TAKEPLACE: 8.75 MILLION COPIES OF FIREFOX 4 SETS UNOFFICIAL RECORD FOR SOFTWARE DL'S

Sunday, March 27, 2011

8.75 MILLION COPIES OF FIREFOX 4 SETS UNOFFICIAL RECORD FOR SOFTWARE DL'S

Mozilla set an unofficial record for software downloads on the second day of Firefox 4's launch, the company said Friday.

In the 24 hours from early Wednesday to early Thursday, users downloaded 8.75 million copies of the new browser, an uptick from the 7.1 million logged by Firefox 4 its first day.

Last week's one-day tally broke the record established by Firefox 3.0 in mid-2008 when that browser was downloaded more than 8 million times within 24 hours. Then, Mozilla ran a "Download Day" campaign that resulted in a certified Guinness World Record. CW

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