Firefox Shutting Down Support for Mac OS X 10.4 - 2/9/2010 The open source Web browser is dropping support for Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") in forthcoming releases, but the company promises users of older Mac versions will have time before they need to worry about an upgrade.
Malware Found in Mozilla Firefox Add-ons - 2/8/2010 Mozilla releases a warning on two add-on plugins for Mozilla Firefox that contain Trojans. Windows users installing the add-ons would be infected by malware that could potentially result in the theft of their information.
Office 2010 Release Candidate Arrives Ahead of Schedule - 2/4/2010 With Microsoft's Office 2010 entering the release candidate stage, does this signal an earlier-than-anticipated official release for the new office suite?
Blogger Believes Windows 8 Will Debut in July 2011 - 1/29/2010 A blogger claiming to be a former Microsoft employee has posted a timeline outlining the software giant's schedule for product releases over the next three years.
Coming Soon to a Firefox Near You - 1/28/2010 An early look at what we can expect to see in upcoming releases of Firefox, including a new feature borrowed from Google's Chrome browser designed to improve security.
What's the Word on Windows 7 Service Pack 1? - 1/28/2010 The release date for Windows 7 SP1 may still be in question, but more pieces of what are likely to be bundled into the service pack seem to be surfacing.
Google's Chrome 4 Goes Mainstream - 1/26/2010 The search giant makes its Chrome 4 Web browser officially available to Windows users.
Windows 7 Chips Away at XP's Lead - 1/25/2010 While it remains the most popular operating system worldwide, the aging Windows XP is clearly losing ground to the newest edition of Windows.
Microsoft Goes Out-of-Band for IE Zero-Day Flaw Fix - 1/22/2010 Microsoft issues a cumulative "out-of-band" update for Internet Explorer that resolves a zero-day vulnerability that left Google and dozens of other companies open to attack from Chinese hackers as well as seven other critical bugs.
Firefox Gets Speed Boost, Personas in Official 3.6 Debut - 1/21/2010 Support for HTML 5, improved performance, and the new Personas engine are just the tip of the iceberg for the open source browser's new capabilities in version 3.6.
New 'Personas' in Store for Firefox - 1/20/2010 Customizing and theming, or "skinning", your open source browser will soon get a bit easier, as Personas is set to become part of the Firefox Web browser.
Will Mozilla Lightning Ever Strike Firefox Gold? - 1/18/2010 From the blogs ... Lighting 1.0 Beta 1, the first update to Lightning in 16 months, is out now, but the continued delays have raised some concerns among users.
Google Docs Gets a Storage Boost - 1/13/2010 Google rolls out an upgrade to its Google Docs and Google Apps Premier services that will add support for bigger file sizes and offer more storage options.
Spam Bait's Top 25 Men and Women for 2009 - 1/12/2010 A new report from McAfee reveals the top 25 men and women most often used as bait in spam and phishing messages in 2009.
IE Continues to Lose Ground in Browser Race - 1/7/2010 For 2009, Internet Explorer lost more than 7 percent in browser market share at the expense of Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera.
Office 2010 Gets New Packaging, Pricing Plans - 1/6/2010 An official release for Office 2010 is still half a year away, but Microsoft is already announcing new pricing and packaging for the upcoming office suite release.
Google Chrome Creeps Past Apple Safari in Browser Race - 1/5/2010 From the blogs ... Google's Chrome Web browser has moved past Apple's Safari by a nose, according to one browser share tracking firm. Not bad for a browser just over a year old.
Windows 7 to Deliver Speed Boost for SSDs - 1/4/2010 A firmware update for Windows 7 will add considerable speed to solid state drive performance. So what exactly will it do?
Malware Moves Adobe, Social Networking to the Top in 2010 - 12/31/2009 Security player McAfee predicts Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Flash apps, as well as social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, will be the focus of cyber criminals' attention in the coming year.
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 to Address Several Key Issues - 12/30/2009 From the blogs ... Now available in beta release, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 offers a fix for a stability bug deemed by Mozilla as a "top crash condition" as well as changes to the major update notification system.
Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha Debuts - 12/23/2009 Opera 10.5 sees a pre-alpha release this week, with Opera's next generation Carakan JavaScript engine included in the release. Is Opera now faster than Chrome or Firefox?
Microsoft Loses Office i4i XML Patent Appeal - 12/23/2009 Analysts say patent litigation may just be the new cost of doing business in an increasingly complex product environment.
Is Firefox 3.5 the Most Popular Browser? - 12/22/2009 From the blogs ... For the first time Mozilla Firefox has the leading browser version in terms of usage, at least according to one set of stats.
EU Browser Choice Should Come to the U.S. Too - 12/21/2009 From the blogs ... Microsoft is now set to offer European users of its Windows operating system with a browser choice. Why don't U.S. consumers get the same choice?
