The Mozilla Developer News blog is reporting Firefox 3 will be released on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, and you’re invited to the party! From the website: ‘After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3 — the best web browser, period.

In other news, Opera 9.5 has been released today after nearly two years of development. New features include increased speed (particularly in the Javascript engine), Opera Link (browser synchronization), and a ’sharp’ new theme.

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