The Register - Software: ApplicationsBiting the hand that feeds ITMicrosoft urges Windows users to shun 'carpet bombing' Safari- May 31, 2008 Rare security warning from Redmond Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/31/microsoft_warns_against_ap... Brazil bitchslaps ratification of OOXML- May 30, 2008 Dissenting voices against Microsoft grow Brazil has fired off a formal objection to the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) against the approval of Microsofts Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an international standard.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/30/brazil_appeals_against_oom... Google waves Occam's Razor at web coders- May 29, 2008 Channels Swedish Chef Google IO Google's famously stark home page was a happy accident. It was designed by company co-founder Sergey Brin, and as legend has it, stark was his only option. "We didn't have a web master," Brin says. "And I don't do html."http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/29/marissa_mayer_keynote/ Mozilla Screaming Monkey offers freedom from IE 'millstone'- May 29, 2008 Fans counter Microsoft promise with promises Google IO Mozilla's Screaming Monkey offers hope to developers who are frustrated by Internet Explorer's slow speed and skeptical of Microsoft's commitment to internet standards.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/29/screaming_monkey_ie/ KDE 4.1 beta 1 released- May 29, 2008 Wobbles on desktop, won't fall down K Desktop Environment project devs have made the first beta of KDE 4.1 available today.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/29/kde_4point1_beta_1_release... Mozilla guns for Guinness world record with Firefox 3.0- May 28, 2008 Slips out RC2 ahead of the download madness Mozilla aims to make Firefox 3 a record breaker. It wants the release of the next version of its flagship open source browser to be accompanied by a record for the most software downloads in a single 24-hour period 1.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/28/moz_download_day/ Microsoft urges developers to tag sites for IE8- May 27, 2008 Be prepared for Q3 launch Microsoft has firmed up the date a little for its Internet Explorer 8 second beta, saying the browser is coming in the third quarter.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/ie8_fall_beta/ South Africa launches formal objection at OOXML- May 27, 2008 Ratification as international standard could be delayed The official blessing of Microsofts controversial Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an international standard could be delayed after a formal objection was lodged against it.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/ooxml_sabs_iso_complaint/ Adobe coughs up CS4 public betas- May 27, 2008 Test drive Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth Adobe Systems is today releasing public beta versions of its Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth apps.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/adobe_creative_suite_4_bet... Mozilla pilots second release candidate for Firefox 3.0- May 27, 2008 Beset by bugs Updated Mozilla is considering whether or not to publish a further test version of Firefox 3 following the discovery of ten noteworthy bugs in Firefox 3.0 RC1.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/firefox3_testing/ |