes and more information, please review the Firefox 2.0.0.16 Release Notes at: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/2.0.0.16/releasenotes/ Note: Firefox 2.0.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until mid-December, 2008. All users are encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 3.
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via LWN @ 9:48 18th Jul
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As part of Mozilla Corporation's ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 3.0.1 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from http://getfirefox.com/. We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 3.0, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting "Check for Updates?" from the Help menu. For a list of changes and more information, please review the Firefox 3.0.1 Release Notes at: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/3.0.1/releasenotes/ Note: All Firefox 2.0.0.x users are encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 3.0.1 by downloading it from http://getfirefox.com/. (follow-up: mozilla.
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via LWN @ 9:48 18th Jul
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Midway Games today announced its second-quarter fiscal results for the period ended June 30. Net revenues fell from $31.8 million last year at this time to $23.4 million, but the total did exceed Midway's prior guidance of $18 million. The publisher suffered a net loss of $34.8 million for the quarter, more than double last year's $14.3 million. Looking at the entire first half, net loss is an even uglier almost $69 million.
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via Gamers.com @ 9:28 5th Aug
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IconThe Firefox project was rewarded on Wednesday when Guinness World Records accepted that the 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox on 'Download Day' in June constituted a world record. Firefox is now officially in the record books for receiving the most downloads from a Web site with a 24-hour period.
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via OSNews @ 1:29 5th Jul
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monkeymonkey writes "Mozilla has integrated tracing optimization into SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript interpreter in Firefox. This improvement has boosted JavaScript performance by a factor of 20 to 40 in certain contexts. Ars Technica interviewed Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich (the original creator of JavaScript) and Mozilla's vice president of engineering, Mike Shaver. They say that tracing optimization will 'take JavaScript performance into the next tier' and 'get people thinking about JavaScript as a more general-purpose language.' The eventual goal is to make JavaScript run as fast as C code. Ars reports: 'Mozilla is leveraging an impressive new optimization technique to bring a big performance boost to the Firefox JavaScript engine. ...They aim to improve execution speed so that it is comparable to that of native code.
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via Slashdot @ 12:22 23rd Aug
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The good people at Guinness have certified the 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3 last month as the most downloaded software in one 24-hour period.
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via San Francisco Chronicle @ 19:56 2nd Jul
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Mozilla Corp. released its updated browser, Firefox 3.0, last month with a push to set a new world record for most number of downloads of a new release in a 24 hour period. Now results show that Firefox posted a 0.6% market share increase in June to 19% of the overall browser market. Safari and Opera also eked out small gains in June as well. These increases come at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer which fell to 73%. The bulk of Firefox's increase came following the June 17 release of Firefox 3.0. All three alternative browsers hit all time highs with IE hitting a corresponding record low. If these trends continue, Firefox is expected to break 20% market share this month.
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via Overclockers Club @ 0:18 3rd Jul
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You've probably received the email already if you were one of the people who took part in the Firefox 3 download day, which confirmed the Guinness World Record of over eight million downloads in the 24hr period (8,002,530 was the exact number). Those who took part in download day can now also download and print a personalised certificate to celebrate their contribution. The Firefox download map continues to notch up FF3 download numbers, which now exceeds 28 million.
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via Overclockers Club @ 23:31 3rd Jul
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Video game accessories manufacturer Mad Catz today revealed its fourth quarter and full-year earnings for the period ended March 31. Sales in the fourth quarter were up over 13 percent to $21.9 million while net loss amounted to $0.8 million. For the entire year, however, net sales were $87.6 million (down over 12 percent) and Mad Catz posted a net income of $3.2 million, down slightly from the previous year's $3.7 million.
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via Gamers.com @ 13:02 1st Jul
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Tags: browser, downloads, firefox, firefox 3, guiness world record attempt, guinness, internet, mozilla, open source
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via Builder AU @ 0:19 3rd Jul
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Mozilla welcomes you to attend the 2008 Mozilla Firefox 3 launch party, taking place on Wednesday July 9th at the fabulous Club Eve in Piccadilly. Put on your glad rags and join Mozilla to see in the summer of 2008. An evening of fun, networking and dancing late into the evening, where else would you rather be on a barmy summer evening in London? There are free drinks until late courtesy of our friends at eBay and Glaxstar. There will also be a special announcement of a Guinness World Record.
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via Netimperative @ 18:43 1st Jul
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As expected, Mozilla’s Firefox 3 browser has secured a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads in a single day. The open-source company said Wednesday that its browser set the world record by netting over 8 million downloads in its first 24 hours of release.
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via The Money Times @ 10:26 3rd Jul
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July 4, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Mozilla has achieved its objective, and now has an official World Record - Firefox 3.0 was downloaded 8,002,530 times during ‘Download Day’ on June 17, 2008, it was reported recently. During Download Day’s peak, Firefox 3.0 was being downloaded 9,000 times a minute and since being made available, the latest version of the Open Source Internet browser has been downloaded over 28 million times.
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via Host Search @ 8:17 8th Jul
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Digital revenue at the BBC’s overseas, profit-making BBC Worldwide division ballooned from £13.9 million ($27.4 million) to £21.9 million ($43.2 million) in the year to March 31, thanks to ads on the new BBC.com and to sales from the likes of iTunes and YouTube. The controversial BBC.com made £1.5 million ($2.96 million) from ads and sponsorships since its November launch. The site only runs ads outside the UK and plans to increase inventory, while ”an international commercial iPlayer functionality is being explored”, too.
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via PaidContent.org @ 23:21 8th Jul
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In the third quarter NBTYs web sales rose by 35% to $24.7 million from $18.3 million in the prior year. In comparison, same-store sales in North America declined by 6% while total revenue grew by 6.4% to $535 million for the third quarter ended June 30 from $503 million in the prior year. Net income declined to $46 million in the third quarter from $51 million in the prior year.
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via InternetRetailer.com @ 18:25 30th Jul
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Mazel tov, Mozilla, for claiming the Guinness world record for most downloaded software in a 24-hour period after 8 million of your minions snagged Firefox 3 on launch day. It's not that big of a feat considering you took the record from absolutely no one, but you sure set the bar pretty high for anyone planning on breaking it. [Firefox via Reuters]
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via Gizmodo @ 13:09 3rd Jul
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Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries. "The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen" said Marketing head Paul Kim. Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it "an extremely impressive accomplishment".
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via Neowin.net @ 10:26 3rd Jul
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Firefox 3 has officially picked up a Guinness World Record for the most number of downloads in a single day.
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via Infomatics @ 22:17 3rd Jul
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Firefox 3 has officially picked up a Guinness World Record for the most number of downloads in a single day.
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via PC Magazine UK @ 10:23 3rd Jul
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Firefox 3 has officially picked up a Guinness World Record for the most number of downloads in a single day.
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via Personal Computer World @ 10:26 3rd Jul
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Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Firefox 3 has become the most downloaded software in a single day.
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via VNUNet.com @ 7:54 3rd Jul
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An anonymous reader writes "Just a week after Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.0, the open-source developer has proposed ship dates for the next version that, if approved, would produce an alpha release next month and a final no later than early 2009. According to a draft schedule discussed at a recent meeting, Mozilla wants to have the first Firefox 3.1 developer preview ready by July, then move to a beta by August. The schedule slates final code delivery in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2009. A month ago, when Mozilla first started discussing Firefox 3.1 internally, Mike Schroepfer, the company's vice president of engineering, said the upgrade's target ship date was the end of 2008. If Mozilla holds to that plan, Firefox 3.
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via Slashdot @ 4:33 1st Jul
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