Mozilla to Let Enterprises Build Custom Firefox Browsers
Mozilla is readying a program that will allow companies to build their own customized browsers based on the next version of Firefox, which will be out in a few weeks. The Build Your Own Browser program...
View ArticleMindcraft 2.0: Firefox Comes of Age
Not many people remember the Mindcraft saga, which took place just over ten years ago. That’s a pity, because it was an important moment in the rise of GNU/Linux, and in the way Microsoft tried to...
View ArticleChrome 4.0 and Opera 10 Take On All Challengers
Opera 10 final is out, Chrome just turned one year old, and Firefox 3.5 has settled into stability. It’s time once again to break out the timers and speed test today’s web browsers. Like all our...
View ArticleMozilla Firefox Cleared of U.S Export Rules
While the Internet may know no borders, the U.S Government does. At it happens, numerous export controls from the Commerce and Treasury departments cast a long shadow over the software industry, but...
View ArticlePerspectives Provides Out-of-Band Verification For SSH
Following up on my last post–”Is Firefox + Perspectives the most secure browser for TLS/SSL encryption?“–you may have read about the value of Perspectives for TLS/SSL validation; however, there is a...
View ArticleAfter 5 Years, Firefox Faces New Challenges
Five years ago, Mozilla made it clear that the browser wars weren’t over after all. In the 1990s, Netscape had lost its dominance in the browser market to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, and the...
View ArticleVLC Media Player To Get Extensions Starting With Version 1.1
Starting with version 1.1, VideoLan Media Player (VLC) will get extensions support, and anyone will be able to write their own – like it is with Firefox extensions. Jean-Philippe André, one of the VLC...
View ArticleResearchers Develop 3D Graphics Capability for Firefox
A group of researchers plans to release a version of the Firefox browser that includes the built-in ability to view 3D graphics, a capability that could open the door for more interactive Web pages...
View ArticleIBM is Moving to Firefox as its Default Browser
I talk a lot about software in this blog but most of the discussion is at the personal level: I tried this, I experimented with that. I hardly ever talk about what I use for doing my IBM business and...
View ArticleJavaScript Decoder Lets MP3s Play in Firefox Without Flash
The introduction of HTML5 and super-fast JavaScript engines to the latest web browsers has brought with it a wealth of new functionality. The focus seems to have been put on the ability to play video...
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