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Article | 16/10/2008 MS: 'Vista Capable' lawyers trying to hijack Windows Update
Microsoft is objecting to a plan that would force the company to use its Windows Update service to notify potential members in the "Windows Vista Capa...
Article | 16/10/2008 What's in a name? Microsoft defends 'Windows 7' moniker
After users disputed his count, a Microsoft executive explained how the company concluded that the upcoming Windows 7 is the seventh version of the op...
Article | 16/10/2008 Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1, the first preview meant for the general public, but disabled one of its most-touted improvements.
Article | 15/10/2008 Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS
Microsoft has announced that the code name for its next operating system, Windows 7, will be the product's official name.
Article | 10/10/2008 Microsoft to improve Vista's problematic UAC in Windows 7
Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned user account control (UAC) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the n...
Article | 10/10/2008 Mozilla locks in Firefox 3.1 feature list
Mozilla will use a several-week delay it recently added to the Firefox 3.1 schedule to build a private browsing mode and beef up the browser's address...
Article | 9/10/2008 Mozilla adds geographic tagging to Firefox
Mozilla has released an add-on to Firefox that enables the browser to automatically pinpoint a user's location by communicating with Wi-Fi signals so ...
Article | 7/10/2008 Lawyers want Windows Update used to push lawsuit notices
Lawyers in the "Windows Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit against Microsoft have asked a federal judge to force the company to use its Windows Updat...
Article | 7/10/2008 Microsoft fights Ballmer testimony in 'Vista Capable' suit
The only thing CEO Steve Ballmer knew about Microsoft's Windows Vista Capable marketing campaign was what he was told by subordinates, and he should n...
Article | 2/10/2008 Mac OS X market share cracks 8 percent
Apple's Mac OS X market share has passed the 8 percent mark for the first time, a research company reported Wednesday.
Article | 2/10/2008 Browser metrics: IE slide continues, Firefox users update
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) continued to lose market share in September, Google's Chrome stabilized at under 1 percent and more than half of Fi...
Article | 30/09/2008 Mozilla patches Firefox faster than expected
Mozilla beat its own schedule by patching Firefox late Friday to fix a password bug it had inadvertently introduced earlier in the week.
Article | 26/09/2008 After password glitch, Firefox patch due next week
Mozilla developers are rushing out a new release of their Firefox browser to fix a bug that has been preventing some Web surfers from using saved pass...
Article | 25/09/2008 Microsoft confirms pre-beta Windows 7 for PDC attendees
Microsoft Wednesday squelched speculation on when the public would get its hands on Windows 7 code by confirming that attendees at its Professional De...
Article | 24/09/2008 Chrome fades as users return to IE, Firefox
Chrome's share of the browser market is fading as users who abandoned Internet Explorer and Firefox start to return, an Internet measurement company s...
Article | 19/09/2008 Seinfeld ads end as MS to reclaim 'I'm a PC' slur from Apple
The long, oft-baffling "teaser" ads" by Microsoft featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates that kicked off two weeks ago are abruptly ending, the compa...
Article | 18/09/2008 Microsoft posts 21 more versions of IE8
Microsoft yesterday released 21 additional versions of its Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 2, including editions in Czech, Italian, Norwegian, Russian,...
Article | 18/09/2008 Mozilla admits 'giant error' with Firefox EULA move
Bending to criticism from Linux users angry that it added a license agreement to Firefox, open-source developer Mozilla has admitted making a mistake ...
Article | 17/09/2008 Chrome steals share from every rival but Safari
Two weeks after the launch of Chrome, Google's browser has stolen market share from every competitor except Apple's Safari, an Internet measurement co...
Article | 17/09/2008 CodeWeavers offers 'Chrome' browsers for Mac, Linux
Although Google has yet to come up with Mac or Linux editions of its new Chrome browser, CodeWeavers, a company best known for its CrossOver software,...

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