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Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve

There's a reason that so many businesses create five-year plans: If they're reasonable, they're achievable. Setting goals within that timeframe allows room for prioritization and opportunities to deal with the unexpected.

By Paul Venezia | 27 September, 2010 20:08

Tags: Adventures in IT, business, business issues, Tech Industry Analysis

Google Chrome: The fast browser with slow adoption

The launch of Google's Chrome browser a little over a year ago brought with it a mountain of hype and expectations, with some suggesting it could be as instantly disruptive and beneficial as Gmail was to the webmail market.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 31 October, 2009 11:18

Tags: Google Chrome, web browsers

Firefox hits 1 billion downloads -- so what's next?

Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has just hit a new milestone, reaching its 1 billionth user download.

By JR Raphael | 01 August, 2009 09:16

Tags: mozilla, mozilla firefox, web browsers

Beyond Firefox 3.5: sneak peek at Mozilla's next browser

Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 is off to a running start. The new browser, boasting significant speed increases and a host of added features, was officially released Tuesday morning. By mid-afternoon, the program had surpassed 1.6 million downloads worldwide and was steadily climbing.

By JR Raphael | 01 July, 2009 09:18

Tags: mozilla, mozilla firefox, web browsers

What to look for in Firefox 3.5

Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5, which you can download from Mozilla's Web site. Firefox 3.5 boasts a number of significant changes--ranging from new ways to work with the browser features to under-the-hood improvements that Mozilla developers say will make the browser more than twice as fast as Firefox 3. Here are some of the new features you'll find in Firefox 3.5.

By Nick Mediati | 01 July, 2009 05:44

Tags: mozilla, mozilla firefox, open source, web browsers

Firefox 3.5: An early look

There was a time when Firefox was the Web browser for the cool kids who knew their tech. Most would still agree that it's better than Internet Explorer, but that's damning it with faint praise. Over the last year or so, Firefox has become better known in tech savvy circles for its relatively poor performance and mediocre memory management. Chrome's insane speed and Internet Explorer 8's overall improvement have also dinged Firefox's reputation. But now, Firefox 3.5 is almost ready to go. Does it have what it takes?

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 28 May, 2009 10:26

Tags: mozilla, mozilla firefox, web browsers

Mozilla's Jetpack builds on Firefox's top strength

Ask people what they like most about the Firefox browser and the answer is almost unanimous: The add-ons. Though blamed for slowing browser performance, the downloads allow users to customize the Firefox experience. Jetpack, announced yesterday, hopes to make these extensions easier to create.

By David Coursey | 23 May, 2009 00:55

Tags: firefox add-on, Google Chrome, jetpack, mozilla, mozilla firefox

Mozilla to designers: Help us build better Firefox tabs

Mozilla Labs is challenging Web designers to help it find a more innovative way to represent browser tabs.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 18 May, 2009 09:51

Tags: firefox, mozilla firefox, Mozilla Labs

Review: Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 adds speed and privacy

Firefox 3.1 may only be a point release -- from 3.0 to 3.1 -- but its just-released Beta 2 version is a good indication that the final release will be a must-have upgrade for anyone using Firefox.

By Preston Gralla | 12 December, 2008 12:48

Tags: firefox 3.1

Killer open source monitoring tools

In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don't know what your network and servers are doing at every second of the day, you're flying blind. Sooner or later, you're going to meet with disaster.

By Paul Venezia | 25 November, 2008 09:32

Tags: open source

15 amazing Web apps built in 48 hours

Winning entries from the annual Ruby on Rails coding contest.

By Julie Bort | 12 November, 2008 10:41

Tags: ruby on rails

Education IT chiefs debate open source

The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a debate over it. But debate there was, civilized and trenchant, this week during the annual Educause conference on high technology in higher education in the US.

By John Cox | 03 November, 2008 14:16

Tags: education, open source

Open source: How e-voting should be done

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." -- Joseph Stalin

By Paul Venezia | 28 October, 2008 09:43

Tags: e-voting, open source

T-Mobile G1: A tour of Google Android

Step through the following slides for the highlights.

By Tom Yager | 27 October, 2008 10:48

Tags: Google Android

Five programs you can afford in a financial meltdown

It's the afternoon of September 30th and for reasons beyond my understanding the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) is up more than 3.5 percent after yesterday's financial fiasco. Hello, Wall Street, what part of "No one has a new bailout deal; the House hated the old deal, and it's the week of Rosh Hashanah so it won't be a full week at Congress anyway" do you not understand? Even if you believe the bailout will magically work wonders for the economy -- I don't -- it's not going to happen this week.

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 03 October, 2008 10:15

Tags: business, costs, open source, propritary, software

First look: G1

A first look at T-Mobile's G1 Android phone.

By Nancy Gohring and Network World Staff | 24 September, 2008 09:38

Tags: Google Android

Chrome secrets: Dig into Google's new browser

Google's Chrome is a stripped-down, no-nonsense browser. Unlike Firefox, there isn't an array of add-ons available to change its behavior. So at first glance, you might think there's not a lot you can do to hack Chrome or bend it to your will.

By Preston Gralla | 16 September, 2008 11:45

Tags: Google Chrome

Browser Battle: Firefox 3.1 vs. Chrome vs. IE 8

Mozilla's second alpha of Firefox 3.1 is upping the ante in the next-generation browser battle. So how do the main contenders stack up so far now? One thing's for sure, the Firefox team has taken note of Google's recent Chrome release and worked hard to make sure its offering can hold its own.

FAQ: Google Chrome Tips and Pointers

Where's the search history button?

By Philipp Lenssen | 08 September, 2008 11:49

Tags: Google Chrome

Analysts: Google spreading itself too thin

As Google enters its second decade of existence with no apparent rivals for the search-king throne, industry observers warn that the company's biggest enemy may be itself.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 September, 2008 08:34

Tags: Google