Mozilla Labs has announced the availability of Weave 0.2, the third major release of its experimental Firefox synchronization add-on. This version brings a broader feature set, improved reliability, and streamlined notification support. Although it is still in the early testing stage, Weave is already effective and easy to use.

Despite its early stage of development, Weave shows a lot of promise. When I discussed future plans for the service with Mozilla Labs manager Chris Beard in March, he informed me that the eventual goal is to transform Weave into an entire…

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KDE 4.1 beta 2 brings Plasma more polish and reliability. Ars tests the new KDE beta and looks at some of the usability improvements.

Although the panel configuration system is in very good shape, there are still some noticeable rendering issues that emerge in certain corner cases. For instance, when a panel is against the top edge of the screen but sized so that it…

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Mozilla is preparing for the official release of Firefox 3, which will land on June 17. Ars looks at add-on compatibility and some early plans for Firefox 3.1.

Many readers have asked about the status of Firefox 3 add-on compatibility and some have indicated that they won't be ready to upgrade until their favorite add-ons are supported. Mozilla Product Manager Alex Polvi has written a…

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The MPAA has asked a Swedish court for $15.4 million in damages from The Pirate Bay. Peter Sunde, the torrent tracker's fearless captain, says that the claims are bogus.

The unflappable Sunde isn't impressed with the claims. He told Swedish newspaper SvD that the figure is a fabrication and that the content industry should be thanking him instead of attempting to sue him. "We might be able to pay…

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Ubuntu 8.04 was released last month with highly-anticipated features like PulseAudio, GNOME 2.22, and Wubi. Although this release is a strong incremental improvement over its predecessor, we found some serious bugs that detract from the overall user experience. Ars takes a close look to find out if Hardy Heron raises the bar.

Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, spread its wings and flew out of the nest last month. This is the second Ubuntu release to offer long-term support, which means that critical updates will be available on the desktop for three years and on…

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That web page you just received might not be a perfect copy of the original. New research shows that one percent of pages are monkeyed with between the server and your browser, but not all those changes are bad.

Researchers from the University of Washington and the International Computer Science Institute wanted to see whether ISPs, enterprise firewalls, or proxy servers commonly made changes to requested HTML while it was…

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