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  • Adobe tools put desktop apps in the browser

    Adobe is preparing to open source development tools that will enable existing desktop and server software to run in Web browsers, according to reports.

  • Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

    The open-source Firefox Web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said Saturday afternoon in the US.

  • Mozilla's next big step

    As the leader of the Mozilla.org project, an AOL-funded open-source Web browser technology, Baker has been trying to stoke the fire she helped light in 1998.

  • Google's Chrome browser: Screenshots

    The first images of Google's new Web browser, Chrome, appear to have leaked via a Flickr user who has published screenshots of the application.

  • Google quietly updates Chrome

    Search giant Google has quietly begun releasing a hastily prepared update to its Chrome browser to fix some security problems.

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  • The open-source revolution

    Lotus founder Mitch Kapor's success with two open-source software foundations could make Microsoft miserable.

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

  • Mozilla, Gnome take aim at Longhorn

    As Microsoft focuses on merging its Web browser and operating system software, open-source competitors are mulling a proposal to join forces and beat the software giant to the punch.

  • Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft

    Linux seller Red Hat has announced its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers, taking direct aim at Microsoft. Additional reading: Open Source Resource Centre

  • SAP reaches out to the community

    The market-leading maker of business applications is turning to smaller firms and Web services to expand its software portfolio.

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Reviews (52)

  • Maxthon 2.0.8

    Of the less well known open source browsers, Maxthon has been gaining attention as the second most popular Web browser in its home state of China. Based on IE's Trident engine, we found it to be highly customisable; however its lack of support makes it difficult to recommend for business.

  • Che Mozilla: The revolutionary

    The browser war is over. What Mozilla, (the basis for future versions of Netscape) offers is more akin to a browser insurrection.

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

  • Red Hat Linux 7.3: Something for everybody

    Red Hat has released a new version of its Linux operating system with features aimed to appeal to both the personal computing and server markets.

  • Palm handed open-source browser

    Linux Labs has released a beta version of a Web browser for wireless-enabled Palm handhelds.

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