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Firefox 3 to ship Tuesday, June 17
Firefox 3 will be released on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, and you’re invited to the party! From the Mozilla Developer News blog: ‘After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3 — the best web browser, period.’”
“Get Out of Jail Free” Twitter
When James Karl Buck was detained at an anti-government rally in Mahalla, Egypt, he got the diplomatic cogs turning with a simple message via his cell phone to Twitter: “Arrested.”
Over the next several hours, Buck was able to update friends and family using the micro-blogging site, some of whom then transposed his messages to other blogs of their own. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, told CNN that there have been more and more stories of people using the service during natural disasters. In Buck’s case, the speed at which news of his situation was disseminated led to his school hiring a lawyer on his behalf. Less than 24 hours after his arrest, he left the station with another one word blog entry: “Free.”
Read the whole story at CNN.com.
IE8: Standards-Compliant By Default
With the beta version of Internet Explorer 8 scheduled for release in the “first half of 2008,” Microsoft announced Monday it has rethought the dominant browser, and plans to make the program more friendly to Web standards. The software maker said that a planned standards compatibility mode will now be the default rendering engine when IE 8 makes its debut, and that the new browser is capable of passing the Acid2 rendering test. Seems crazy, right? Imagine this: a video of IE’s GM Dean Hachamovitch and Architect Chris Wilson, as the two discuss the importance of standards, compatibility and interoperability with the upcoming browser.
