http://blog.internetnews.com/blog/ 2010-03-19T12:51:07-05:002010-03-17T10:02:02-05:002010-03-15T08:55:35-05:002010-03-11T23:12:00-05:002010-03-11T15:00:52-05:002010-03-11T10:27:28-05:002010-03-10T16:27:52-05:002010-03-10T09:51:02-05:002010-03-09T16:01:28-05:002010-03-09T08:54:21-05:002010-03-08T17:48:33-05:002010-03-04T13:51:57-05:002010-03-03T16:11:16-05:002010-03-03T16:23:18-05:002010-03-03T09:13:50-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/csaunders/2010/03/broco-fires-back-on-hacking-st.html It's a bit of a strange story, and now it seems to be getting even stranger. But for those of us familiar with the shady, difficult-to-trace, and often cleverly obfuscated ways (and I use the term "cleverly" only begrudgingly) in... Christopher Saunders 2010-03-19T12:51:07-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/internet-explorer-9-vs-firefox.html From the 'Developer Preview' files:Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 is now out for developers to try out and test -- well kinda/sorta. You see the IE9 Test Drive Platform Preview isn't really a browser is it?IE9 as it is currently available... Sean Kerner 2010-03-17T10:02:02-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/dot-com-turns-25-how-failure-t.html From the 'Significant Internet Milestones' files:The very first dot com domain symbolics.com was registered 25 years ago today on March 15, 1985. From that event a quarter century ago, there are now over 192 million total domain name registrations,... Sean Kerner 2010-03-15T08:55:35-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2010/03/comcast-ceo-defends-nbc-deal-u.html Comcast CEO Brian Roberts headed back to Capitol Hill on Thursday to defend his company's proposed merger with NBC Universal, offering what by now are familiar assurances that the combined company won't use its market power to bully smaller cable... Kenneth Corbin 2010-03-11T23:12:00-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2010/03/time-for-googles-eric-schmidt.html Like any good pundit, Rob Enderle knows how to stir things up. You may have read some of Rob’s commentary at our sister site, Datamation. For example, he’s regularly bombarded with hate mail by iPhone fans for criticizing Apple’s strategy... David Needle 2010-03-11T15:00:52-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/firefox-362-coming-march-30th.html From the 'What Happened to Firefox 3.6.1?' files:No, that's not a typo. Mozilla is currently scheduled to release its next open source Firefox browser version 3.6.2 on March 30th.The Firefox 3.6.2 release will be joined by the 3.5.9 and... Sean Kerner 2010-03-11T10:27:28-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/first-fedora-13-linux-alpha-sh.html From the 'Next Gen Linux Features' files:The first alpha milestone of the Fedora 13 Linux distribution is now available and it's loaded with a number of innovative features.Among the desktop features that users will enjoy is a new automatic... Sean Kerner 2010-03-10T16:27:52-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/mozilla-apologies-over-jetpack.html From the 'Coming Clean' files:Mozilla today posted a public apology to design firm MetaLab over a design mockup for a new Jetpack feature.Jetpack Flightdeck is an upcoming feature that is intended to make it easier for developers to build... Sean Kerner 2010-03-10T09:51:02-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/does-oracle-losing-suns-chief.html From the 'Human Resources' files:I've had the good fortune to speak with Simon Phipps - now the former Chief Open Source Officer at Sun - a number of times over the last several years.Phipps always provided insightful comments on... Sean Kerner 2010-03-09T16:01:28-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/google-summer-of-code-2010-kic.html From the 'Summertime Coding Fun' files:It's that time of year again. For the fifth year Google is running its popular Summer of Code (SoC) program which matches students with mentoring organization to develop open source code. And oh yeah,... Sean Kerner 2010-03-09T08:54:21-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/400000-lines-added-in-linux-26.html From the 'Big Numbers' files:Linux founder Linus Torvalds has just pushed out the first Linux 2.6.34 kernel release candidate and he's included some big stats as part of the announcement.According to Torvalds, the 2.6.34 kernel even in its rc1... Sean Kerner 2010-03-08T17:48:33-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/microsofts-linux-patent-scare.html From the 'Legal Linux' files:Microsoft has a bone to pick with Linux and open source software. Since at least 2007, Microsoft has been stating that open source software somehow infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property.Remember SCO? They kind of alleged the... Sean Kerner 2010-03-04T13:51:57-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/mozilla-lands-out-of-process-p.html From the 'Plugin Improvement' files:One of the big things that Google Chrome introduced is the idea of out of process plugins. It's something that has now (finally!) landed in Mozilla -- albeit in the Alpha 2 release of Firefox 3.7... Sean Kerner 2010-03-03T16:11:16-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2010/03/feds-tapping-google-paypal-equ.html Federal government Web sites will soon begin allowing users to sign in with their account credentials furnished by Google, PayPal and Equifax. The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) debuted today as the certification body to authorize private firms offering Web credentials... Kenneth Corbin 2010-03-03T16:23:18-05:00 http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/03/should-novell-go-private.html From the 'Time to Sell' files:Novell is now in play. The company received what they call an "unsolicited proposal from Elliott Associates, L.P. to acquire the Company for $5.75 per share in cash," which values the company at just... Sean Kerner 2010-03-03T09:13:50-05:00