Is Mozilla losing the plot? [Updated x2]
The creators and owners of the Open Source Firefox web browser seem to have ignited a bit of a war in the last few days. In Ubuntu’s next development version (Intrepid Ibex) due for release next Month,...
View ArticlePower to the People! [on Mozilla’s Firefox EULA]
Is anyone reading this old enough to remember that line from the BBC TV Sitcom “Citizen Smith“? I think I have just seen it in action. In just a couple of short days there has been a massive expression...
View ArticleWolfie get’s his Glorious Day
Fantastic. Mozilla have clearly been listening… Welcome to Firefox - proposed replacement for the EULA Alternative proposal These are just mock-ups but I doubt that they’d be showing something far from...
View ArticleBBC: Internet Explorer Security Alert
Ouch! Users of the world’s most common web browser have been advised to switch to another browser until a serious security flaw has been fixed. The flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer could allow...
View ArticleMicrosoft Holes Exploited Again
As if the last security hole in Internet Explorer was not enough, here’s yet another reason to drop Microsoft Software. This time it’s their cash-cow, Office: Attackers are exploiting the just-patched...
View ArticleMigrating from Windows
The last Windows computer in our house is very shortly going to be history I have been threatening my wife’s PC for quite some time now, but there has been no real motivation to move until today… Our...
View ArticleVietnam: Will be 100% Open Source
I know this isn’t exactly “new” news, (it’s 2 days old and has appeared on /. I understand) but to me it is really important and should be shouted from the rooftops. VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry...
View ArticleJoomla! Hacking: Menus, Modules, Articles and Rings
I wanted to share a little Joomla! hacking I did the other day for two reasons: Because I think what I managed to do was pretty damn cool (someone else might think otherwise of course), Because I think...
View ArticleDid Microsoft make Firefox?
This post by Matt Assay discussing how we got to a competitive browser market got me thinking. (Dangerous I know, but bear with me.) … I suppose the truly intriguing thing is not that we have a...
View ArticleHow to run Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 was released yesterday. It isn’t (at the time of writing this) available for install through the repos on Ubuntu Jaunty. I guess it will be backported at some stage but should you...
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