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Submission + - Multi-processor support coming for Firefox (mozillalinks.org)

Submitted by suraj.sun on Thursday May 07, 2009 @01:35PM

suraj.sun writes: Mozilla has started a new project to make Firefox split in several processes at a time: one running the main user interface (chrome), and another or several others running the web content in each tab. Like Chrome or Internet Explorer 8 which have implemented this behavior to some degree, the main benefit would be the increase of stability: a single tab crash would not take down the whole session with it, as well as performance improvements in multiprocessor systems that are progressively becoming the norm.

The project, which lacks a catchy name like other Mozilla projects (like TaskFox, Ubiquity, or Chocolate Factory) is coordinated by long time Mozillian, Benjamin Smedberg; and also integrated by Joe Drew, Jason Duell, Ben Turner, and Boris Zbarsky in the core team.

According to the loose roadmap published, a simple implementation that works with a single tab (not sessions support, no secure connections, either on Linux or Windows, probably not even based on Firefox) should be reached around mid-July. Phase II will deal with the interactions between the two process types (chrome and content), and is aimed for November. So it seems we won't see a multiprocess Firefox for at least a year or so. However, some decisions like taking Chromium's networking stack to replace Necko, could accelerate the process.

So it seems we won't see a multiprocess Firefox for at least a year or so. However, some decisions like taking Chromium's networking stack to replace Necko, could accelerate the process.

Mozilla Links : http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/05/multi-processor-support-coming-for-firefox/

Soft Tissue Discovered In T-Rex Bone 345

Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 01, 2006 @02:28PM from the tastes-like-ostrich dept.

kubla2000 writes, "Paleontologists have discovered soft tissue inside the fossilized thigh bone of a T-Rex. The tissue included blood vessels, bone cells, and perhaps even blood cells." From the article: "When paleontologists find fossilized dinosaur bones during a dig, they usually do everything in their power to protect them, using tools like toothbrushes to carefully unearth the bones without inflicting any damage. However, when scientists found a massive Tyrannosaurus rex thigh bone in a remote region of Montana a few months ago, they were forced to break the bone in two in order to fit it into the transport helicopter. This act of necessity revealed a startling surprise: soft tissue that had seemingly resisted fossilization still existed inside the bone. This tissue... was so well preserved that it was still stretchy and flexible."

Extortion Virus Code Cracked 371

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 01, 2006 @03:47PM from the unlock-your-stuff dept.

Billosaur writes "BBC News is reporting that the password to the dreaded Archiveus virus has been discovered and is now available to anyone who needs it. Archiveus is a 'ransomware' virus, which combines files from the My Documents folder on Windows machines and exchanges them for a single, password-protected file, which it will not unlock unless a password is given. The user would normally be required to pay the extortionist money in order to receive the password, but apparently the virus writer made one small, critical error in coding: placing the password in the code. BTW, the 30-digit password locking the files is mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw."

Comment Re:factor large primes? (Score 1) 620

by etorrez on Saturday August 10, 2002 @02:03PM (#4046499) Attached to: Delivering an Earth-Shattering Discovery?

int factorLargePrime( int largePrime ) {
return largePrime;
}

That is correct, the prime factorization of a prime is the prime itself. (1 is not considered a prime by definition in number theory).

...figured out how to factor large primes in seconds...

I think the author meant "...how to factor large composites in seconds...". For example, RSA encryption relies on the difficulty of factoring a composite number made up of the product of two large primes (n = pq).

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