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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 - complete with sneaky change

More Firefox 3.0 RC1 coverage: Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed  Many of you will know that I've been following the progress of the Firefox 3.0 browser carefully over the past few months. Yesterday the browser entered an important phase of development with the unveiling of...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 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

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News to know: Yahoo, Windows 7, Palm, AMD, Blackberry Tour, Netbook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next week

Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next weekThat's great!While I'm already satisfied with the current speed of FF3, a little speed boost never hurt anyone. I didn't install the beta on any of my machines, but I did try it while running a Fedora 11 Live CD. Even under...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox, early next week

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next week

The Mozilla team made available another release candidate of Firefox 3.5 last night. But RC3 is of little interest. What's most exciting is news that Firefox 3.5 will ship early next week. That's the pledge of the development team, which indicated its final ship...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Open Source Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-25

First release candidate of Firefox 3.5 posts Friday as expected

The Mozilla team reached a major milestone Friday by making available the first release candidate of Firefox 3.5. As expected, version 3.5 Release Candidate 2 was released after 4 pm on June 19th. Earlier in the week, the Firefox team released second builds of...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Release Candidate, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Mozilla: Firefox 3.5 RC1 ready to roll in 48 hours

  Firefox 3.5 is getting closer to completion. On Tuesday, the development leader on the project said release candidate 1 will b e good to go in two days. "Right now, the estimate is 48 hours," said Mozilla Firefox team lead...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Firefox 3.5, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-05-26

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish

At first glance, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (SLED 11) is virtually indistinguishable from the company's Free/Open Source and community supported Linux distribution, openSUSE 11.1. But does SLED 11 have the extra polish and the value add to justify its position as Novell's premier enterprise...

Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Linux, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-23

IE 8 final bits ready for download on March 19

IE 8 final bits ready for download on March 19Thanks for the heads upI'm now downloading & installing here. It's currently 3:03 AM in NJ,,,;^)Wake me up with Firefox 3,5 comesI been waiting and waiting. I can't wait until Windows 7 when I can remove IE!!!RE: IE 8 final bits...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 code to freeze end of day March 3, Beta 4 now on tap

   Bugs or no bugs, Mozilla will freeze the code to the much delayed Firefox 3.1 beta 3 by the end of day. The number of P1 blockers is now in the single digits but that doesn't mean the release candidate is around the corner....

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Near-final IE 8 test build ready for download

Near-final IE 8 test build ready for downloadToo earlyNothing on download pages, also please double-check your links...I quite like IE8There are a couple features in there that I like more than Firefox, like tab grouping. Accelerators are also quite good. I still think Firefox + GMarks + NoScript + AdBlock...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Near-final IE 8, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

Microsoft: IE 8 Release Candidate won't install on Windows 7

Microsoft: IE 8 Release Candidate won't install on Windows 7LOL :-)Presumably the link between the OS and the application is now so tenuous that it is proving difficult to locate ;-)... when found best solve this altogether with a REMOVE INTERNET EXPLORER button or perhaps a radio button offering:CHROMESAFARIOPERAor some...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, release candidate, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Microsoft releases to select testers updated IE 8 build

Microsoft releases to select testers updated IE 8 buildNot quite ready.I find IE8 beta 2 breaks under a lot of javascript that works just fine in FF3, IE7, Opera, Safari and even Chrome. I'm not surprised they are delaying it. In fact I'm surprised they expect to release it...

Tags: Web browsers, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

Firefox security makeover: 11 vulnerabilities, 4 critical

Firefox security makeover: 11 vulnerabilities, 4 criticalI thinkthe advice is in the article. He's saying the new browser fixes these issues. Downgrading will likely expose you to them again.That is what I gather from it.Got brain?If you can't figure out what to do after reading the article, I suggest you...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, Firefox security makeover, Firefox security, makeover, security

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

News to know: Windows 7; Firefox 3.0; Yahoo; SOA; Nokia

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: To wait or not to wait? That is the question Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live family Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available from FTP servers ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Camcorder, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

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

Mozilla: Firefox 3 is not buggy but RC2 may be necessary

The Firefox 3 team is considering releasing a Release Candidate 2 but says the current browser code is not "buggy" as some claim. Responding to a report about bugs identified in the recently released Firefox 3, one Firefox developer said a number of "significant" bugs have popped up that...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Firefox 3 Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2

Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Why I called Mozilla's change to the Firefox install process "sneaky"

Seems like some of you objected to my use of the term "sneaky" to describe the change made to the install routine of Firefox 3.0 RC1, while others thought I was being too easy on Mozilla. Two emails from the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: What's...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-19