Since the debut of Firefox 1.0 last November, users have downloaded 106.4 million copies of the open-source Web browser, according to the Mozilla Foundation, which coordinated the development of Firefox.

Source: Dawn Kawamoto CNET News.com

And within a span of a year, Firefox has grabbed 8.65 percent of the market and put a dent into Internet Explorer's dominance, according to NetApplications' October results.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24599/1/Firefox-turned-one-year-old-Wednesday-marking-yet-another-milestone-for-the---p/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24598/1/Microsoft-Acquires-VOIP-Provider/Page1.html Microsoft Acquires VOIP Provider

Microsoft Corp. said today it has acquired Media-Streams.com AG, a 23-person company based in Zurich that develops business applications based on VOIP technology.

Source: Shelley Solheim - eWEEK

Microsoft plans to incorporate Media-Streams' technologies into its corporate IM platform, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server (LCS), and its Office productivity tools. Media-Streams' technology is already integrated with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24598/1/Microsoft-Acquires-VOIP-Provider/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24597/1/Net-pioneers-awarded-top-honour/Page1.html Net pioneers awarded top honour

Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn are being awarded America's highest civilian honour.

Source: BBC NEWS

The pair will be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 12 other recipients in a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24597/1/Net-pioneers-awarded-top-honour/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24596/1/VOIP-No-Longer-for-the-Underdog/Page1.html VOIP No Longer for the Underdog

News Analysis: The telehone industry's old guard emerges as leaders of "new telephony," and they can thank federal regulations.

Source: Ben Charny - eWEEK

Internet telephony was once for underdog firms able to muster up a few hundred thousand dollars in investments. But that's not the case anymore, and perhaps federal regulations have played a large role. ]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24596/1/VOIP-No-Longer-for-the-Underdog/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24595/1/Amazon-looks-to-solve-problems-that-stump-computers/Page1.html Amazon looks to solve problems that stump computers

Borrowing from the sleight of hand of an 18th century Hungarian nobleman, Amazon.com has unveiled a new service that aims to leverage the power of human intelligence as a way to tackle high volumes of repeatable tasks.

Source: Daniel Terdiman CNET News.com

The service, known as Amazon Mechanical Turk, is a marketplace where developers can post small manual tasks that are part of larger software processes. Individuals who complete the tasks are paid a small fee. ]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24595/1/Amazon-looks-to-solve-problems-that-stump-computers/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24594/1/HP-Attempts-to-Flatten-the-Bumps-on-the-Road-to-Virtualization/Page1.html HP Attempts to Flatten the Bumps on the Road to Virtualization

Q&A: HP's czar of virtualization agrees that the complexities of managing a burgeoning number of virtual machines can offset savings on resource utilization.

Source: eWEEK

Virtualization is all the rage. You've heard the estimates: Between 70 percent to 90 percent of data center resources are underutilized.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24594/1/HP-Attempts-to-Flatten-the-Bumps-on-the-Road-to-Virtualization/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24593/1/Microsoft-warns-of-latest-flaws/Page1.html Microsoft warns of latest flaws

Microsoft warned Windows users of three critical flaws in its software and urged them to install patches.

Source: BBC NEWS

The security holes affect the way Windows handles certain graphic files.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24593/1/Microsoft-warns-of-latest-flaws/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24592/1/Pieces-Fall-into-Place-for-Intel-Apple/Page1.html Pieces Fall into Place for Intel-Apple

Apple Computer Inc.'s plan to move to Intel Corp.'s processors appears to be coming together.

Source: John G. Spooner and Daniel Drew Turner - eWEEK

New Intel platforms are just around the corner, while Apple's Mac OS X for Intel processor machines has been brought up to speed, according to developers.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24592/1/Pieces-Fall-into-Place-for-Intel-Apple/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24591/1/Tech-firms-assail-proposed-broadband-rules/Page1.html Tech firms assail proposed broadband rules

Technology firms voiced disapproval over draft broadband regulations discussed at a contentious, six-hour congressional hearing Wednesday.

Source: Anne Broache CNET News.com

Google, Microsoft, eBay, Amazon.com and InterActiveCorp representatives said in letters and statements to a U.S. House of Representatives panel that the new legislation it is preparing is too heavy-handed and favors certain technologies to the detriment of others.]]> no@spam.com (Krish) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/24591/1/Tech-firms-assail-proposed-broadband-rules/Page1.html