Firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likely

The Mozilla Firefox 3 development team expects to freeze the beta 4 code tonight as planned but will likely have to release yet another beta to address some of the outstanding bugs and blockers in the code. During its weekly Firefox meeting on Tuesday, developers said ...

Tue Feb 26 14:00:41 PST 2008

News to know: Windows Server 2008 launch; Hotmail outage; Berners-Lee on semantic Web; Apple

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft courts open-source vendors to support Win Server 2008. Jason Perlow: Server 2008: The Windows Workstation we always wanted Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger users Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with ...

Wed Feb 27 03:01:20 PST 2008

A green roundhouse

Roland Piquepaille: According to Forbes, two architects are building a roundhouse to make it more energy-efficient. The architects claim that their 'new methodology dramatically improves all aspects of the design and construction of buildings.' Their first realization 'will be a 13,000-square-foot residence set on a 3.25-acre lot in the canyons above Beverly Hills.' It should be completed in early 2009 for a price tag of $16.5 million. With such a price, I guess the owners will have enough money to buy furniture fitting with the shape of their roundhouse. But read more...

Tue Feb 26 09:12:38 PST 2008