Salesforce.com is set to acquire web-based social performance management software provider Rypple and plans to relaunch its product as Successforce.

Depending on whose stats you believe, Chrome has either become the world's number two desktop browser or it is still well back in third place.

The so-called ‘rock stars’ of the software development world are coming to Australia to attend the internationally recognised YOW! software developer conference which will kick-off in Melbourne in 10 days time and move on to Brisbane next month.

Mozilla's new release cadence means the Firefox 7 beta was released alongside Firefox 6. And Firefox 8 beta isn't far away.

Firefox 6.0 is here, but for most users it's little more than a security and reliability patch. Get used to the new world of Firefox versions turning over every six weeks or so.

As Internet Explorer's 'web share' continues to drift down towards 50%, Chrome still has a way to go before it knocks Firefox from the number two spot.

The arrival of Firefox 5 marks the end of support for version 4.

Former general counsel of the Software Freedom Law Centre, Karen Sandler, has been appointed as the executive director of the GNOME Foundation.

What's in a number? If Firefox 5.0 was called Firefox 4.1, would you be more or less likely to use it?

WebGL - a technology designed to allow the generation of interactive 3D graphics in JavaScript - is attracting growing criticism from a security perspective.