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  • Mozilla releases fifth beta of Firefox 3

    Mozilla released its fifth beta version of Firefox 3 for Windows and the Mac on Wednesday, bringing a handful of improvements in ease of use to the open-source Web browser.

  • Firefox 3.1 beta now available

    A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.

  • Firefox 3 gives browser security, Web app makeover

    Mozilla has released a new beta version of Firefox 3, with the popular open source Web browser featuring significant new features that according to its makers will improve security, ease of use and the rendering of Web pages.

  • Sun to help create native OpenOffice for Mac OS X

    Mac users waiting for a native version of OpenOffice might see it sooner than they might have thought, now that Sun has thrown its support behind the project.

  • IBM AIX 6 beta improves virtualisation

    IBM has launched a public beta of the AIX 6 operating system, which incorporates a number of major changes including a more complete virtualisation offering.

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    Ubuntu can't cut geek support umbilical

    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was officially released overnight and marked the eleventh release of the distribution. It's attractive, polished and measured, but fails "the grandma test".

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    IE8 needs Canvas support

    IE may be the quickest browser to load pages, but this is not a 100m dash; seems like someone has forgotten to tell Microsoft that there is another 300m of JavaScript to go until this race is over.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

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    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.

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  • UnitedLinux to take software public

    The first public beta of the combined Linux distribution will appear later this month, but it will have Red Hat's dominance to contend with.

  • Mandriva 2010 beta: Screenshots

    In the past few days French-based Linux company Mandriva has released a beta version of its upcoming Mandriva 2010 Linux distribution. We took it for a spin in a virtualised VMware environment.

  • Open source reshaping services market

    The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.

  • IE7 gets tabs but does it matter?

    The new version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing but will this be enough to entice Firefox users to convert?

  • A peek at Novell's open-source plan

    Many IT professionals have recently begun to ask, "What's Novell doing with Linux?" A better question at this point might be what isn't Novell doing with Linux and open source software.

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  • Chrome (beta)

    Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.

  • Lotus Notes/Domino 8, Beta 2

    In version 8 of IBM/Lotus's upcoming collaboration suite, the client (Notes) moves to a new Java framework while the server (Domino) gets a number of overdue enhancements.

  • Mozilla browser to learn from surfing habits

    The latest test version of the open-source browser is inviting users to improve features by submitting their surfing data.

  • Safari 1.0 Beta: Welcome to the jungle

    It's only in beta, but Apple's surprise new browser, Safari, is creating major buzz. How does it rate?

  • Apple Safari 1.0 Beta 2

    If you're only after speed, try the Safari beta but keep your other browser, too. Security buffs should skip Safari for now.

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