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Firefox Soars on Germany's Browser Warning

in News on January 20, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Germans appear to be heeding the advice of their government and seeking out alternatives to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser. Mozilla, creators of the Firefox browser, say they’ve seen a significant surge in downloads of the software in Germany in the days since a Germany government agency recommended people switch to browsers that compete with Internet Explorer because of a new security flaw in the Microsoft browser.

Der Googel Krome Ist in der Schmutz

in News on September 8, 2008 at 8:55 am PT

Google’s new Chrome browser hasn’t been available for a week yet and already, privacy advocates are sounding alarms. Over the weekend, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned against using the browser, which it fears collects and centralizes a bit too much user data with Google.