Why won't Firefox agree that I've updated? Really, I have.

I've downloaded and installed 8.0.1 more than twice but I still get " You are not using the latest version" on the home page.

Yes you are using Firefox 8.0.1. Actually Firefox 9.0 is current at mozilla.com
In Firefox go to "Tools->Options->General ->Homepage"
If it is says http://www.google.com/firefox similar then there is your issue. You can either keep that as homepage and ignore the old version message or change it to another site or make it as '''about:home''' if you want a similar page (it will not have old version message).

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