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Mozilla to Develop Mobile Firefox 152

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @03:27PM from the practice-makes-perfect dept.

Kelson writes "Mozilla has announced a new initiative to bring Mozilla to the mobile web, including a fully functional mobile version of Firefox (yes, with extensions). The focus will be part of Mozilla 2, the big revision coming after Gecko 1.9 and Firefox 3. Minimo, the previous attempt to port Mozilla to mobile platforms, is apparently dead, but 'has already provided us with valuable information about how Gecko operates in mobile environments, has helped us reduce footprint, and has given us a platform for initial experimentation in user experience.'"

Journal SPAM: Why are the Atmospheric CO2 Observations 7

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday August 02, 2007 @07:03PM

which form the crux of scientific inquiry on human contribution to global warming conducted atop the world's largest active volcano?

Feed Techdirt: Cursed By Its Name: Office For Mac 2008 To Be Released In 2008 (techdirt.com)

From feed by techdirtfeed on Thursday August 02, 2007 @06:52PM

Microsoft has recently said that it has no plans to discontinue its tradition of large-scale, heavyweight software offerings, like Office and Windows. Seeing as these two franchises continue to be huge money makers for the company, its stance is understandable. But if it has no plans to change its business model, then it needs to fix the problems associated with its current one, such as long development times and quality control. So far, anyway, these problems don't seem to be going away. The company has announced that its forthcoming Office for Mac 2008 will be released late. The company had hoped to have it ready by the coming Christmas season, but it will now be released in 2008, which is appropriate, given the name. Despite their high profile, Macs still make up a small share of the overall computer market, so it's likely that Microsoft isn't devoting a tremendous amount of resources to this area. Still, the delay is indicative of the ongoing problems facing the company.

Comment Re:The case probably has merit. (Score 1) 597

by chip_whisperer on Saturday January 13, 2007 @01:13PM (#17592302) Attached to: Teacher Found Guilty of Endangering Kids Due to Spyware

I agree that it is interesting that she was a substitute teacher for the school, but simply pointing out the fact that the links were 'highlighted' proves nothing. I (and God knows how many other Slashdotters) could write a piece of javascript or even HTML code that redirects you to a completely different site without your intention and then will show up in your history. And God forbid, the link is purple! ooh, aah, guilty I say!

Sorry, but that just should not cut it in an American court system. Either her lawyer is an idiot and didn't even investigate that possibility or the jury thought it was "magic". and besides, even if she did look at porn on a school computer (which I would not agree with doing) and through her ignorance of spyware was subjected to popups, should she get 40 YEARS in prison for that?! What if you were watching porn and because you forgot to run Ad-Aware this one time, your son or daughter saw one image. Should you go to prison for decades and then leave them without a father?

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