Mozilla answered claims that Google Inc.’s Chrome browser outperforms Firefox with benchmark results of its own that showed the upcoming Firefox 3.1 is faster at executing JavaScript. According to tests run by Brendan Eich, Mozilla’s chief technology officer and the creator of JavaScript, Firefox’s new TraceMonkey interpreter is up to 28% faster than V8, the name Google gave to the interpreter used by Chrome.

Original Article: Mozilla: Firefox is faster than Chrome | ITworld

Mozilla said Friday it has added the fruits of a two-month JavaScript turbo power project to the latest preview of its next browser, Firefox 3.1, that boosts some benchmark speeds by nearly 40 times over Firefox 3.0.

Original Article: Mozilla turbocharges Firefox, touts major speed gains | ITworld