Mozilla Releases Firefox 4.0 Beta 1

Mozilla has released Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 on their web site.

One notable change in this version is its “tabs on top” interface, similar to what Google Chrome’s UI looks like.

Read the Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 Release Notes page on what is included.

As a reminder that this is a beta and not a final product. Even though this Firefox 4 beta is relatively stable, some features may not work as expected. Normal Firefox users should just wait for the final release of Firefox 4.0 which is scheduled to be due out late this year.

What do we really know about Windows 8?

Less than you think.

Check out my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.

QuickTime, Picasa, OpenOffice all avoid simple security procedures

I just posted an article on my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog that may be of interest.

It’s quite disheartening to see how many common software packages don’t use even the simplest system-level antimalware protection.