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Adobe VP On HTML5: Why We're Not Giving Up On Flash

For some companies, change is not so easy. Case in point: Adobe, which last week doubled down its efforts on Flash, releasing Flash Player 11, Air 3, and ramping up its 3-D and HD support--even as many critics argue the industry is shifting away from Flash and toward HTML5. READ»

How An Introverted Engineer Came Out Of His Shell To Lead Mozilla

Former Mozilla CEO John Lilly had to transition from the classic introverted engineer to a people person once he became a manager. So he approached leadership like an engineer: he broke the problem into component parts and figured out how to make them work better. Here's how it transformed him. READ»

Untangling The Incredibly Complicated, Puzzling World Of Online Privacy

Online privacy is a conundrum that public officials, privacy advocates, and tech companies are all trying to solve. The issue has become so tangled that few even pretend to have an answer for all its complexities. But with the recent Senate introduction of a location-privacy bill, the government's taking a stab at it. Is it the right approach? READ»

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Mozilla Chief: Government Alone Can't Solve Online Privacy

"I'm smack in the middle of all of this, and it's hard to imagine legislation right now that we would know how to implement, or know what to do with," says Mitchell Baker, chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation.READ»

Google Chrome OS Director Joins Chorus of Praise for HTML5

Google is banking on the power and scalability of HTML5 to attract developers to its Chrome Web Store, which offers browser apps that mimic the experience of apps on Apple's iPhone and iPad. READ»

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Mozilla CEO: Firefox Faced Advertiser Backlash Over "Do Not Track" Feature

In January, Mozilla announced plans to add a "Do Not Track" feature to Firefox, a tool that would allow users to opt out from having advertisers and other sites track their web-surfing habits.READ»

Internet Explorer Director: HTML5 Will Revolutionize Web Experience

Today, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9, the browser's latest iteration. Like competitors Firefox and Chrome, Microsoft is fully focused on the power of HTML5. What kind impact will that have on the web--and could it sound the death knell for Flash?READ»

Firefox VP: Say Goodbye to Flash

HTML5 is great news for Firefox's 450 million users, but it's not so positive for Adobe, which could see one of its premiere products become irrelevant. Is Flash no more? READ»

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FTC Flexes Muscle: Google Chrome, Firefox Add "Do Not Track" Features

Will new "Do Not Call" features from Google and Firefox allay privacy concerns and FTC meddling?READ»

App Store Politics: Dictatorship Versus Democracy

Two big announcements this week will change the way you get software on your desktop and in your web browser. Apple's Apps for Mac you may know about. But Mozilla (developers of the Firefox browser) also revealed plans for its webapp store.READ»

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Join Me & Joi Ito at the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival, November 3-5!

 I'm excited to announce that i'm going to be participating in the first Mozilla Drumbeat Festival on the Future of Learning, Freedom and the Web, in Barcelona, Spain this November 3-5.Mozilla, the creators of the open-source ...READ»

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Firefox Home Enters the App Store, Connects Your PC's Browser to Your iPhone's

Firefox Home isn't the introduction of Mobile Firefox (aka Fennec) we've been waiting for, but it is a pretty great tool for iPhone users who use Firefox on their PCs. READ»

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iFive: Storms Push Oil Closer to Shore, Climategate Report, UK's Tech Bill, Sea Shepherd, Firefox 4

While you were sleeping, innovation was not crying in court after being informed it was to spend time in chokey. Instead it was poring over data received courtesy of an FOIA request, picking the right smiley face, and then facing ...READ»

Crib Sheet: Mozilla's Mitch Kapor, Lotus-Leafer or Berkeley Agitator?

Just how do you go about introducing Mitch Kapor? Designer of Lotus 1-2-3, founder of the Open Source Applications Foundation, first chair of the Mozilla Foundation, current chair of OneWebDay.. oh, blah, let's leave it up to his ...READ»

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Apple Names New Security Chief as Flash Named Chief Nuisance for Internet Security

Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has come on board as Senior Security Product Manager at Apple. Snyder, who left Mozilla in December 2008 after firming up the Firefox browser, started at Cupertino yesterday, although it is ...READ»

Futures Thinking: Writing Scenarios

So what do scenarios actually look like? Here are some real-world examples.READ»

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Should Firefox Hold the Key to Your Identity With a 1-Click ID Button for the Web?

See that little login window on the top right of this Web page? Mozilla, through Firefox, wants to do away with it--for all the best reasons. Mozilla's plan will simplify how you log into sites because, lets face it, IDing yourself ...READ»