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(Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked): (Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked)amazing performanceyea no doubt, firefox is the best...here is another reviewhttp://taranfx.com/Xgen.php?page=msg/84.php&title=Firefox%203.0%20Beta%204%20Outrageous%20PerformanceRE: (Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 - Benchmarked)I tried to use IE and only after a week I went back to firefox finding the functionality on firefox easier to use. Microsoft seems to always over complicate...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3.0, Firefox 3.0 Beta 4, Firefox 3 Beta 4; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
firefox 3 beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7, 3x faster than FF2: Firefox 3 Beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7, 3x faster than FF2nightly build of Opera is already faster...than your reported speed of Opera. Not faster than FF3 beta 4 though... I wonder if the Opera developers are worried.Adobe donated a new javascript engine to FirefoxSo apparently these new numbers...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3 Beta 4, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 Beta, FF2; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likely: Firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likelyFantastique!ntRE: Firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likelyI hope they fix the bugs that cause FF3 to crash on a consistent basis for me. Sadly, I doubt they will as most of the...; Tags: Web browsers, OK Here, beta, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3 beta 4, FF3, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-26

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Moonlight, the Silverlight for Linux project, releases first public version: Miguel de Icaza has announced that that the first public sourcecode release of Moonlight CNET articleis now available. This version of Moonlight is based on Silverlight 1.0 and not the Silverlight 2 beta that is out now from Microsoft. It's also not Moonlight 1.0 as it seemed early on. According...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, UNIX, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Put your iPhone 'slide to unlock' screen to use: Remember when they invented the outside screen for the cell phone? You know, the little piece of crystal that showed the time? A coup for anyone neurotic enough to need to check the time without needing to flip open the phone. Well, now that...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Screen, RSS, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Web Browsers, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-16

Barney Pell reports on Powerset's first week in discussion with the Semantic Web Gang: Powerset CTO Barney Pell joins regular members of the Semantic Web Gang to share some of Powerset's experiences on the week since the launch of their public beta. Gang members also discuss Yahoo! SearchMonkey and next week's Semantic Technology Conference in this hour-long conversation recorded yesterday. by...; Tags: Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-16
News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature: There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...; Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack: Microsoft won't be delivering database backup as one of the new features promised for the first "PowerPack" update for Windows Home Server when it ships later this year. The independent "We Got Served" Home Server blog acknowledged the feature cut in a May 9 entry. According to...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Backups, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Microsoft delivers another update to Office Live Workspace: Microsoft rolled out quietly on May 15 its 1.1 update to its Office Live Workspace service, which is currently in beta test. The 1.1 bits are available from the Microsoft Downloads site. adds performance updates, making Office Live Workspace run faster with Microsoft Office programs, plus the...; Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta: We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...; Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-15
News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15
What's wrong at OpenSolaris: The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...; Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-15
What: WhatWhat Vista Should BeAn excellent article and I couldn't agree with you more as to how an Operating System should be in 2008. Remembering of course that an OS is ONLY an OS. Everything productive one wants and needs to do on a computer sits above the layer of an...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
First public release of Silverlight for Linux is out: The first public release of Moonlight -- the Silverlight on Linux project from open-source leader Miguel de Icaza and his band of coders -- is out. De Icaza, Novell Vice President for Developer Technologies, noted the release in a blog post dated May 13. De Icaza noted...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19: Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19...Been testing OpenSuSE 11.0 beta... looking good so far! ]:)RE: Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19I like how it was quietly released. They obviously don't want anyone to use linux. That is fine by me, in fact I'll take...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Fedora Project, Fedora 9, openSuse 11, openSUSE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19: Red Hat's Fedora project yesterday quietly released version 9, an upgrade of its open source Linux operating system with support for live USB bootup, OpenJDK6 , KDE 4 and the ext4 file system. Fedora 9, code-named Sulphur, was developed by more than 2,000 volunteer developers, said Paul...; Tags: Fedora Project, KDE, Fedora 9, KDE 4, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Semantics add value to new travel site as UpTake emerges from private beta: Palo Alto-based travel meta-search site UpTake formerly Kango entered a new phase this morning, emerging from a private beta programme that began in December to give a clear indication of how they've been spending the $4million secured from Shasta Ventures last year. For...; Tags: Hotel, San Diego, Site, UpTake, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Latest Flock Beta delivers Digg, Pownce and AOL Mail support: Having launched in late 2005 amidst a tsunami of web 2.0 hype, it was always going to be difficult for social web browser Flock to keep up with expectations. But after getting through what seemed like an unhealthy period of stagnation, update by update the software is really starting to...; Tags: Digg, America Online Inc., Twitter, E-mail, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Opera Mini 4.1 comes out of beta and earns a spot as my right soft key shortcut: Opera Mini 4.1 comes out of beta and earns a spot as my right soft key shortcutOpera Mini 4.1 and BlackjackSamsung Blackjack users (at least those of us with the original model; can't speak for the BJII) will be happy to learn that Opera Mini 4.1 takes care of that...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Opera Software, Opera Mini, Opera Mini 4.1; Discussion threads 2008-05-14