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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 »
Google Code reverses open source licence ban
Google has undone an earlier ban on the Mozilla Public License, an option for open source projects hosted at its Google Code site. Read more »
Microsoft releases IE8 beta 2
On Wednesday in the US, Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8. Read more »
Mozilla offers do-it-yourself mashups for all
Mozilla released an experimental browser plug-in on Tuesday that aims to connect the Web with language to help users perform common Web tasks more quickly and easily. Read more »
Mozilla: Web apps faster with Firefox 3.1
Firefox 3.1 will run many Web-based applications such as Gmail faster through incorporation of a feature called TraceMonkey that dramatically speeds up programs written in JavaScript, Mozilla said Friday. Read more »
Microsoft planning IE privacy mode
For many, privacy on the Web is a concern. And for Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, privacy is a feature. Read more »
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 »
No tax support for Mac or Linux yet
The Australian Taxation Office has advised Australians using Apple or Linux operating systems that they will be unable to lodge tax returns electronically using the ATO's e-tax software unless they use a Windows emulator or a kiosk in one of the agency's shop fronts. Read more »
Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser
Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports. Read more »
Guinness awards download record to Firefox 3
The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox. Read more »
Features (68)
JavaScript -- a Flash competitor?
Open source software has its problems when it's trying to keep up with proprietary software, but when it does what it's good at -- creating ideas and developing them very quickly in public -- it can be revolutionary. Read more »
Download files over the Web with .NET's WebClient class
The System.Net namespace includes the WebClient class for uploading and downloading files via HTTP. You can copy or read files with only a few lines of code. Read more »
Manipulating ASP.NET 2.0 browser support
ASP.NET 2.0 allows you to address browser support through browser configuration files. This set of files defines the capabilities for specific browsers. Read more »
A closer look at Firefox 3 developer features
We take a closer look at some of the Firefox 3 developer features. Read more »
Monitor Web site requests with Mozilla's LiveHTTPHeaders extension
A client recently rang me up to find out why their Web site suddenly disappeared and another company's Web site appeared in its place. Mozilla's LiveHTTPHeaders extension was invaluable. Read more »
Debug JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with Firebug
Firebug is a great development add-on for Firefox. It provides an integrated tool for monitoring and debugging JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Here's a look at Firebug's features and benefits. Read more »
Choosing the right document type for Web pages
One of the features of HTML standards is that each HTML document requires a document type declaration (DOCTYPE). Web developers are often confused when using a document type and simply omit it. Read more »
HTML Shop of Horrors: Marquee Tag
Today's exhibit is a subject of intense hatred and a figure of derision -- the marquee tag Read more »
Debug JavaScript with Mozilla's free debugger
Programming errors are a fact of life, but pulling your hair out while tracking down these errors should not be. For JavaScript developers, Mozilla's Venkman JavaScript Debugger provides everything you need. 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 »
Video (9)
Looking forward to Firefox 3
In anticipation of Firefox 3, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Webware.com's Rafe Needleman discuss what users can look forward to with the new browser release on 17 June. Read more »
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 »
Will Web users flock to Flock?
On "Working Webware," ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Webware editor Rafe Needleman sit down with Flock CEO Shawn Hardin to find out about the company's social media browser, its role in the open-source community, and how it plans to compete against rivals Microsoft and Mozilla. Farber and Needleman also analyze the company's odds for success and Flock's fate in the next-generation browser wars. Read more »
Super Techies: Marc Canter
In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer. Canter discusses his first job as a music programmer for video games; designing the multimedia authoring tools Shockwave and Director; and his current role as CEO of Broadband Mechanics, makers of open-source social networks. Read more »
The reality of mobile Linux: Part two
At the Mobile World Congress, we examine Linux handsets which are already on the market, as well as a low-cost Linux-based 3G phone and Google's Android platform Read more »
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 »
Gates talks free tools and Yahoo rationale
Bill Gates explains why the company is giving away its developer tools to students and offers a glimpse at the rationale behind the Yahoo bid. Read more »
SCO's alive! -- Club Builder
SCO is back from the dead with $100 million in funding, Bruce Schneier explains how infinite number theory relates to security and Dr Dan arrives to offer some Wii tips. Read more »
Super Techies: Brendan Eich
In a Super Techies interview, Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley. Eich discusses his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript programming language, battling Microsoft in the browser wars, and his current role at Mozilla,... Read more »
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Shadow chasing in browsers
-- The punching and counterpunching continued in the ongoing web browser development bout. Each time one browser closes a feature gap, a new feature appears in one of the others -- how we ever put up with the years of browser stagnation, I'll never know. Read more »
10 PR 2.0 tips for startups
-- You’ve got a great product and spent much of your budget on developing your software or service and now you’re left with a marginal budget for marketing and PR. Sound familiar? Read more »
Google opens up the code for Browser Sync
-- After deciding to discontinue its Browser Sync, Google has decided to make the code open source to let developers continue hacking. Read more »
Firefox 3 out on June 17th
-- Firefox 3 is due to be released on the 17th of June. Read more »
Google to allow third party code in Gmail?
-- According to executives from the company, Google are preparing to open Gmail to developers outside the Googleplex labs. Read more »
Bracing for Applefest
-- It's that time of year again, Steve Jobs' reality distortion field is about to extend throughout the internet and consume your favourite tech news sites for days. To Apple fanboys it is more than Christmas -- to others it is WWDC and you cannot escape it . Read more »
WebKit's SquirrelFish canes Tamarin
-- The next generation of Javascript interpreter for WebKit, called SquirrelFish, has been announced and is already beating the competition from Mozilla and Adobe's Tamarin project. Read more »
Flash seeking the open road?
-- Tristan Nitot appeared to have the gift of precognisance when he said that Adobe may open source Flash if Silverlight gained enough traction Read more »
Firefox 3's better performance and memory improvements
-- As beta 5 is due to come out next week, I take a look at some of the new features and improvements in Firefox 3. Read more »
Web continues to stagnate
-- If you are in the Internet Explorer development team, you are faced with a conundrum -- the choice is either break the Web or give standards compatibility a lower priority. Read more »
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Club Builder: Seinfeld, Wiimotes and Woz
On this episode of Club Builder: Jerry Seinfeld is the new face of Vista, we learn how to make a cheap whiteboard, and Woz talks about Steve Jobs.
