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Article | 6/03/2009 Mozilla patches eight Firefox bugs, six critical

Mozilla Corp. has patched eight security vulnerabilities in Firefox, half of them critical memory corruption flaws in the browser's layout and JavaScr...

Article | 5/03/2009 Microsoft makes its case for Windows 7 in the enterprise

Weeks after making its case for why enterprises should dump Windows XP for Windows Vista, Microsoft talked up the merits of its upcoming operating sys...

Article | 5/03/2009 Mozilla slates overdue Firefox 3.1 beta for March 10

After several delays, Mozilla Tuesday set a release schedule for Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, the next milestone on the road to the browser's first major upgra...

Article | 3/03/2009 Safari loses, Firefox gains market share

Although Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) continued to bleed market share last month, Apple Inc.'s Safari was an even bigger loser during Febr...

Article | 27/02/2009 Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 again, slates another beta

Mozilla Wednesday announced it will add another beta to the Firefox 3.1 development schedule, a move that will push the browser's ship date to the sec...

Article | 26/02/2009 Safari 4 rivals Google Chrome in JavaScript race

Contrary to Apple's claims, the newest version of Safari is not the world's fastest browser, benchmark scores show. But it is dramatically faster than...

Article | 26/02/2009 Microsoft patches IE8 bugs in Windows 7

Microsoft has updated Windows 7 beta to fix an unknown number of reliability bugs in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), but the company stopped short of sayin...

Article | 26/02/2009 Microsoft spells out Windows 7 activation nags, limits

Microsoft will turn Windows 7's background picture black and put up persistent notices on the screen if users don't activate the new operating system,...

Article | 23/02/2009 Microsoft slates mock Windows 7 updates

Microsoft will test Windows 7 beta's update mechanism this week by feeding users as many as five fake updates, the company said last week.

Article | 19/02/2009 Mozilla backs move to decriminalize iPhone jailbreaking

Mozilla is backing a move that would nullify copyright infringement charges against people who "jailbreak" their iPhones, a practice that Apple consid...

Article | 18/02/2009 Early Mozilla mobile browser has 'showstopper' flaw

Perhaps pre-alpha was a bit too early for Mozilla to release its Fennec mobile browser for Windows Mobile.

Article | 18/02/2009 Report: Microsoft expected to wrap up IE8 within weeks

Microsoft will finish Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) next month, according to a Web site that has accurately predicted other moves by the company.

Article | 17/02/2009 Microsoft Gives Vista Adoption One More Push

Microsoft last week made its best -- and perhaps final -- case as to why companies should consider upgrading to Windows Vista, even as successor Windo...

Article | 16/02/2009 Woman sues Microsoft over XP downgrade charge

A woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over a US$59.25 charge for downgrading her Windows Vista PC to XP.

Article | 13/02/2009 Analyst: Will Microsoft let Windows 7 users downgrade to XP

Downgrade rights for Windows 7 will be "hugely important," an analyst said Thursday, but he's not optimistic that Microsoft will let users continue to...

Article | 13/02/2009 MS makes last-ditch push for corporate adoption of Vista

Microsoft Wednesday put forth its best case as to why corporations and large organizations should consider upgrading to the Windows Vista operating sy...

Article | 13/02/2009 Microsoft: Windows 7 no 'magic bullet' for enterprises

Microsoft warned enterprise customers this week that the migration path from XP to Windows 7 won't be any easier than it is to Vista, and offered reco...

Article | 13/02/2009 Chip vendors bring Windows 7 closer to netbooks

Chip vendors Qualcomm and Nvidia have thrown their support behind the Windows 7 OS for netbooks, announcing efforts to bring better graphics and conti...

Article | 12/02/2009 PC processor shipments to drop in 2009, IDC says

PC microprocessor shipments slowed in the fourth quarter and will continue to decline this year, according to an IDC survey released on Wednesday.

Article | 11/02/2009 Microsoft shuts off Windows 7 beta downloads

Microsoft has shut off the Windows 7 beta spigot, but will allow users who have started the download process to wrap it up by Thursday.