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Mozilla's Google subsidy to last three more years

Mozilla and Google have extended a search deal through 2011, providing some financial security to the backer of the open source Firefox Web browser. Read more »

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Date set for Firefox 3.1 beta

Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to release a beta or test version to the public in August. 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 »

OpenBSD 4.3 released

An update to the popular Unix-like distribution includes new security features, drivers, software packages and bug fixes. Read more »

Mozilla fixes critical flaws in Firefox 2.0, Thunderbird

Mozilla has fixed seven vulnerabilities in the latest release of Firefox — SeaMonkey and Thunderbird are also affected. Read more »

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 »

Red Hat comes out with Linux 5.2 Beta

Red Hat has released new beta versions of its enterprise and desktop Linux products, with improvements including better virtualisation and clustering features, to make the operating system a more stable platform for server farms. Read more »

Open source fans offer differing views of MS move

Open source developers and users have always been a sceptical group, but their opinions can shift — for example, their loathing of Sun Microsystems diminished as Sun stopped attacking Linux and started moving towards open source software. Read more »

Mozilla ready to add IM to Thunderbird stable?

Mozilla Messaging, the newly launched subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, is "interested" in developing instant messaging software, according to the organisation's chief executive. Read more »

Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client finally gets calendar

Mozilla Foundation has finally integrated the Lightning calendar to its latest incarnation of open-source e-mail client, Thunderbird 3.0. Users can also expect improved search. Read more »

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Get more e-mail flexibility with Fetchmail

Most users use GUI e-mail clients such as Thunderbird or Evolution, or even prefer Web-based mail services such as Gmail; however, there are still a significant number of people using text-based e-mail clients such as Mutt or Pine. Read more »

Developing an HTML-formatted mail message

The task of including HTML in e-mail is not so simple as it seems, Tony Patton runs through some tips. 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 »

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Google to allow third party code in Gmail?

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- According to executives from the company, Google are preparing to open Gmail to developers outside the Googleplex labs. 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 »

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  • Staff Microsoft prescribes more REST

    Details have begun to emerge about the next versions of Visual Studio and Windows Server this week -- and the message from Redmond is to REST up Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett .NET looks to REST

    With news that REST will play a big part in the next version of the .NET Framework, it is timely to take a look at ADO.NET. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Renai LeMay Spellr.us needs a new dictionary

    One of the only Australian start-ups to present at the recent round of conferences in the US was Sydney-based spellr.us, which has launched a Web-based tool to check and monitor websites for spelling mistakes. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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