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Firefox downloads get huge spike

Firefox downloads get huge spike

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The folks at Mozilla are rubbing their hands together in glee over the misfortune of poor little Microsoft, as Internet Explorer users jump ship in their droves. Following an anouncement by the German Government that Exploder was about has safe as anthrax, and shouldn't be touched with a very long Bratwurst, Firefox downloads went through the roof with daily downloads peaking at close to 200,000 per day, and more than 300,000 over the four-day period straddling the day...



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