Linux/Open Source

Firefox 3.5 Can Still Learn From Its Competition

PC World - Fri Jul 3, 10:45 AM ET

While Mozilla lights a fire under competing browsers with support of emerging Web standards with Firefox 3.5, it can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability.

  • 'BugDay' Planned To Fix Bugs in New Firefox 3.5 NewsFactor - Thu Jul 2, 2:40 PM ET

    Mozilla is scrambling to fix bugs in its just-released Firefox 3.5 browser. Users are posting complaints about problems across the Web.

  • Moblin: a First Look at Intel's Open-Source OS PC World - Thu Jul 2, 8:35 AM ET

    Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and, specifically, the kind of people who use them.

  • Red Hat Program Certifies Partners to Put Linux on Cloud PC World - Wed Jul 1, 1:30 PM ET

    Red Hat has launched a new partner program to make sure its enterprise Linux and JBoss software are core components of a cloud-computing infrastructure, and to guarantee that Red Hat-based applications will run reliably and safely in the cloud.

  • Beyond Firefox 3.5: A Sneak Peek at Mozilla's Next Browser PC World - Tue Jun 30, 5:33 PM ET

    Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 is off to a running start. The new browser, boasting significant speed increases and a host of added features, was officially released Tuesday morning. By mid-afternoon, the program had surpassed 1.6 million downloads worldwide and was steadily climbing, according to Mozilla's real-time tracking utility.

  • 5 Features Internet Explorer Will Likely Crib from Firefox 3.5 PC World - Tue Jun 30, 4:35 PM ET

    Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser launched today not only besting Internet Explorer 8 when it comes to features, in my opinion, but also when it comes to speed. As I'll predict here, for its next Internet Explorer launch Microsoft will crib innovative Firefox 3.5 features and skimp on giving credit. After all, haven't we seen Microsoft do this before? Remember where you spotted browser tabs the first time?

  • Firefox 3.5 Increases Speed, Protects User Privacy NewsFactor - Tue Jun 30, 4:16 PM ET

    Mozilla on Tuesday released a Web browser that it said is 10 times faster than its original browser. One year after releasing Firefox 3.0, the Mountain View, Calif.-based nonprofit released Firefox 3.5, which it said is two times faster than Firefox 3.0 and 10 times faster than Firefox 2.

  • IBM offers open source machine learning compiler InfoWorld - Tue Jun 30, 1:23 PM ET

    San Francisco - IBM is announcing on Tuesday availability of an open source machine learning compiler, which the company said intelligently optimizes applications, thus meaning shorter development times and bigger performance gains.

  • Office-compatibility torture test InfoWorld - Tue Jun 30, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - In InfoWorld's tests using complex Word and Excel documents, OpenOffice.org 3.1 failed to deliver on its promise of better Microsoft Office interoperability, severely mangling our Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel test data files.

  • The better Office alternative: SoftMaker Office bests OpenOffice.org InfoWorld - Tue Jun 30, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - In the kingdom of business productivity, Microsoft Office reigns supreme.

  • Why is Microsoft Office so hard to kill? InfoWorld - Tue Jun 30, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - It's the question that vexes free open source software advocates and commercial competitors around the globe: Why is Microsoft Office so difficult to dislodge from its perch atop the IT heap? Is it the exclusive bundling deals? The deep Software Assurance entrenchment? Steve Ballmer's backroom deal with the devil?

  • The many faces of OpenOffice InfoWorld - Tue Jun 30, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - A chameleon: That's what I think of when I ponder the myriad variations on the OpenOffice.org theme that have cropped up in recent years.

  • First look: Microsoft Office 2010 InfoWorld - Tue Jun 30, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - Call it serendipity. As I was working through my review of OpenOffice.org 3.1 and SoftMaker Office 2008, an early version of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Microsoft Office 2010 was conveniently leaked to the Internet.

  • Group Pitches Linux for Free Netbooks From Mobile Carriers PC World - Tue Jun 30, 3:10 AM ET

    Mobile carriers may start giving away netbooks for free, and Linux-based application stores could help them profit by doing it, the head of a Linux advocacy group told Chinese companies on Monday.

  • Mozilla Confirms Tuesday Release for Firefox 3.5 PC Magazine - Mon Jun 29, 7:24 AM ET

    Mozilla confirmed that it is scheduled to release Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday morning.

