http://www.angelsandeggs.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:19:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mozilla has been steadily demonstrating how open source projects can make money without betraying their community goals. At Mozilla, she says "we absorb the costs in criticism and we tolerate that in security because the benefit for us far outweighs everything else." The goal, she said, is to remove whole ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/30/at-mozilla-blowing-the-lid-off-security-practices/ For example, you may find that you don't have the same selection of fonts available in Writer as you did in Word, nor will you have access to the templates you used in Office. This doesn't mean you have to do without, though. There are plenty of free resources available ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/30/smooth-the-transition-to-openofficeorg/ There's no better way to incur user wrath than to change one of the fundamental features of a product. Apple's been doing it for years with each revision, usually prompting a positive cheer from most while alienating a certain margin of its fervent user base that vows to never buy ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/30/firefox-3-awesome-bar-not-awesome-for-all/ I believe Microsoft could make an honest Google Docs competitor without killing its Microsoft Office business. Eventually, Microsoft will have to. So it might be smart for Microsoft to encourage people to start thinking about the company as an expansive supplier of productivity solutions--desktop and Web-based--rather than just a ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/30/office-live-youre-no-google-docs/ Beard has coined it a "concept series" and included three videos of products and services currently at a the conceptual level and not yet ready for public consumption. Of the three embedded in Beard's post, the most buzz-worthy was the mobile version of Firefox, which surfaced two months ago. The ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/30/mozilla-labs-vetting-user-talent-for-new-products/ The terms of a 2006 settlement in a lawsuit against Netflix will be allowed to stand over the objections of four Netflix subscribers, according to a report by Reuters. As part of the settlement, Netflix agreed to give 5.5 million users a free month of service and to pay attorneys' ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/30/settlement-will-stand-in-netflix-throttling-case/ CBS Interactive's technology category will include CNET.com, CNET Reviews, Download.com, and others. The entertainment category will include TV.com, GameSpot.com, Chow.com, CBS.com, TheInsider.com, Last.fm, and the CBS Audience Network, while the sports category will include CBSSports.com, CBSCollegeSports.com, and NCAA.com. CBS Interactive will also incorporate the news category, serving as home to CNET ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/29/cbs-closes-cnet-networks-acquisition/ Updated from the top Monday 6:10 AM PDT by Dawn Kawamoto, who also added a short update note at the bottom at 2:30 PM PDT. Jerry Yang, Yahoo's CEO One major institutional investor said over the weekend that he had previously informed Yahoo's independent directors that he may consider voting for a ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/29/yahoo-says-microsoft-offer-still-undervalues-com/ "There is so much personal information on them: a mother's maiden name, what they died from," said Helen Purcell, recorder for Maricopa County, which covers the state capital, Phoenix. Copies of recorded death certificates can still be viewed but request forms require an applicant's name, address, phone number, ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/29/arizona-death-notices-taken-offline-on-id-fraud-co/ (Credit: Dan Farber/CNET News.com) Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley has posted a detailed report on Ozzie's talk. Some of the highlights: Open source has "made Microsoft a much stronger company" by driving changes to Microsoft's products to make them interoperable with open-source products. Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo "was not ... http://www.angelsandeggs.com/2010/07/29/ozzie-open-source-is-greatest-threat-to-microsoft/