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- Firefox 3.5 released, more than 1.1M downloads already
- Mozilla claims one million copies of Firefox 3.5 have been downloaded during its first day of release. During the browser team's weekly meeting today that began at 2:00 pm EST, developers reported the crossing of the one million download milestone. By the end of the meeting, the...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- 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
- Reductive to service Puppet open source configman tools
- Key founders of Puppet have incorporated and received $2 million in venture capital funding to advance the open source configuration management software project. Reductive Labs, Â which has evolved from the same named consulting firm founded in 2003, will provide training, service and support for Puppet, the next...
- Tags: Open Source, Configuration Management, Tool, Reductive, Puppet 0.25, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- 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
- Firefox 3.5 RC1 expected to be available June 19
- Firefox 3.5 RC1 is now targeted for release on June 19, said one Mozilla spokeswoman. Over the next few days, Â Mozilla will begin releasing Build 2 of the release candidate to about 800,000 beta testers. But the official release candidate 1 won't be available until later in...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Firefox 3.5 RC1, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing
- It was a big day for Xen and a big day for the other open source virtualizatio hypervisor as well. Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform -- including a standalone hypervisor, virtualization manager for servers and virtualization manager for the desktop -- moved into beta testing on Tuesday....
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Citrix XenServer 5.5, Essentials 5.5 ship
- Citrix started shipping today XenServer 5.5 and its Essentials advanced virtualization management application. The XenServer 5.5 upgrade, which was officially announced in March, offers new features such as consolidated backup, enhanced conversion and search tools, integration with Active Directory and expanded support for “virtually†every version of Windows...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Firefox 3.5 team aims for RC2
- The Mozilla team is expected to complete build 2 of Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 1 in the next 24 hours but it may not see the light of day. That is, the team is zeroing in on a Release Candidate 2 (RC2) for public consumption before the...
- Tags: Team, Mozilla Firefox, Release Candidate, Mozilla Team, Team Management, Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Mozilla pushes out Firefox 3.5 Preview
- The Mozilla team will hand over a preview of Firefox3.5 to keep the peace. The preview is expected to be made available today in advance of the official release candidate 1, which has been delayed as developers work out some final bugs and glitches. ...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Red Hat's Fedora 11 to offer interop with Microsoft Exchange
- Red Hat is not going to let the Microsoft-Novell partnership dim its own prospects for interoperability. That seems to be the case with the Red Hat-sponsored open source Fedora project, which plans to release on June 9 a major upgrade of its free Linux that offers robust...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Exchange Server, Fedora Project, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Groupware, Open Source, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Firefox 3.5 RC1 delayed a bit again
- Turns out that Firefox 3.5 RC1 will be delayed again to iron out the remaining bugs. During the team's weekly meeting, one development leader said there are 10 final blockers but no big new ones cropping up so it should be a relatively short delay. ...
- Tags: Team, Mozilla Firefox, Leader, Beta, Team Management, Web Browsers, Leadership, Management, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- SugarCRM, SourceFire, Compiere upgrades almost ready to roll
- As the month of May closed, a number of top open source application vendors announced beta releases and forthcoming upgrades. These include open source CRM, security and ERP vendors. SugarCRM, of Cupertino, Calif., announced the beta release of version 5.5 of its namesake open...
- Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Mobile, Snort, Open Source, ERP, SugarCRM, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-05-31
- Mozilla: Firefox 3.5 RC1 ready to roll in 48 hours
- Â 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
- Citrix dazzles market -- and Microsoft -- with new Xen products
- Citrix is putting some dazzle into its expanding virtualization and application delivery software portfolio -- and its relationship with Microsoft. At its annual conference known as Synergy 2009, the Ft Lauderdale, Fl company launched a series of new products and upgrades of its Xen virtualization software and...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Microsoft Corp., Citrix Receiver Receiver, HDX Technology, Citrix XenServer 5.5 XenServer 5.5, Storage Integration Capability, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- SugarCRM launches express edition that comes with onsite and cloud accounts
- SugarCRM has introduced an express edition and with it a two-for-one deal that includes an on-site software account and cloud account for one low price. And it's a good one: $7 per user per month. The express edition is based on the community edition, which, of course...
- Tags: SugarCRM, Edition, Community Edition, Professional Edition, Sugar Express, Sugar Open Cloud, Smb/Sme, Linux, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 now available
- The Mozilla team released beta 4 of Firefox 3.5 Monday night. Firefox 3.5 was formerly referred to as Firefox 3.1. The improvements in this beta are numerous, and include, according to the Mozilla team: IImproved tools for controlling your private data,...
- Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- OIN spearheads review of Microsoft FAT patents
- The Open Invention Network is making good on its pledge to try to overturn the Linux-related patents that were contained in Microsoft's recently settled litigation against TomTomNV. OIN announced today that three patents in the lawsuit -- including those the deal with the creation of long and...
- Tags: Patent, Prior Art, Microsoft Corp., OIN, Open Invention Network, Peer-to-Patent, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip
-  The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week. Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Operating System, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- MySQL 5.4 makes debut but won't ship soon
- Is it coincidental that Oracle announced its planned purchase of Sun and its MySQL at the start of the open source database's annual conference this week? Probably not. Yet as many speculate about the proprietary database giant's plans for its new open source asset, a new version...
- Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Ubuntu 9.04 to be available for download Thursday
- Â Canonical will make its much anticipated Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade available for download on Thursday. The platform --which includes a desktop, server and netbook edition -- offers faster bootups (as fast as 25 seconds, its developers say), cloud support, OpenOffice 3.0, support for Skype...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition, Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, OpenOffice, Open Source, E-mail Servers, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
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