Fennec, the mobile version of Firefox has been updated for both Nokia and Windows Mobile phones.

Fennec Beta 2 for Nokia devices includes a new theme, built-in JavaScript error console, and improved add-on support. Full changes can be found in the release notes.

For the Windows Mobile users, Fennec Alpha 2 increases performance, polishes the user interface, plus a list of other changes in the release notes.

Download Fennec Beta 2 (“Maemo”) for Nokia devices
Download Fennec Alpha 2 for Windows Mobile

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5 release candidate (RC) 3 overnight, just days after RC2.

The new build fixes a few bugs and increases overall stability. Changes can be found in the release notes.

The browser can be downloaded from the Firefox beta website, and a final release is expected next week.

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 (RC2). With minimal changes since RC1 last week, the end is near for Firefox 3.5.

Firefox 3.5 final is still scheduled before the end of June.

A full list of changes can be found in the release notes. The new browser will be automatically downloaded for RC1 users, or can be downloaded directly from the Mozilla Beta website.

As an appreciation for all their hard work, Microsoft is sending free toolkits to official beta testers of Internet Explorer 8.

“Thank you for your hard work during the Internet Explorer 8 Technical Beta Program. Your dedication to making this product the best it can be is truly amazing. We would like to personally thank you by sending you a small token of our appreciation. We will be sending you an Internet Explorer 8 Workmate Toolkits (see attached images). If you do not want this, then simply respond to this mail with “Thanks, but No Thanks.”” said an email sent out to testers yesterday.

Testers are asked to ensure they have their details up to date on their Connect profile by this Friday US time so they can receive their goodies. An image of the “workmate toolkit” can be seen below.

Included in Release Candidate 1 builds of Firefox, Mozilla has released the final iteration of the new Firefox 3.5 logo.

The icon was created by Anthony Piraino from the Iconfactory, and went through a total of 14 iterations over several weeks.

The new icon has a stronger 3D feel to it, with much more detail in the foxes tail.

The new logo is available in several sizes and formats and can be downloaded from the Mozilla Wiki.

Apple has released an update to Safari for Mac only. The update “addresses incompatibilities between Safari 4.0 and certain features in iPhoto ’09, including Places and Facebook publishing”.

The update is available to Mac users through the software update menu in OS X.

Mozilla has just released Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC) to the web.

Other than better stability, there doesn’t seem to be much new under the hood. A full list of changes since Beta 4 can be found in the release notes.

The browser is available on all major platforms from the Firefox Beta website. Existing Beta 4 users will have the update pushed out to them automatically.

Opera has unveiled its secret project, which it was hoping would “change the web”. With Opera 10, the company is planning on introducing new technology called Opera Unite.

Opera Unite allows users to share files and host websites right from in their browser.

“This technology is a radical first step towards addressing what I call “the Internet’s unfulfilled promise”, which is about our ability to connect with each other and participate meaningfully online—on our own terms, and without losing control of our data” writes Lawrence Eng, Opera Software Product Analyst.

More information and early download links can be found on the Opera Unite homepage.

Microsoft has started a campaign that will donate the financial equivalent of eight meals to the Feeding America network for every complete download of Internet Explorer 8.

The Browse for the Better campaign runs from June 10th till August 8th 2009. Microsoft will be donating $1.15 per download, to a maximum of $1,000,000.

The Feeding America network distributes close to 1000 tones of food per year to more than 25 million low-income individuals in the United States.

More information on how you can help can be found on the Browse for the Better campaign website.

Apple has released a press release stating that Safari 4 has been downloaded over 11 million times in just 3 days.

Breaking these down, there were 6 million downloads for Windows and 5 million downloads for Mac OS X.

To compare, Firefox 3 was downloaded 20 million times in 7 days, so the numbers from Apple seem quite reasonable.

Apple claims that Safari 4 is “nearly eight times faster than IE 8 and more than four times faster than Firefox 3. Safari quickly loads HTML web pages more than three times faster than IE 8 and three times faster than Firefox 3”.

Safari 4 can be downloaded for Windows and Mac from the Apple Safari website.