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Mozilla defines new structure for Thunderbird

The open-source e-mail client will find a new place within the Mozilla organisation, but its future remains uncertain. Read more »

Write your name in the Firefox code

The Mozilla Foundation is offering to "immortalise" people's names in the code of Firefox, if they manage to persuade a friend to download its Web browser before September 15. Read more »

Mozilla puts bounty on bugs

A string of high-profile flaws in browser software prompted the Mozilla Foundation to announce on Monday that it would offer US$500 for every serious bug found by security researchers. Read more »

Firefox marks its first year on the Net

Firefox turned one year old Wednesday, marking yet another milestone for the popular open-source browser. Read more »

Firefox's biggest obstacle is lazy programming

The biggest obstacle facing widespread adoption of the Firefox browser is lazy programming - not from the Mozilla Foundation but from corporates that have not tested their applications with anything but IE. Read more »

More than meets the eye in Microsoft plan

A little-known Microsoft project promises to bring advanced graphics to a broad range of devices and set up a potential showdown with Adobe Systems. Read more »

Firefox plans mass marketing drive

The Mozilla Corporation is gearing up to launch a large-scale marketing drive when Firefox 1.5 is released. Read more »

Adobe presents Air for Linux, joins foundation

Adobe has released an alpha version of AIR on Linux and announced that it is joining the Linux Foundation. Read more »

Mozilla Foundation makes commercial move

The Mozilla Foundation announced on Wednesday that it's creating a commercial subsidiary responsible for the development, testing and distribution of the organisation's open-source products. Read more »

First Firefox 2 beta makes debut

The Mozilla Foundation has released a beta version of Firefox 2, the next major version of its Web browser. Read more »

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Ian Griffiths talks Windows Presentation Foundation (Part 1)

Windows Presentation Foundation is one of the most interesting new developments in .NET 3.0, we sat down with WPF trainer and author Ian Griffiths to talk WPF, Silverlight and what Microsoft has over the competition. Read more »

Safe browser an oxymoron?

In November 2003, the CERT Coordination Center first advised Web users to consider using a Web browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer. Read more »

The Kiwi behind Firefox

Ben Goodger is the lead engineer for the Firefox browser. He talks about Firefox's history, and how he sees it competing with Longhorn. Read more »

Creating reusable Web components for Mozilla

Reusable components are the foundation of modular design in programming. In this article we'll explore Mozilla's component design capabilities through XBL and custom implementation. Read more »

Windows Presentation Foundation: Another piece of the .NET puzzle

Windows Presentation Foundation is just one of the major enhancements to the .NET Framework introduced alongside Windows Vista. Read more »

Ian Griffiths talks Windows Presentation Foundation (Part 2)

In the second part of our interview with WPF expert Ian Griffiths, we discuss the Rich Internet Application platform battle, the future of the desktop and whether now is the right time to switch to WPF. Read more »

Conflict between Rich Internet Apps and SOA? Say it isn't so

This article says the issues between Rich Internet Applications (and mashups) and the ServiceOriented Architecture-based infrastructure need to be resolved because these issues represent the path of least resistance to service orientation. Read more »

Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome

Things just got a lot more complicated for Mitchell Baker, the Mozilla Foundation's chairman and "chief lizard wrangler." Read more »

10 questions to ask before migrating to Linux

If you're thinking about making the switch to Linux, Jack Wallen is all for it -- but only if you approach the migration with your eyes open. He recommends that you evaluate a number of key issues before taking this big step. Read more »

Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?

The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »

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Mozilla goes mobile

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Mozilla Foundation Chairman Mitchell Baker talks about the company's plans to enter the smartphone market with Fennec, a mobile version of its Firefox browser. She also discusses how the new, open platform will encourage Web 2.0 application development. Read more »

Blog (5)

Aussie software pros code for the Fred Hollows Foundation

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Software professionals in Australia have coded together a blitz Web-based charity campaign to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation -- donations are now open. Read more »

Ubuntu gets jaunty

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »

PowerBuilder hitches wagon to .NET

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- The recent release of Sybase's PowerBuilder rapid application development tool allows users of the toolkit to deploy applications on the .NET architecture. Will it be enough to regain their footing in the enterprise tool space, against the behemoths of Visual Studio and Eclipse? Read more »

Weekly Roundup -- 3rd August 2007

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Welcome to the new Weekly Roundup. We continue to recap the last seven days and point out the stories that were interesting and thought provoking. Read more »

Badvista brings the wrong view

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- The winner of the "here we go again" award this week would undoubtedly have to go to the Free Software Foundation Read more »

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