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Firefox developer blasts Google

Firefox developer blasts GoogleI blame MarketingAll of a sudden what was originally deemed important in a name starts to waver. Of course they want to promote their products, but those products should use the same ranking style such as other products.Linux holds itself to higher standards than Microsoft .........

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox developer, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developers

Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developersThe problem...[b]Where were the cries that Foxy does NOT already run on Visa ... uh ... Vista? Seems to me the beta testers would have been screaming from hilltops about how M$ broke Firefox in Vista to lock folks into IE7. But alas, I hear...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Firefox developer

Discussion threads 2006-08-22

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The Apple II is baaaaccckk (via emulator)

In the Friday nostalgia department, TechRepublic's John Sheesley has unearthed an emulator for the Apple II. All you need is a browser and you're off to memory lane. Sheesley writes: Unlike the TRS-80 Model I Basic emulator page, the Virtual Apple site doesn't use a Java...

Tags: Apple II, Apple Inc., Emulator, ActiveX, Sheesley, Virtual Apple, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-10

The five products Apple must make

What ought to be Apple's next leap of faith? Here are a few ideas for where Apple should go next. What are your ideas? Apple made its latest big move into new territories last year with the launch of the now ubiquitous iPhone, expanding beyond the desktop and...

Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Keyboards, Games, Monitors & Displays, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Apple, iPhone, video games, tablet, Jo Best, Silicon.com

News items 2008-10-09

Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug

Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bugThanks for the heads upUpgrading to Opera 9.6 now.RE: Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bugDid that yesterday when they released it. However I wish that they could patch the "Clickjecking" vulnerability. I know this "Clickjacking" vulnerability is part of the older HTML spec...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software, browser bug, administrative right, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Start-up looks to extend battery life

Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...

Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery

News items 2008-10-09

HipHop Toolbar for Firefox (xpi)

Get instant access to the latest hiphop news, play radio stations an multiplayer games in your browser. Stay up to date in real time. Easy editable to suit your needs. Fully customizable. Turn on/off seperate options at any time. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Rapsearch, Web Browsers, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-09

CadLib (msi)

Add CAD capabilities to your .NET application with CadLib 2.0 for .NET. CadLib makes it extremely easy to interface with, draw, and print DWG and DXF files. This is achieved by providing the developer with a highly normalized class model, complete type safety, comprehensive documentation, and sample solutions. The latest...

Tags: Wout Ware, CAD, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2008-10-09

AdSense for Games: Could RIAs be next?

AdSense for Games: Could RIAs be next?Where do they cook up these numbers?25% of internet users play games. Okay, does that mean they play the little cutesy web games, or the massive online games like WoW, or multiplayer PC games, or any kind of game at all? Does it count...

Tags: Games, game, Google AdSense, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick

Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClickRequires Firefox pluginAre you afraid of offending Microsoft or just being unhelpful hurried?To use the only available cure right now requires adding the plugin you mention -- NoScript 1.8.2.1 -- to your Firefox browser. There is no fix for Internet Explorer, Opera,...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, NoScript, ClearClick, flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Web browser, Opera Software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Open source in a time of recession

Open source in a time of recessionWhen the water hole shrinks,the kangaroo mice flourish.HistoryYes, the end of the dot-com bubble killed a number of illusions. The most prominent lesson was, Don't give away your main product. So at that time pure Linux and other open source plays disappeared.What was...

Tags: Rewriting History, recession, open source, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Asus announces quad-core gaming laptop (again)

There are now several quad-core mobile workstations for work, but Asus is laying claim to the first quad-core laptop designed purely for play. This week it announced that the G71 "Republic of Gamers," a 17-inch gaming laptop, now offers Intel's new 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300....

Tags: Game, ASUS, Quad-core, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-08

RS Tool (xpi)

Firefox Rapidshare Toolbar detecting and checking rapidshare files availability on currently browsed Web page. User can see all links in the list, select, copy, and download them using favourite download manager. All detected links are marked with small icon which shows, if file is available for download or not.This version...

Tags: Link, BRapid, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2008-10-08

Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower

A six-year-old developer of reflective display technologies has snagged an indoor albeit heavily sunlit installation with the New England Patriots. Take a look. What makes Magink's technology interesting is not just the brightness of the picture OR the...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Magink, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat

[ UPDATE: The details are out. Lots of unresolved clickjacking issues] A security researcher in Israel has released a demo of a "clickjacking" attack, using an JavaScript game to turn every browser into a surveillance zombie. The release of the demo follows last month's...

Tags: Webcam, Click, Web Browser, Twitter, Raff, Games, Web Browsers, Security, Personal Technology, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Backgrounder extension for jailbroken iPhones

In a recent piece for Daring Fireball Jon Gruber writes: background processing is the one factor that unites the four dock apps. Phone, Mail, Safari, and iPod all continue running in the background; no other apps, including those from Apple, do... ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Application, Backgrounder Extension, Wiki, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we are

Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we areand then in 2015...after a generation of high school leavers are very familiar with Linux and other FOSS apps, businesses will be able to start switching to Linux without the need to retrain new starters.Then in 2020 when this generation are...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Free Market, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Kool-Fox Web Browser (exe)

Kool-Fox is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight Web browser for the Win32 Windows. Platform based on the Gecko Layout Engine the rendering engine of Mozilla. Kool-Fox is based on and uses the FireFox 3 Engine. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Hardy Creations, Kool-Fox, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A

There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...

Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Microsoft reveals buyer for Greenfield Online's survey business

Microsoft reveals buyer for Greenfield Online's survey businesshmmmThis explains a whole lot. I've been using Greenfield Online for several years, and about a month ago, I started having trouble accessing surveys. I run Linux, and I've been using Iceweasel ("Firefox") to take the surveys. Now suddenly the surveys refuse to...

Tags: Marketing research, Microsoft Corp., survey, Greenfield Online, survey business

Discussion threads 2008-10-06