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Firefox use growing, Internet Explorer slipping

By Alaska Miller, 6:00 PM on Fri Aug 1 2008, 616 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Only four years after its launch, Mozilla's Google-milking cash cow Web browser, Firefox, is now approaching 20 percent market share, reports NetApplications, a website-statistics provider. Just two months ago, over 8 million people downloaded a copy of Firefox 3, in a marketing stunt which garnered Mozilla a Guinness record. Meanwhile, Internet Explorer is dipping below 70 percent market share. [TGDaily]

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