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Second Firefox 3.1 beta brings significant changes

 
Usually not much happens to a software product from one point release to the next, much less one beta version to the next. But Mozilla has made quite a few changes with the second beta of Firefox 3.1, released Monday. In the new version are support for video and ... (link)

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