As Web-based e-mail gets more sophisticated, its features come to desktop Thunderbird software

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Firefox celebrates five years

SAN FRANCISCO - The open source internet browser Firefox marked its fifth anniversary Monday, celebrating its rise from an unknown challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer to a formidable competitor that has been downloaded over one billion times by 330 million users around the world.

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Microsoft looks close to settling EU browser case, prepares to smooth way for Yahoo deal

EU finally about to settle Microsoft browser case

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp., which has already shelled out $2.5 billion in antitrust fines in Europe, is on the brink of closing a chapter in its long-running battle with regulators there, just in time for another to begin.

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EU seeks feedback on Microsoft’s offer of several browsers, says it is prelude to a settlement

EU prepares to settle Microsoft browser case

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators said Wednesday they were preparing to settle a long and costly antitrust battle with Microsoft Corp. with a deal to give Windows users a choice of web browsers.

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How to install / enable Java Plugin / Applets in Firefox on CentOS 5

CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets). Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5.

Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. However it has only been tested on CentOS 5.3. Full article (310 words) »

Mozilla BeSpin: Improved Web Editor for Firefox

Mozilla BeSpin is certainly something very special. Though we have seen quite a few code debugger and web editor from Mozilla Firefox add on library in recent months, this one stands out for reasons more than one. Bespin proposes an open extensible web-based framework for code editing that aims to increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open standards.  Based upon discussions with hundreds of developers, and experiences  for the Open Web,  Mozilla has come up with a proposed set of features along with some high-level goals. Let's take a look. Full article (290 words) »

Open-source camera may help reinvent digital photography

WASHINGTON - Stanford scientists may revolutionize digital photography with the aid of an open-source digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks.

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Optical scientists set to teach camera new tricks

WASHINGTON - A new software, designed by optical scientists, is likely to revolutionise photography by teaching the camera new tricks. Its performance will then be no longer limited by the software pre-installed by the manufacturer.

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Google’s Chrome Web browser gets first personal-computer partner in Sony

Sony ships PCs with Google Web browser installed

SEATTLE — Sony Corp. is giving Google Inc.'s fledgling Web browser a boost by installing it on new computers.

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Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet

Key milestones in the development of Internet

Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet:

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