In an unexpected move, Mozilla has gone ahead and released Firefox RC2 today (3:00 PDT), just hours after releasing the second RC for this milestone. You can get your copy via the Mozilla FTP server or from CyberNet News >> Mozilla Jumps Ahead And Releases Firefox 2 RC2 Today As of today there are 18 days left until the ‘projected’ release date for Firefox 2.0! But, Mozilla still plans on doing an RC3 before the final release. 18 days may not seem like enough time, but given how the RC milestones have been coming out, it is possible.. RC1 ~…
October 6, 2006
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Earlier I had reported a possible e-mail rumor about Google in talks of acquiring YouTube. There has been a lot of talk about this from Wall Street Journal to many of the major tech blogs. So, this may be not just be a rumor after all. According to the Yahoo! article: Report: Google in talks to buy YouTube, “Representatives from Google and YouTube did not immediately return calls to The Associated Press.” It would seem to me if this were just a mere ‘rumor’ the AP would have heard back from one these two companies, even if it is just…
There seems to be an e-mail rumor circulating that Google is going acquire YouTube for somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.6 billion. This appears to be nothing more than just a rumor. Techcrunch » Completely Unsubstantiated Google/YouTube Rumor Blogged with Flock
The final releases in the Firefox & Thunderbird 1.5.0.X builds series will be released sometime after Firefox 2.0 which as of today is still October 24th. Mozilla though is encouraging folks to move over the 2.0 build series since like the 1.0.X build series, there will no longer be any more updates on the 1.5.0.X build series after this release. There are many great features (click links for related articles) in both Firefox 2.0 as well as Thunderbird 2.0 that they are worth upgrading to. The Firefox 2.0 download is a little larger at 7MB compared to 5MB for 1.0.8…
Once again to better confuse folks with odd naming Mozilla has released the second release candidate for Firefox 2.0 RC2 or better named as Firefox 2 RC2 RC2. This is the final testing version and today (10/6) is testing day for this RC. The live version should be due out on Tuesday, October 10th. You can get this trial version via the Mozilla FTP Servers or using Ryan’s Downloader Widget from CyberNet News >> Release Candidate Of Firefox 2 RC2 Available Blogged with Flock