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Firefox 3 beta 5: How many connections is too many?

Firefox 3 beta 5: How many connections is too many?Justified - pages are much busier now!!The spec is outdated relative to current usage. With large Flash objects, Ajax usage, etc. on pages these days...it is easy to have more than 2 transport connections open. In fact, it's hard...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3 beta 5, server, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

Firefox 3 Beta 5 released. Thoughts?

Firefox 3 Beta 5 released. Thoughts?Been using itI really like it. It seem much more responsive. Can't wait until the "must have" extensions are supported.FF 3.0b5 Add ons CaveatsFolks who depend on the various 'Add ons' might want to check on whether they are support before moving to 3.0b5...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3 beta 5, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

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

It's official! Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 released

[UPDATE: It's now official.] Just a quick note - Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 has been released and distributed to mirror download sites. There's no official announcement yet I expect this to be made within the hour but the release notes have been uploaded to the Mozilla website....

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Firefox 3 Beta 5, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18

Firefox 3 beta 5 code freeze slated for March 18Damn Right Another Beta is Needed!I have crashes all the time. Several times they've gotten so frequest I've had to go to FF2 or IE to get work done.The current code is not anywhere close to being ready for prime...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3 beta 5, Firefox 3

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Additional Resources

Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable

In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...

Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little

Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac

I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution

There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-23

A look at the recent Firefox 3 vulnerability

A look at the recent Firefox 3 vulnerabilityLOLAlways makes me laugh when a Firefox article is written critical of it, no one adds an opinion.If this were about IE, the thread would be huge.quit making such a big deal, read moreWhy do people write about security vulnerabilities that have happened...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games

Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox

News items 2008-07-23

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...

Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, DNS, Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., App Store, Banking, Vertical Industries, Domain Names, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Human Resources

Blog posts 2008-07-23

How to lose customers by not even trying

How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

A look at the recent Firefox 3 vulnerability

True to form, Billy Rios promised a more in depth look at the MSFA2008-35 vulnerability which is another protocol handler flaw in Firefox 3.  As previously reported here, this was another protocol handler flaw that led to arbitrary remote command execution, and is especially dangerous since it can be deployed...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Protocol Handler, Firefox3, Security Decision, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Qik out of private beta

Qik out of private beta"The format doesn’t suit video."What am I missing here?Interesting article, though. I'd already forgotten about Qik.

Tags: Qik

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to boot

Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to bootKyte ClarificationsHi, this is Gannon from Kyte. I'd like to clarify a few issues raised by your article:Your article compares kyte.com to qik.com. First off, Kyte.com is our corporate site, not our service, so this comparison is irrelevant. Our...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Blogging, public beta, Qik, Kyte

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Q'n'A: Your correspondence to date

Over the last week or two, I've been inundated with an email. On a serious note, there have been a few questions asked; not that they need clarification as I've already covered these things, I'll answer these anyway. Q. [Email] Open Source ERP5 is now used to...

Tags: Mobile, E-mail, Public Relations, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-21