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Firefox boss fumes as Apple 'forces' Safari upgrade

Mozilla CEO John Lilly has hit out at Apple, accusing the company of doing a disservice to Windows users everywhere by including its Safari browser as a default add-on installation in the latest iTunes update, likening it to the way malware is distributed. Read more »

iPhone 3G: What we didn't get

Australia will get the iPhone 3G on July 11 and it does indeed have quite a few improvements over the current iteration — but notable omissions have disappointed some fans. Read more »

Opera takes a lead from Yahoo and Apple

Web applications feature in the latest beta of Opera's eponymous browser. Read more »

New iTunes tools spur Windows developers

Programmers are busy trading ideas about how best to use Apple's development kit to build add-on features for iTunes music software. Read more »

Microsoft offers development tools for Mac, Web

Even as its steers developers toward the forthcoming edition of Windows, Microsoft is building tools to write applications for the Mac OS and the Web. Read more »

Do browsers need a 'best-before' date?

Security researchers have suggested that like food, browsers should have a best-before or expiry date. This comes after revealing that 637 million internet users are surfing with outdated and unpatched browsers, which puts them at risk from Web-based attacks. Read more »

Mozilla: Final Firefox 3 expected in June

Firefox fans looking for a major update to the open-source Web browser probably will get a final version of it next month. Read more »

Firefox 3: New front in the browser war

Mozilla released Firefox 3 on Tuesday, opening a new front in the browser wars. Read more »

Mozilla preps mobile Firefox for 2008 launch

Mozilla has set up a group to develop the Firefox Web browser for mobile devices, hiring new staff and elevating the priority of the work to the same level as desktop computers. Read more »

Adobe shows developers the Lightroom

Adobe will release Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 Tuesday and has begun working to open the software to third-party programmers. Read more »

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Interview: Microsoft's security guru, Steve Riley

Before the start of Tech.Ed 06 Builder AU caught up with Steve Riley who works at Microsoft as a Senior Security Strategist to talk about Vista's new networking stack, security vs usability, and the uptake of IPv6. Read more »

IE is evolving, but is it enough?

Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser is in the process of getting its first significant update in two years this week, as part of the company's overhaul of its operating system. Read more »

Mandrake Linux's libDrakx

Mandrake's libDrakx allows you to create GUI or text interfaces with relative ease, especially if you have some Perl under your belt. We'll work through creating a simple window, as well as a more complex list interface. Read more »

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