Fortunately, anxious users can get a preview of the all the features and updates that are included in Mozilla's browsers by taking a look at "A Field Guide to Firefox 3" by Debra Lynn Richardson.

The latest version of the open-source Web browser also features a big-time security upgrade from Firefox 2 by protecting users from sites that are phishing up front.

Release Candidate 3 was successful in picking up and fixing Bug 436575. With that crisis averted, Firefox 3 has nothing but smooth sailing in front of it until its release date on Tuesday June 17.

After some asking, here's what I got back from Microsoft spokesman Jack Evans. It's not exactly a declaration of war, but clearly Microsoft is not giving the deal its blessing.

"Our position has been clear since April that any deal between these two companies will increase prices for advertisers and start to consolidate more than 90 percent of the search advertising market in Google's hands," Evans said. "Legal and industry experts agree that this would clearly make the market less competitive."

The real question now is which regulatory agencies, if any, take up Microsoft's position, as opposed to that of Google, which posted a blog Thursday saying the deal actually "preserves" competition.

TIM RUSSERT DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK
By CHARLES HURT
N.Y. Post
June 13, 2008 --

Tim Russert, NBC journalist and political heavyweight host of "Meet the Press," has died after collapsing at NBC's Washington news bureau, a source said. He was 58 years old.

Russert, who rose from the inside world of politics where he was former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's press secretary and one-time chief of staff to the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was able to successfully cross over to political journalism and rise to become one of its leading lights.

A San Diego network engineer, Jon Paul Oson, was sentenced to more than five years in prison this week for intentionally damaging computers at his former workplace. The sentence issued Monday is one of the longest imposed to date in the United States for computer hacking, according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney in San Diego.

Oson resigned from CCC following a negative performance review. He subsequently accessed the CCC network, disabled the automatic backup process, and later deleted data and software on CCC servers, including patient data belonging to North County Health Services Clinic (NCHS), one of CCC's member clinics.

"With the shutdown of its Practice Management system, NCHS had to shift to a paper-based system. It took dedicated NCHS staff months to collect the paper records, input them into Practice Manager and initiate billing for those visits. The unavailability of charts and the associated computerized records impacted patient care."

Oson was ordered pay restitution of $144,358.83 to CCC and $264,979.00 to NCHS.

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Would you PLEASE stop reposting Comcast news items that are on the main page in the Comcast forum? Sortofageek just locks the thread every time you do. Thanks!

said by fonzbear2000 :

Would you PLEASE stop reposting Comcast news items that are on the main page in the Comcast forum? Sortofageek just locks the thread every time you do. Thanks!

said by fonzbear2000 :

Would you PLEASE stop reposting Comcast news items that are on the main page in the Comcast forum? Sortofageek just locks the thread every time you do. Thanks!

said by fatmanskinny :

Just wondering.....

said by KrK :

I've been kind of wondering what the Beast might be... Could it be the internet....

said by Smith6612 :

Anyone feel like starting up the bash machine here this weekend? :P