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Firefox 3 RC2 on tap, final ship in mid June: Firefox 3 RC2 on tap, final ship in mid JuneClose enough!Well, it was me, not Mike Schroepfer, and the unnamed developer was actually our QA Lead Tim Riley, but I totally understand that it's hard to hear those things on a call.Also, the issue affects at *most* 11,000 users, and...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Firefox 3 RC2, mid-June; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is released - complete with sneaky change: Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is released - complete with sneaky changeChanging the default BrowserI'm not sure I see that as a big deal except if you decide not to make it your default browser and later want to make it the default browser I presume there's some way...; Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, RC1, sneaky change; Discussion threads 2008-05-17
Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is released: Many of you will know that I've been following the progress of the Firefox 3.0 browser. Yesterday the browser entered an important phase of development with the unveiling of Release Candidate 1 (RC1). by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, firefox, rc1, browser; Image galleries 2008-05-17
Firefox 3 Beta 5 released, RC1 Freezes April 8: Firefox 3 Beta 5 released, RC1 Freezes April 8Great to see the competition and innovation. Funny that a bunch of punksare so far ahead of MS.RE: Firefox 3 Beta 5 released, RC1 Freezes April 8So far I am highly impressed, the load time is finally acceptable. Now all we need...; Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 beta 5, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 Beta, RC1; Discussion threads 2008-04-02
Windows Home Server won't launch on August 27: Windows Home Server won't launch on August 27WHS Not ready for ANY RELEASE DATE.I tested RC1 Windows Home Server and found that it was a sloppy piece of Windows 2003 Server cut and pasting. 0) None of the install screens were anywhere near ready for user installs. Half of them...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Servers, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows Home Server, RC1; Discussion threads 2007-08-19

Silverlight release candidate now available: Tim Sneath posted on his blog that the RC1 build for Silverlight 1.0 is available for download. Version 1.0 of Silverlight is targeted at web video and not as much at developers like the 1.1 release will be. Andy Plesser from Beet.TV has some more info and a chat with...; Tags: Silverlight, Microsoft; Blog posts 2007-07-28
Microsoft fills in its System Center roadmap: Microsoft fills in its System Center roadmapIs "Dynamic" the new "Live" which was the new ".Net"?"Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative "First everything became .net. Then Live. The whole business suite is now Dynamic is the rest of the group going to follow?If so, I for one recommend they go ahead and...; Tags: .NET, Application servers, Microsoft .NET, RTM, Microsoft Corp., RC1, business suite; Discussion threads 2007-03-28
Vista testers get unexpected holiday gift: No TV: Vista testers get unexpected holiday gift: No TVTo bad Myth TV doesn't have a Windows versionDon't get me wrong here. Just saying that because if average joe want to do something they generally stick with what they have. If Myth TV has windows based version then they'd have an easier...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Kinda, TV, Microsoft Windows Vista, RC1, RC2, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-01-04
The Vista RC2 feedback rolls in: The Vista RC2 feedback rolls inProgress is always good.And by all accounts MS has indeed made much progress.FoleyAny joke about your last name lately?Please note I didn't say Vista was locking upI said the Creative Labs sound drivers were locking the system up. Those were not included in Vista...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, RC2, Creative Labs Inc., RC1, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2006-10-09
Sound muting and other Vista 5728 changes of note: Sound muting and other Vista 5728 changes of note2 ???Bill Gates is going to Rid the WORLD of poverty, and MY IE DOESN'T WORK, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR HELP.Gates made ALL his money, selling INCOMPLETE SOFTWARE, AND THEN CHARGING TO GET IT FIXED.Why do they ALWAYS...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate communications, clean install, Vista 5728, RC1, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2006-09-24

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Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology is ready to roll: Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology is ready to rollActually...You should ask THAT to Apple, not Microsoft...Because Apple's usage agreement only allows OSX to run on Apple hardware?And while Psystar might be avoiding a lawsuit, it's very unlikely that Apple would hold back if MS tried to enable it's customers to easily...; Tags: desktop virtualization, cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, Tools & Techniques, non-Windows OS, hardware list, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology, VMware Inc., virtualization, innotek VirtualBox, virtu; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
Firefox 3 expected to ship June 17: Firefox 3 expected to ship June 17Meanwhile, Opera 9.5 Shipped TodayAnd I am liking it. Been running the beta for ages. Good to see it released.Looking foward to itI've tried the betas, and RCs. Firefox still is my main browser, but it's irritating that the extensions didn't work half the...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software; Discussion threads 2008-06-12
Firefox 3 RC2: still flawed: Firefox 3 RC2: still flawedPay attentionIf you read what I said, there was NO problem of this kind before RC2. It's not whining when basic functionality goes pear shaped. And yes - I did try find a fix. And yes, having had all the past problems all those pesky extensions...; Tags: Web browsers, Greasemonkey, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 RC2, FF3, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Firefox 3 RC2: still flawed: The world seems enamored of Firefox 3. I'm not one of them. I would like to be if it wasn't for the flaws I keep finding when using the Mac version. Now before the Mozilla PR squad descend like a ton of hot bricks as is their practice the moment...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, RC2, Web Browsers, Internet, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-05
OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 XFCE Desktop (OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 ): OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 XFCE Desktop (OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 )I think I may stop using Ubuntu!This looks really really good. The only clincher will be the repository support and available applications. Ubuntu is the best I've found at that part. But it still does feel short of real...; Tags: Desktops, desktop, OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1, OpenSuSE 11.0, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 XFCE Desktop; Discussion threads 2008-06-04
Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available from FTP servers: Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available from FTP serversFirefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available from FTP serversI hope RC2 is more stable than RC1. I've had RC1 crash on me 3 times already while trying to browse ZDNet. Although it wouldn't surprise me if its actually ZDNet code doing...; Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2, FTP server, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, server; Discussion threads 2008-06-04
UPDATED - Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available for download now: Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 has been released by Mozilla uploaded to the Mozilla FTP site. FTP location here. [UPDATED: Link removed.] As yet no official release notes have been made available and the links are not yet on the download site, but rest...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Quirky Plurk: another microblogging time sink: The other evening I started to receive unsolicited aka spam requests to hook up with people on Plurk. Spam might be too strong a word since the requests were coming from people with whom I'm already connected through other services. I've had my...; Tags: Web Browser, Twitter, Plurk, Web Browsers, Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?: Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?Surely, like all programs, the answer is...."Only what it needs, and no more.".To anyone who might feel like crying "RAM is cheap!", then I would say speaking as a programmer that that would be no excuse for sloppy work.Not a definitive answer just yetIf you want...; Tags: Web browsers, Flash memory, memory, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.0; Discussion threads 2008-06-04
Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?: This morning I came across an article on Neosmart claiming that Firefox 3.0 is, despite the best attempts of the Mozilla dev team, still a massive memory hog. We're sorry to have to break it to you, but if you thought it was too good to be true you...; Tags: Result, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Memory, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-06-04