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Mozilla and Google Concerned About Windows RT Not Supporting Chrome and Firefox
Windows RT (RT is for runtime) will be a version of the Windows operating system for ARM device like tablet computers with a touch screen interface will only run software available through the Windows Store or included in Windows RT. Google and Mozilla are not happy with this because they believe that they will be locked out. Mozilla said that Microsoft is preventing them from bringing a competitive version of Firefox to Windows RT. Other browsers will not get the same access to the same operating system abilities that IE10 gets. Google has also given their opinion on the issue in the statement below:
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Mozilla To Present Mozilla Marketplace At Mobile World Congress
Mozilla will be unveiling the Mozilla Marketplace at Mobile World Congress. Mozilla Marketplace will allow developers to submit open web technology (HTML5/JavaScript/CSS) apps. Marketplace is a way for Mozilla to stay competitive with the Google Chrome Web Store. Mozilla’s upcoming smartphone and tablet OS will also be using the Mozilla Marketplace. Mozilla will be announcing at MWC that they will be partnering with LG to make a developer-oriented mobile device.
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Proposed Copy Protection On HTML5 Video Causes Debate
Mozilla has criticized a proposed web standard that would have DRM for HTML content implemented. The proposal was put forward by Google, Microsoft, and Netflix developers. It is meant to allow companies to add protection to HTML5 streaming audio and video. This is the reason why some content providers have not adopted the technology.
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Categories Chris Pearce, Google, Microsoft Corporation, Mozilla, Netflix
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Google Will Be Paying Mozilla About $300 Million PER YEAR For The Search Deal
Google and Mozilla have struck a search deal for another three years. Google will be paying a little bit under $300 million to renew the deal. This is a huge jump from a previous arrangement that Google had with Mozilla. Google had to outbid other companies like Microsoft and Yahoo! for the search deal. The $900 million agreement is the minimum revenue guarantee for delivering search queries that will be garnered by consumers using Firefox.
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Categories Firefox, Google, Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Corporation, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox
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Google Signs Another 3 Year Deal With Mozilla
Looks like Mozilla has nothing to worry about after all… at least for now. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has signed a significant and mutually beneficial revenue agreement with Mozilla. Google will remain the default search engine for Mozilla Firefox for at least another 3 years.
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Categories Gary Covacs, Google, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox
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Homeland Security Wants Mozilla To Take Down MafiaaFire Redirector Add-On
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has sent Mozilla a take-down request for the Firefox add-on called MafiaaFire Redirector. MafiaaFire Redirector allows Firefox users to access websites, whose domain names were taken down by the government over copyright issues. Mozilla responded by asking the government why they should remove the add-on. About two weeks have gone by without a response.
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jQuery Creator John Resig Joins Khan Academy
John Resig, the creator of javascript library jQuery, has left the Mozilla Foundation to join the online education organization Khan Academy. Resig had worked at Mozilla for more than 4 years when he joined in January 2007 as a Javascript Evangelist. At Khan Academy, Resig will continue to work on jQuery. Resig plans to work on Khan Academy’s iPad application as well. [ReadWriteWeb]
Categories John Resig, Mozilla, The Khan Academy
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 4 Candidate
Mozilla has released Mozilla Firefox 4 Release Candidate for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 4 has exited the beta cycle and is available in over 70 languages. Firefox 4 users will be automatically updated to this version. Over 70% of the Firefox Add-ons are now compatible with Firefox 4 too. You can download Firefox 4 Release Candidate here: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/RC/. [Mozilla Blog]
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Mozilla Roadmap Draft: Firefox 4-7 To Be Released This Year
According to the Firefox official roadmap, Mozilla wants to ship Firefox versions 4-7 this year. The primary focus of Firefox this year is to make sure that there the time between any user interaction and feedback from the browser is less than 50 milliseconds. Below is a list of features that each version would have:
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Categories Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox
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Aza Raskin Steps Down From Mozilla To Start A Company Called Massive Health
Aza Raskin is leaving the Mozilla Foundation in order to create a new start-up company called Massive Health. Raskin is the man behind the Firefox Mobile concept and also worked on the geolocation specification for the W3C standards.
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