Author: Jeff

I just found out that Firefox, which is produced by the for-profit Mozilla Corporation, made $72 million last year and is on target to have 120 employees this year. I have no idea if this is true (anyone?), but it does make sense. Firefox has been downloaded 150 million times and so there should be… Continue reading Firefox Made $72 Million Last Year

British Telecom have announced plans to quadruple current broadband speeds from March 31st by adding BT ADSL Max and Premium to their current range of services. At present BT only offer a 2Mbps service, but the upgrade will see 78% of subscribers upgrading from 2Mbps to 4Mbps, over 42% to get 6Mbps and those closest… Continue reading BT to launch faster broadband

Windows Vista won’t have a backdoor that could be used by police forces to get into encrypted files, Microsoft has stressed. In February, a BBC News story suggested that the British government was in discussions with Microsoft over backdoor access to the operating system. A backdoor is a method of bypassing normal authentication to gain… Continue reading Windows Vista Won’t Get a Backdoor

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it had asked U.S. Federal courts to force IBM, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp. and Novell Inc. to give it documents in its battle against the European Commission. Microsoft is fighting a fine of up to 2 million euros ($2.4 million) a day for failing to carry out sanctions that… Continue reading Microsoft Asks US Courts to Intervene in EU Case