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Microsoft offers helping hand to Firefox
August 25, 2006
Mozilla welcomes Redmond's efforts to ensure interoperability between Firefox and the Vista operating system.
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Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developers
August 22, 2006
Invites open sourcers to participate in making sure that the browser will get along with Windows Vista.
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Mozilla CEO: We are no 'Frankenstein'
May 4, 2007
Mitchell Baker also challenges the notion that open-source companies are just ad hoc organizations and takes a swipe at IE's security.
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Mozilla unleashes Firefox 2
October 27, 2006
Nipping at the heels of Microsoft's IE 7, the open-source browser update puts a premium on security.
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Firefox smashes funding target
October 22, 2004
The campaign to get fans of the open-source browser to pay for a full-page ad in The New York Times reaches its goal in three days.
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Security from A to Z: Open source
November 27, 2006
Experts have issued warnings of complacency over security in open-source projects. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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Firefox fans to take campaign to NY Times
October 20, 2004
Open-source advocates are being asked to open their wallets and support the Web browser in a full-page ad.
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Mozilla CEO: Why we're still shunned by corporate IT
May 24, 2006
Businesses still stick with proprietary technology, although Mozilla offers customization kit for business customers.
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Firefox to get phishing shield
March 8, 2006
Upcoming version of the open-source browser will offer protection against phishing scams, using technology that might come from Google.
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Year in review: Browsers get a second wind
December 22, 2005
The Web offers a fresh lease on life, showing healthy competition among browsers and dramatic changes in usage.
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When more bugs can mean tighter security
December 7, 2007
Mozilla Europe president explains why having fewer disclosed vulnerabilities doesn't mean Internet Explorer is safer than the open-source Web browser.
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Microsoft creates public bug database for IE
March 27, 2006
Following open-source trend, software giant will let people publicly post information about bugs in IE 7.
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Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight
May 16, 2008
First public release of Novell's Moonlight will compete with products from Adobe, Sun, and Apple.(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)
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French parliament dumping Windows for Linux
November 27, 2006
Study by technology services company convinces the National Assembly that the switch will be cost-effective.
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Year in review: New players enliven open source
December 21, 2007
Yahoo, Google, Adobe, Sun Microsystems, and even Microsoft freshen up the open-source marketplace.
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Open source on the move
September 21, 2006
Linux gets its latest kernel update and a real-time makeover; debate continues on GPL changes.
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Mozilla tries Firefox recipe with Thunderbird
September 18, 2007
The Mozilla Foundation is funding a subsidiary to improve the open-source e-mail software. Will more plug-ins and a universal mailbox come next?
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Year in review: Grappling with open source
December 19, 2006
As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways.
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Mozilla looks to Microsoft for security
September 21, 2006
Window Snyder, formerly of Microsoft, now heads up security at Mozilla, the company best known for its open-source Firefox Web browser.
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A Firefox for music?
December 22, 2005
The Pioneers of the Inevitable are taking aim at iTunes, with open-source music software called Songbird.
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