Stories about: ASA

Just a week after Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.0, the open-source developer has proposed ship dates for the next version that, if approved, would produce an alpha release next month and a final no later than early 2009.

Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 browser uses memory much more efficiently than its rivals, according to an independent tester who wrote a memory-monitoring utility to track usage by Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE), Flock, Opera and Safari.

With the release of Apple's iPhone SDK now come and gone, and the enhanced IT-oriented capabilities planned for the next major iPhone device and software update now unveiled, it's clear that iPhones are going to be corporate mainstays. Still, at its heart, the iPhone is a consumer device, so IT leaders still have to ensure that the iPhones that come in the door fit their data management and security strategies, even with Apple's new enterprise security capabilities.

Apple's ploy to gain browser market share by pushing Safari to users with an update tool normally used for security fixes failed to boost its overall share, a Web metrics company said.

Apple has changed its software update tool for Windows users so that it separates updates for already-installed programs from offers to install new software.

Symantec has confirmed flaws in its most popular consumer security software that could give attackers the means to hijack the Windows PCs that the programs are supposed to protect.

Unified threat management company Fortinet is claiming "breakthrough" price-performance for its new security appliance -- the first device to offer firewalling at a cost of under CDN$1 per Mbps throughput, according to senior product marketing manager Jason Wright.

The concept of UTM (unified threat management) and the devices that fit into the product segment are at long last finding a home in some enterprise IT environments.

In the US, Mercy Medical Center's security wish list is far from atypical and The Baltimore healthcare provider wants to make sure that users access only the services and servers they require and that its data-center servers remain secure and problem free. Nevertheless, it hasn't yet found quite the right technology combination.

LAN switching vendors are expected to roll out voice product enhancements and partnerships at this week's VoiceCon Orlando conference.

Firefox 3.0, released this week, is dramatically faster than its predecessor and rivals, benchmark tests claim -- the result of hundreds of performance improvements designed to make the open-source browser the best at running complex Web 2.0 applications, Mozilla's chief developer said this week.