  • NetBeans IDE enhanced for teams, scripting InfoWorld - Mon Jun 29, 12:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - NetBeans, the open source IDE championed by Sun Microsystems, is being fitted with additional capabilities this week for development teams and scripting languages.

  • Firefox 3.5 eyed for Tuesday release InfoWorld - Fri Jun 26, 7:36 PM ET

    San Francisco - Mozilla is expected to release its Firefox 3.5 browser on Tuesday morning, a company representative said on Friday afternoon.

  • Wall Street Beat: Red Hat, Oracle Cheer IT Investors PC World - Thu Jun 25, 6:20 PM ET

    As the first half of 2009 comes to a close, the big question for tech companies is whether the recession will ease up enough to spur spending increases for IT by the end of the year.

  • Mozilla Adds Third Firefox 3.5 RC Version PC Magazine - Thu Jun 25, 12:16 PM ET

    A mere three days after the general availability of the popular open source browser's second release candidate, a third arrived Thursday.

  • Bending the back office: Open source CRM and ERP InfoWorld - Thu Jun 25, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - The back office for any company requires many different layers of software. Essentials like e-mail and a basic Web site are relatively simple commodities to run. The hardest job is delivering the kind of software that acts as the spinal cord for the business, that cares for all of the most essential details, big and small, that keep the customers paying the invoices and ensure the bank accounts hold enough money to make the payroll.

  • Red Hat Edges Past Q1 Views, Sees Q2 In Line With Estimates Investor's Business Daily - Wed Jun 24, 6:53 PM ET

    Open source software vendor Red Hat shrugged off a lull in overall technology spending, slightly beating analysts' first-quarter profit and sales forecasts Wednesday.

  • Boxee Adds Windows Alpha, MLB.com Partnership PC Magazine - Wed Jun 24, 10:17 AM ET

    Online video platform Boxee on Thursday announced the release of a public alpha for the Windows platform, joining the versions of the software already available for Mac and Ubuntu.

  • Eclipse Galileo technologies set for orbit InfoWorld - Wed Jun 24, 12:01 AM ET

    San Francisco - The Eclipse Foundation will put out on Wednesday its annual release train, this time featuring the simultaneous release of technologies from 33 different open source project teams in spaces ranging mobile to SOA to the base Eclipse platform.

  • MySpace Helps Developers Tune Site Performance With New Tool PC World - Tue Jun 23, 6:40 PM ET

    MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.

  • Moblin Center Seeks to Popularize Software in Taiwan, China PC World - Tue Jun 23, 2:40 AM ET

    A development center built through a partnership between the Taiwan government and chip maker Intel plans to make the Moblin Linux operating system popular in small devices by creating applications as well as incubating a developer base on the island and in China.

  • Mozilla offers Firefox 3.5 release candidate InfoWorld - Mon Jun 22, 6:21 PM ET

    San Francisco - Mozilla has published a release candidate for the Firefox 3.5 browser that is downloadable from the Mozilla Web site, a company representative said on Monday.

  • Firefox 3.5 Release May Accelerate IE's Downfall PC World - Mon Jun 22, 5:44 PM ET

    Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 is now out in the open, meaning the long-awaited final version is likely right around the corner. If past trends are any indication, the debut of Firefox 3.5 may do more than just speed up your online experience -- it may also speed up the ongoing shift within the browser market. Most notably, it could accelerate the decline of Internet Explorer as the dominant choice for computer users worldwide.

  • T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Is Its Second Android Phone NewsFactor - Mon Jun 22, 3:19 PM ET

    The number of Android phones available in the U.S. doubled with T-Mobile's launch Monday of the myTouch 3G. The smartphone follows the successful launch last year of the T-Mobile G1, the first device to use the Google-backed, open-source mobile operating system.

  • Firefox 3.5 RC2 Now Publicly Available PC Magazine - Mon Jun 22, 7:41 AM ET

    Mozilla on Monday unveiled the second release candidate (RC) for Firefox 3.5, with some nifty features including faster JavaScript and an "undo close" window.

  • CIA's Technology Arm Taps Open Source for Enterprise Search PC World - Tue Jun 16, 2:10 PM ET

    The company in charge of providing technology to the U.S. intelligence community has invested in an open-source firm to provide enterprise-search technology to the CIA and other intelligence agencies.

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