Mozilla makes Firefox for iOS a priority again

From CNET: Mozilla apparently is trying anew to gain a browser foothold on iOS, the operating system that powers Apple's iPhones and iPads.

Johnathan Nightingale, vice president of Firefox at Mozilla, told Mozilla community members about the idea on Tuesday at the non-profit organization's...

Update: Firefox 34 seeks user OK before changing search to Yahoo

From InfoWorld: As anticipated, Mozilla today updated Firefox to version 34, automatically switching the browser's default search from Google to Yahoo for most users in North America.

Firefox 34 launched early Monday to little fanfare from Mozilla, who touted it only on the update's Notes page...

HP sees HP-UX sticking around for 10 years

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard isn’t making bones about the fact that the Unix OS market is in decline, but the company believes its HP-UX has a long life ahead for customers using its fault-tolerant servers.

The company has a road map for HP-UX into 2022, which could possibly expand into 2025...

Roku still tops as sales of streaming-media players rise

From CNET: Streaming media devices, like set-top boxes that connect to a television or sticks that plug into an HDMI port, have proven even more popular this year than last, a new study shows.

During the first three quarters of 2014, 10 percent of US households that have a broadband connection have...

To relieve 'password fatigue,' Intel buys identity management company

From PC World: Intel is strengthening its effort to reduce what it calls the “pain of passwords” by acquiring PasswordBox, a Canadian company that offers an online identity manager designed to let users log on to a range of websites and services with just one click.

PasswordBox lets users store...

Windows 8.1 continues upward trek as XP edges down

From CNET: Microsoft's Windows 8.1 continues to win over more desktop users.

For the month of November, Windows 8.1 scored 12.1 percent of all Web traffic as seen by Net Applications, up from 10.9 percent in October and just 6.67 percent in September.

At the same time, the no-longer-supported...

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