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Mozilla updates Firefox 3.1 with Alpha 2 build
Mozilla has launched the second alpha of Firefox 3.1, adding new video support in the browser and speeding up some JavaScript computations. Read more...

Sun uses open-source software to build NAS appliance

Red Hat adds to virtualization effort with Qumranet acquisition

Chrome expected on Google's Android mobile software

Open-source lab for local, state governments debuts in N.Y.

Browser rivals confident they can compete with Google

Google launches Chrome, Windows download now available

Google scrubs search cache of Chrome download site

Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 beta release by three weeks

Growth in Symbian phone sales slows

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Elgan: Got a subnotebook? Get Ubiquity
Mozilla Corp., the company that makes the popular Firefox browser, announced a software plug-in for Firefox called Ubiquity, which does some surprising and useful things.

The A-Z of programming languages: Python
Python was created to help develop applications that run only occasionally and for a short period of time, but that can also use complex logic.

Standing on Principle
Because he has sacrificed for what he believes in, free software movement founder Richard Stallman has earned the admiration he has inspired.

Tight Budgets? Try open-source SOA!
You can go with a complete open-source SOA stack, you can mix and match various open-source SOA products from different vendors -- or you can mix and match both commercial and open-source products. Here are some tips to get you started.

SOA helps give returning vets a chance to find work
Hire a Hero is a small company, but the lessons it learned about using SaaS to communicate across different data sources could apply to any organization trying to find ways to increase efficiency and cut costs.

Microsoft gives $100k to support Apache Software Foundation
Microsoft contributes $100,000 in sponsorship money to the Apache Software Foundation and a patch to ADOdb, a data access layer for PHP.

The Project's the Assembly Line
Mark Hall reports on a project portfolio management app that's available as a service.

Bleezer: An offline blogging tool is born
The Industry Standard's Larry Borsato talks about the ups and downs of writing his own blogging tool, particularly his frustrations with some of the open-source software he used.

Which platform: Cathedral or Bazaar?
The traditional and open-source development models can coexist, the Industry Standard's Larry Borsato says. Here's how.

Linux examined: OpenSUSE 11.0
OpenSUSE 11.0, sponsored by Novell, offers some under-the-hood updates and improvements for experienced Linux users, but it may be too much for newbies.

Users of Windows XP SP3 who try out IE8 Beta 2 won't be able to uninstall either one under certain circumstances.
Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Preston Gralla explains.
Microsoft's latest beta of IE8 includes better tab management, new services such as Web Slices and Accelerators, and the new 'porn mode.'
These leading-edge graduate schools are moving at the pace of the IT workplace, delivering coursework that's relevant to today's IT professionals.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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