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Favorite Firefox extensions

2008-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of the big advantages Firefox 3 holds over Safari is extensibility. Savvy users can customize the browser to look, feel and perform in any number of ways. Our earlier review said "Firefox 3 is an improvement on its useful but somewhat clunky predecessor in nearly every respect."

Kernel developers, Wall Street to come together

2008-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Linux Foundation is holding its first End User Summit beginning Monday in New York, in an effort to bring Linux kernel developers in closer contact with users at Wall Street institutions and other major companies.

Netbooks will boost adoption of Linux, says Novell CTO

John Ribeiro — 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

A surge in demand for netbooks is helping drive business for Linux, as the devices are designed to be low-cost with smaller storage, according to Novell's chief technology and strategy officer for Linux.

Mozilla adds geographic tagging to Firefox

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mozilla has released an add-on to Firefox that enables the browser to automatically pinpoint a user's location by communicating with Wi-Fi signals so Web sites can provide customized content to users.

MySQL cofounder David Axmark leaving Sun

James Niccolai — 2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

David Axmark, a cofounder and former lead engineer for MySQL, has resigned from Sun a few weeks after another cofounder said he may also leave the company.

Firefox extension blocks dangerous Web attack

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

A popular free security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security problems facing the Web today.

Red Hat looks to mainstream markets for growth

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Expanding Linux adoption beyond key vertical markets is an important driver for Red Hat's growth, which remains steady even as one of its strongest customer sectors, financial services, is getting hit hard by the U.S. crisis, the company's CEO, Jim Whitehurst, said Tuesday.

Japanese telecom partners with EnterpriseDB

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan's largest telecommunications company, has formed a "wide-ranging strategic partnership" with EnterpriseDB that includes an undisclosed financial investment in the open-source database maker.

Open-source resource for government launches online

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa has launched the online Government Open Source Software Resource Center.

Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Red Hat Thursday released a Linux software stack for compute-intensive IT environments that it said costs less than Microsoft's price for its comparable Windows offering.