Mozilla Prolongs Default Cookie Blocker In Firefox 22

Mozilla recently launched Firefox 22 in beta mode.  One of the most controversial features that was supposed to be built into the browser was a default third-party cookie blocking software.  This feature was aimed at preventing cross-website tracking of browser users with cookies not originating from the websites that users visit.  This feature will still be available in the next Firefox released, but will be turned off by default.  The next Firefox release is expected to arrive in June.

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Mozilla Announces Firefox OS Developer Preview Phones: Keon and Peak

Mozilla has announced the first two phones that will be powered by the mobile Firefox operating system.  The first Firefox-powered handset is called the Keon and it has a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen, 3-megapixel rear camera, 1GHz Snapdragon S1 CPU, 512MB RAM, 4GB microSD storage, WiFi, 2G/3G, and 1580mAh battery.  The second handset is called the Peak.  The Peak has a 4.3-inch qHD screen, 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front camera, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 CPU, and 1,800mAh battery.

Firefox OS Now Being Tested Out On Phones

We first wrote about Mozilla Firefox OS back in July 2012.  Mozilla is building their own mobile smartphone operating system known as “Boot to Gecko.”  The idea is to allow developers to create apps close to being native using HTML5.  Earlier this week Mozilla displayed the Firefox operating system running on an actual device.

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Now You Can Download Nightly Builds Of Firefox OS

Mozilla is now uploading new nightly builds of their mobile operating system called Firefox OS.  You can download the operating system and try it out for yourself, but do so at your own risk.  The nightly builds will be prone to have bugs.  You can use the command line to download Gaia, which is the HTML 5 UI layer.  These builds are primarily for developers to test their web apps on.  Tony Chung of Mozilla has written a blog post about getting started with the new operating system.