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A chill in the air for Firefox?
February 28, 2005
Growth rate slips for use of open-source browser. Also: Putting a plug in security holes.
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Firefox update patches security holes
September 15, 2006
The update tackles seven flaws in the open-source Web browser, including four rated "critical."
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Google kicks offline Web apps into gear
May 30, 2007
Search giant launches Google Gears, open-source software that brings offline access and local storage to the Web browser.
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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 Thunderbird 2
Reviewed on March 27, 2008
Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is a fine, free, extensible e-mail client and a solid alternative to pricey Microsoft Outlook 2007 or the free Windows Live Mail.
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Paris turns 175,000 kids on to open-source key plan
February 5, 2007
Aim is to give students easy access to "portable office" software suite designed to operate in Windows environment.
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Korea launches a switch to open source
October 1, 2003
The South Korean government says that by 2007 it plans to replace proprietary software with open-source alternatives on a substantial number of its PCs and servers.
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Growth rate slips for Firefox usage
February 28, 2005
The rate at which people are putting the browser into action is slowing, but IE's market share continues to dip.
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Andreessen: IE faces one-two punch
October 6, 2004
Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen says Microsoft faces serious competition from smaller alternative browsers.
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Mozilla: IE 7 to boost Firefox growth
July 19, 2005
Foundation hopes to attract corporate Windows 2000 users who will be unable to take advantage of improvements in IE 7.
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This week in browser news
November 20, 2004
Firefox may be free and open source, but developers are still cashing in on the popularity of the Mozilla Foundation's new browser.
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Piggyback developers in a bind over IE
October 7, 2004
Microsoft's minimal attention to the browser used to be a boon for some software writers. Now it's starting to hurt.
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Firefox fortune hunters
November 17, 2004
Mozilla Foundation's browser may be free and open source, but that doesn't keep insiders from cashing in.
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Week in review: Firefox on the hunt
September 17, 2004
Web metrics suggest that Internet Explorer is losing a significant number of defectors to open-source browsers Mozilla and Firefox.
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Mozilla, Gnome mull united front against Longhorn
April 28, 2004
Representatives from the open-source foundations meet to figure out a common plan of attack as Microsoft's tightly integrated Web and desktop technology looms.
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The Microsoft penalty that isn't
April 15, 2002
Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens writes that a proposed antitrust settlement contains a loophole Microsoft will use to escape challenge from its only viable competitor.
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Linux seller licenses Windows Media technology
April 28, 2004
Turbolinux, a Japanese seller of the open-source operating system, bridges a philosophical divide by licensing Microsoft technology for playing digital music and video.
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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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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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