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Interesting Story

skitoosie — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:07:07 -0600

Not sure what to think of this it was interesting however it brings up a lot of issues.

Magic the gathering decks

magic — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:32:11 -0600

A large collection of magic the gathering decks. Some great deck ideas that have helped me a ton.

What's the most compelling Firefox feature? Tabs of course!

LouCypher — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:05:13 -0600

According to the Firefox in your country survey tabbed browsing is still viewed as the most compelling Firefox feature! Here’s the exact question: What do you think would be the most compelling product feature for people who you know?

Firefox in your country survey results

LouCypher — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:03:01 -0600

We launched the pilot Firefox in your country survey last September and received 9,506 responses, which is amazing given the length of the survey (20 questions). Since this is the first time we ran the survey, we wanted to do a test run first and targeted 7 countries: Brazil, India, Germany, Poland, Indonesia, Spain, and Australia. However, answers came in from all over the world! Given the enthusiasm, we’re definitely planning to extend the survey to more countries.

Norway encourages use of open source software

jan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:10:27 -0600

Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Roeys said she was granting 2 million kroner ($285,000) to the national center for free software to adapt and promote OpenOffice for such government use as public reports, accounting and archives.
In April 2006, the Norwegian government announced a long term program to step up use of open-source software to reduce its dependency on computer giants like Microsoft.

GULEV - Congreso Internacional de Software Libre 2008

jan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:29:57 -0600

The 2008 edition of GULEV International Congress of Free Software, will be held from 4 to December 6, 2008, at the Convention Center Hotel Gran Melia Cancun belonging to the select group of the best hotels in the world and located in the heart of the Hotel Zone of Cancun Quintana Roo, Mexico.
As always, we invite the Free Software community nationally and internationally to join us in the event to learn, share knowledge, enjoy the great atmosphere of camaraderie that is customary in GULEV and, of course, to constantly visit the official site where you will find more Information on this and other events.

Private Mode For Firefox | Universe Firefox

NicoCanali — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:51:44 -0600

As we have seen with the new Google’s Browser, which is called Chrome, a new interesting feature has come out of the box in the browsing world, and lately it has been integrated in Firefox as well, starting from version 3.1. It is called “Private Browsing mode, where all user activity traces including history, cache, download history, saved passwords, searches, cookies, and others, are removed as soon as the user returns to normal browsing mode”, as Percy Cabello for Mozilla Links says in the latest article.

Mozilla Design Jam 2 at University of Michigan

jan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:27:20 -0500

A group of HCI students at the University of Michigan’s School of Information began a series of design jams focused on the future of the browser.

Back to the Summit: A chat with John Lilly, Mozilla CEO

jan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:40:01 -0500

Percy Cabello chats with Mozilla CEO John Lilly at the Mozilla Summit, in past July.

Firefox add-on wins Yahoo! Kimo Open Hack Day

LouCypher — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:06:53 -0500

This news is a few weeks old but I was pleasantly surprised to hear that a Firefox add-on, built by a team called kekeke, was the winner of the 2008 Yahoo! Kimo (Taiwan) Open Hack Day.