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AOL throws in Netscape towel
AOL is formally pulling the plug on its historic Web browser and is advising its users to adopt AOL spinoff Mozilla Foundation's Firefox instead. Read more »
Flock woos Netscape users with its social skills
With Netscape edging closer to its doomsday, the Flock browser is hoping its social networking skills will divert users from migrating to the natural alternative, Firefox. Read more »
Microsoft moves on after Yahoo break-up
In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online business can go it alone. 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 »
McAfee: Yahoo search most "risky"
Out of the top five search engines, Yahoo returns the riskiest sites for users, according to security vendor McAfee Read more »
Mozilla 1.0 unleashed
More than four years after its inception, the open-source browser is ready for the public. And its impact could go beyond browsing Read more »
New Netscape embraces Firefox, IE
In the market for a hybrid engine? Netscape's new Web browser might be just the ticket. Read more »
Netscape launches browser beta
Netscape has released a public test version of a Web browser that includes antifraud technology, with hopes of challenging Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Read more »
JavaScript opens doors to browser-based attacks
Security researchers have found a way to use JavaScript to map a home or corporate network and attack connected servers or devices, such as printers or routers. 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 »
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Why AOL wants developers to put passion over profit
Edwin Aoki, technology fellow at AOL, speaks about the impact web applications have had in the enterprise and what trends are emerging. 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 »
50 significant moments from internet history
We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »
Why interactive site features can conflict with security
Interactive features on Web sites can offer great benefits to users, but may conflict with security concerns. We look at the ongoing war between interactive Web site features and better browser security. Read more »
Australian Mobile Development Landscape
Slow networks, expensive data charges, and a plethora of technical problems have prevented the mobile phone taking off as a computing platform. Is that about to change? Read more »
People should manage technology, not vice versa
Development teams are increasingly clashing with business units over what should be the focus: infrastructure or users. Columnist Tim Landgrave says there's one golden rule to live by: Technology doesn't manage people; people manage technology. Read more »
Red Hat looks at a Linux desktop
Red Hat is warming to the use of the Linux operating system on desktop computers, a difficult market where customers are picky and Microsoft is the leader. Read more »
Web services: Messiah or mirage?
Software vendors keep telling us that Web services are the answer. But what is the question? ZDNet Australia explores the state of Web services today. Read more »
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The reality of mobile Linux: Part one
At the Mobile World Congress, we look at how mobile Linux is already making an impact on handsets, with platforms and toolkits shown off by Trolltech, Access and Azingo Read more »
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Must have apps for Mac
-- Here are some of essential apps for Mac OSX users. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.