Mozilla to overhaul Firefox’s default home and tab pages



Despite Mozilla kicking its release schedule into overdrive, not all parts of Firefox have gotten the tender love and care they truly deserve. Take for example, the browser’s default homepage, which hasn’t evolved much since its humble beginnings nea…

Internet Explorer holds onto top browser crown while Chrome and Firefox tussle over second place



Both Net Applications and StatCounter have released their figures for browser market share for 2011 and it makes for largely unsurprising reading. Internet Explorer’s full share has dropped but it still maintains the top spot — a 52 percent share…

SkyDrive juices up document sharing and uploading, grabs a HTML5 smoothie afterward (video)



Omar Shahine has sent SkyDrive off to the Microsoft gym in the hopes that it’d trim up ready for its forthcoming update. Users will soon be able to enjoy beefier document management powers, share individual files from private folders, control perm…

SlingPlayer for Facebook is okay, Chrome(book) compatibility is better



Ready to let the world know all about your most intimate TV-viewing habits? Good, because the SlingPlayer Facebook app is now available, and prepared to do just that. Once installed, the app allows Slingbox Solo or Pro-HD owners to manage their DV…

Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader storms into Firefox on an HTML5 chariot



Just about three months after launching on Safari and Chrome, Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader app has finally made its way to Firefox. With this HTML5-based app, Mozilla devotees can access Kindle books directly from their browsers for both online an…