If all goes according to plan, Mozilla might release no less than three versions of its open source browser in 2010, culminating with Firefox 4.0. The next major version of Firefox is scheduled for general availability by the end of 2010. Of course, this is nothing more than a preliminary estimate of the delivery deadline for Firefox 4.0, and an optimistic one at best. The fact of the matter is that, Firefox 4.0 could also slip into early 2011, which would leave just two releases of the browser in 2010, namely 3.6 and 3.7. At the start of this week, the number of Firefox 3.6 Beta Testers was approximately 600,000, but expected to lower over the holidays. Mozilla shipped the fifth Beta build last week, introducing more than 130 fixes over Beta 4. Firefox 3.6 Beta 5 is currently available for download for early adopters. At the same time, the company is laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of Firefox 3.6. In this regard, testers could be getting their hands on Firefox 3.6 RC by year’s end, although this development milestone could also slip into 2010.
Early next year, Mozilla will offer the first minor update to Firefox 3.5. Firefox 3.6 will most likely be made available in January, but no later than February 2010. And it will be followed shortly by yet another minor update, Firef... (read more)
One of the aspects of Microsoft that should come as no surprise is that the company plans ahead not just next year’s product launches, but decades in advance, in terms of the evolution of its technology. Not limited to its own software, this strategy is an integral part of how the company is tackling problems faced by education systems world... (
Firefox 4.0, the next major release of Mozilla’s open source browser, will bring to the table a major overhaul of its graphical user interface, one that would put the UI in line the Windows 7 Ribbon/Fluent style. Mozilla has already made public details on the revamping of the Firefox User interface for version 4.0, and various concepts and sketches ha... (
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Microsoft is helping Windows 7 customers celebrate love right on their desktops. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available for download a new desktop theme designed to integrate seamlessly into the desktop of their Windows 7-power computers. The Lacy Hearts is, as the software giant has put i... (
The latest development milestone of Office 2010 has made it into the wild, even though Microsoft never intended to have the general public get their hands on the release. Earlier this week, the Redmond company revealed that the next iteration of the Office System reached a key milestone in the evolution to RTM, namely the Rel... (
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