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Mozilla CEO: Chrome was inevitable

Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Tuesday waxed philosophical about the release of Google's new Web browser, Chrome, despite it signaling an attempt by the search giant--and Mozilla's major financier--to become its biggest competitor. Chrome, Lilly says, was ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, Webware,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Mozilla welcomes competition from Google's Chrome

Mozilla chief executive John Lilly on Tuesday waxed philosophical about the release of Google's new web browser, Chrome, despite the launch signalling an attempt by the search giant Mozilla's major financier to become its biggest competitor. The ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation

Whitelisting: The new blacklisting?

Create a new alert from the list below: A leading publishing house is searching for a Malware Security Test Engineer to assist with the ever increasing workload and expanding business. ... You will need knowledge of PC hardware configuration and ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  28 May 2008
Related Topics: Bill Gates

Security experts look to 'whitelisting' future

The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer? Whitelisting is the process by which only ...

From MUNIR KOTADIA AND BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  28 May 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Cisco Systems, Inc.

Liability and privacy: Key to Web 2.0 services

Former Australian privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly risk-averse and closed-minded approach to liability and privacy. Crompton, now managing ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  22 May 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Techies told: Green IT is a goldmine, not a burden

The IT industry should view the buzz around green technology as an opportunity, rather than a compliance burden, according to industry analyst Bruce McCabe. Speaking at CeBIT Australia's eGovernment Forum, McCabe said the IT industry should not limit ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  21 May 2008
Related Topics: Wal-Mart

3Com seeks $66m break-up fee over failed merger

Networking vendor 3Com will chase private-equity firm Bain Capital Partners for a $66m (Ł33m) merger break-up fee after its proposed suitor pulled the plug on their merger deal late last week citing regulatory concerns. Bain Capital pulled out of the ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  25 Mar 2008
Related Topics: John M. McHugh,  Cisco Systems, Inc.

Open-source efforts derailed by 'loud minority'

Efforts to increase the adoption of open-source software are being derailed by the efforts of a "loud minority" within the community who have made personal attacks on individuals who have expressed doubts about the software, according to one of the ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, LXer,  22 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft: Virtualisation is over-hyped

Server virtualisation is over-hyped and less used than reported, according to Microsoft executives speaking at the launch of Windows Server 2008. Microsoft corporate vice president Bob Kelly claimed that, despite the technology being the "buzz of the ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  29 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Developers warned over OOXML patent risk

Developers wishing to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification may need to brush up on their legal skills. Academics studying Microsoft's efforts to promote its Office Open XML (OOXML) specification as an ISO standard have called on the software ...

From BRETT WINTERFORD, ZDNet UK,  14 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  IBM,  Novell, Inc.

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