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Firefox Mobile 1.1 Released 57

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 03, 2010 @06:20AM from the don't-fennec-me-in dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Firefox Mobile 1.1 has been released for Maemo devices such as the Nokia N900. Madhava Enros has put together a field guide for Firefox Mobile 1.1 which highlights what's new and notable in this release."

Comment Re:They now need a "pee fee" - not what you think (Score 1) 888

by mattrwilliams on Monday December 28, 2009 @09:44AM (#30570390) Attached to: TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight

It's worse than you think. If we are all told to stay in our seats 60 minutes before the expected landing time and then the plane is put into a 30 minute hold by ATC (due to weather, traffic congestion, etc.), and then another 30 minute hold, and so on, then it can easily become 2 hours or more that a planeload of passengers aren't allowed to go to the washroom. Result: a lot of wet seats and "pissed" off passengers.

Huge Credit Fraud Ring Sends Europeans' Data To Pakistan 166

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 11, 2008 @04:32PM from the we-keep-our-biggest-credit-thieves-in-d.c. dept.

marshotel excerpts from a story at the Wall Street Journal: "European law-enforcement officials uncovered a highly sophisticated credit-card fraud ring that funnels account data to Pakistan from hundreds of grocery-store card machines across Europe, according to U.S. intelligence officials and other people familiar with the case. Specialists say the theft technology is the most advanced they have seen, and a person close to British law enforcement said it has affected big retailers including a British unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tesco Ltd."

Enterprise Software Sales Dried Up In September 173

Posted by kdawson on Monday October 06, 2008 @07:25PM from the surprise-surprise dept.

CurtMonash writes "As I predicted a week ago, it looks as if the third quarter was ugly for software vendors, due to the economic crisis. SAP said 'The market developments of the past several weeks have been dramatic and worrying to many businesses. These concerns triggered a very sudden and unexpected drop in business activity at the end of the quarter.' My old acquaintance John Treadway, who used to work in Sybase's financial services vertical unit, reports that things are even worse than that in the financial services industry, Wall Street and retail banks alike. So now what? Well, IT is a huge part of capital spending, and at enterprises that have to cut back capital spending, IT is going to get hurt. On the other hand, high-growth companies — Web businesses, analytic services providers, etc. — may try to power through the downturn. And the more directly an IT project affects near-term profits, the more likely it is to survive."

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