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Open-Source Upstart Challenges the Big Web Browsers

(Posted on  New York Times: Technology  about 1 month ago)

Browser developer Mozilla will soon release Firefox 3.0, which will feature a few tricks that could change the way people organize and find the Web sites they visit most frequently. (visit source article)
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