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Mozilla CTO: Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks to CNET News Dan Farber about why the company now commands 20 percent of the browser market and what they're doing to grow. He also discusses the company's mobile browser strategy, making Firefox faster than the competition, and taking chances with the company's core...

Tags: CTO, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Strategy, Internet, Management, Brendan Eich

Videos 2008-11-18

Short clip: Mozilla sets a vision and steps back

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, explains how he controls a company full of open source code by setting a vision and stepping back. He lets people decide for themselves how to fine tune their programming. Even without tight control, the company has made progress in tabbed browsing, privacy, and performance.

Tags: Vision, Mozilla Corp., Strategy, Management, Brendan Eich

Videos 2008-11-18

Short clip: Mozilla adding applications and evolving email

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, says that people are communicating differently using less email and more text messaging. As Firefox evolves, he plans to build whatever features users need into the browser. Eich predicts that eventually email clients could be entirely consumed by the web.

Tags: Mozilla Corp., E-mail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Brendan Eich

Videos 2008-11-18

Short clip: Mozilla's role in the browser wars

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks about the race for the fastest browser engine. Google, Microsoft, and Apple are all competing with Mozilla. The competition, he says, is good for users and developers.

Tags: Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Brendan Eich

Videos 2008-11-18

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to Firefox

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to FirefoxHelloThis is a good video.

Tags: Web browsers, Brendan Eich, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Super Techie: Firefox CTO Brendan Eich

Super Techie: Firefox CTO Brendan EichUgh!!!Post a transcript. Please. Get over the idea that we all can, or want to, watch video. Speedreaders can digest faster than they can watch...for just one example.RE: Super Techie: Firefox CTO Brendan EichWhen will Firefox 3 be available to everyone?no soundWhere...

Tags: Web browsers, Super Techie, Brendan Eich, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

Additional Resources

Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"

The latest update to Firefox has been pushed out to users via an automatic update. This one was rushed through, mainly to fix the vulnerability used to win the 2009 CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest (MFSA 2009-13: Arbitrary code execution through XUL <tree> element). In addition it contains a...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Bug, Crack, Web Browsers, Patches, Security, Internet, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Browser wars: the platform wins

Panel: Arun Ranganathan Mozilla, Chris Wilson (Web Platform Architect, Microsoft), Brendan Eich (CTO, Mozilla Foundation), Charles McCathieNevile (Chief Standards Officer, Opera Software), Darin Fisher (Software Engineer, Google) Browser experts from Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Opera, and the Webkit project are all here. ...

Tags: JavaScript, Web Browser, Gecko, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-16

CIO Sessions: Mozilla CTO: Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks to CNET News’ Dan Farber about why the company now commands 20 percent of the browser market and what they’re doing to grow. He also discusses the company’s mobile browser strategy, making Firefox faster than the competition, and taking chances with the company’s core...

Tags: CTO, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Strategy, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-20

News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro’ Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Mozilla CTO: Brendan Eich

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks to CNET News’ Dan Farber about why the company now commands 20 percent of the browser market and what they’re doing to grow. He also discusses the company’s mobile browser strategy, making Firefox faster than the competition, and taking chances with the company’s core...

Tags: CTO, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Strategy, Internet, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Setting a vision and stepping back

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, explains how he controls a company full of open source codeâ€"by setting a vision and stepping back. He lets people decide for themselves how to fine tune their programming. Even without tight control, the company has made progress in tabbed browsing, privacy, and performance. by...

Tags: Vision, Strategy, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Adding applications and evolving email

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, says that people are communicating differentlyâ€"using less email and more text messaging. As Firefox evolves, he plans to build whatever features users need into the browser. Eich predicts that eventually email clients could be entirely consumed by the web. by Administrator

Tags: E-mail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Browser wars: who’s the fastest?

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks about the race for the fastest browser engine. Google, Microsoft, Appleâ€"are all competing with Mozilla. The competition, he says, is good for users and developers. by Administrator

Tags: Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Administrator

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Browser wars: who's the fastest?

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks about the race for the fastest browser engine. Google, Microsoft, Apple—are all competing with Mozilla. The competition, he says, is good for users and developers.

Tags: Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Mozilla, Firefox

Videos 2008-11-18

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'

Mozilla warns of Flash and Silverlight 'agenda'The "may"...?Please, just close your mouth and only open it again when you have actual proof of anything. [i]They "may" have an agenda...[/i]Nothing other than just more endless anti-MS crying. but Give me a break...motivationWhat's the motivation for Adobe to provide current versions...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Open Software, Microsoft Silverlight, government control, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, software, Proprietary Software, Socialism

Discussion threads 2008-04-30

News to know: Windows 7; eBay; Space race; Java

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 and Windows Live to get tighter Ed Bott: Vista virtualization: The bigger picture Via makes way for 64-bit chips Larry Dignan: eBay CEO Whitman steps down; execs shuffled amid weak...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Line Of Business, Java, eBay Inc., Phishing, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Keyboards, Cyberthreats, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Blog posts 2008-01-24

Super Techie: Firefox CTO Brendan Eich

In a Super Techies interview where I interview people who have made an impact on the tech industry, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich tells me about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley, including his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript, battling Microsoft in the browser wars, and...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, CTO, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to Firefox

In a Super Techies interview, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley. Eich discusses his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript programming language, battling Microsoft in the browser wars, and his current role at Mozilla,...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Communications Corp., Netscape Navigator, Programming Language, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Programming Languages, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Browser, Personal Technology, Super Techies

Videos 2008-01-18

Adobe Apollo is dead on arrival

Adobe Apollo is dead on arrivalAlpha Focused on FlexThis alpha was specifically focused on Flex/Flash, which is why Ajax seems like a second class citizen. When the final product ships, Ajax will be on par with Flash/Flex to the point where you won't ever need to use those "proprietary formats"...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Adobe AIR, Apollo, Adobe Systems Inc., tool, SDK, AJAX

Discussion threads 2007-03-27