FireFox 1.1 Preview
Here is a blog with a preview of FireFox 1.1, it's important for Mozilla to make this just as succesful as their release of FireFox 1.0 keeping IE7 in mind. Read some of the new features!
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OneCare from Microsoft
Microsoft is stepping further into the services space, with a new security product called Windows OneCare. Windows OneCare will use a combination of it's anti-spyware application, antivirus software, an improved firewall, and computer management features.
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Oracle and Mozilla Foundation Work Quietly Together
"CNet is running a story about the ties between Oracle and the Mozilla Foundation. Oracle hired three people to work on Mozilla Lightning. This project, which aims to integrate Mozilla's calendar application, Sunbird, with its e-mail application, Thunderbird, is believed to be key to cracking the market dominance of Microsoft Outlook. Is Oracle getting set make an Open Source offering?" Read MoreGeneral
Microsoft Antivirus
"According to the New York Times, Microsoft plans to enter the consumer antivirus business with a subscription service next year... Microsoft plans to expand the service beyond its 60,000 employees this summer and offer an open trial for consumers this fall. No date has been set for a commercial introduction, but the executive in charge of the new business said it would ultimately be offered as an annual service by subscription."
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Google Denies Hacking, Blames DNS Glitch
A Google posting on the site where users just last week were allowed to download the software now says, "Thank you for your interest in Google Web Accelerator. We have currently reached our maximum capacity of users and are actively working to increase the number of users we can support." Jupiter Research analyst Gary Stein told TechNewsWorld that nobody really knows what happened to Google -- except maybe Google.
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Apache builds it's own Java
The open source foundation is going to create an open source implementation of J2SE, and has Sun's approval to do so. The Apache Foundation has proposed creating an open source version of Java on the desktop.
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FireFox 1.0.4 takes care of 2 FireFox vulnerability's
Two vulnerabilities were identified in Mozilla Firefox, which may be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The first flaw is due to an input validation error, the second is due to an input validation error.
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Does the "Tiger" already get an update?
It may still be rumours, but the apple insider is speaking of an update for the Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger". According to their various contacts, the update will address issues with over three dozen components of the Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" operating system.
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Michael Dell puts $99.5M in Red Hat
Red Hat is getting a $99.5 million boost from Michael S. Dell, billionaire founder and chairman of Dell Inc.
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Mozilla Foundation aware of two potentially critical Firefox security vulnerabilities
Security Advisory (May 8, 2005) The Mozilla Foundation is aware of two potentially critical Firefox security vulnerabilities as reported publicly Saturday, May 7th. There are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities although a "proof of concept" has been reported. Changes to the Mozilla Update web service have been made to mitigate the risk of an exploit.
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