Next stop for the Google toolbar is the open-source Mozilla Firefox browser, according to an e-mail posted on the Mozilla site.

The July 1st e-mail, posted on Mozilla's developer site, was penned under the name of Google engineer Fritz Schneider.

"I thought I'd drop you a note to give a heads up on something Google will be releasing next week: a version of our Internet Explorer toolbar for Firefox," the e-mail reads.

Schneider said the Firefox toolbar is slated for release on Thursday July 7.

The e-mail also asks developers not to speak with the press until Google makes the announcement tomorrow.

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