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Tweet This week in open source: OpenOffice.org 3, Firefox 3.1 b1 The OpenOffice.org productivity suite took a big step forward this week with the launch of version 3.0. The new version includes compatibility with ODF 1.2 and Microsoft’s controversial Office Open XML (OOXML) format, and adds long-awaited native support for Apple’s Mac OS X platform. [...]

Tweet Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Released; Faster Than Ever Although quoting the Six Million Dollar Man may be a bit of an exaggeration, the latest build of Mozilla’s web browser supposedly offers tasty features and even speeds up Internet access by a huge margin. Although specifically released to developers and Web designers for testing [...]

Tweet Google Chrome ignites browser speed race Analysis – You may have decided against a switch to Chrome (at least market share data indicates that Chrome is losing share quickly again), but there is a good chance you won’t get rid of the browser entirely. We guess you may even launch it from time to [...]

Tweet Google Chrome and IE8 Beta 2 Compared to Firefox 3.0.1 – Resource Usage Google Browser (Google Chrome) and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 are nothing short of resource hogs compared to Firefox 3.0.1. This is the conclusion presented by researchers from the Devil Mountain Software company, who threw the three browsers one against the [...]

Tweet Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 Released, Full Version Near End Of Year Firefox 3.1 reached another step in its evolution late last week, as the team from Mozilla quietly released Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 for developers. The release comes nearly a week after Google altered the Web browser landscape by release Chrome on the unsuspecting [...]