Mozilla shifts to Phoenix; Mac job openings at Pixar; New technologies may spell "doom of desktops"; more

Mozilla shifts to Phoenix The Mozilla open source Web browser project has made a dramatic shift in its roadmap, adopting a new application architecture based on the Gecko Runtime Environment (GRE) and make Phoenix its standalone default browser. Leaders of the movement also say that Mozilla 1.4 should replace the 1.0 branch as the stable development path, and "then move on to make riskier changes during the 1.5 and 1.6 releases," according to an Internet.com report. More.

Mac job openings at Pixar Our friends at Pixar let us know that two Mac-related positions are currently open at the company; Mac OS X Systems Administrator and Mac/PC Systems Administrator. Interested parties should submit a resume for review.

New technologies may spell "doom of desktops" The Economic Times reports that boxy, bland looking PCs are going out of style fast. "So say industry design executive and research analysts, who note the declining cost of flat-panel displays, increasing availability of high-speed Internet access and adoption of the WiFi high-speed wireless networking technology by industry giants Intel and PC makers at large." Roger Kay said "The thing about the CRT-based all-in-one unit is that as a category it's a dog. No one has had any success with it except Apple." More.

Reducing Piracy equals more jobs IDG News reports that reducing software piracy by just 10 percentage points worldwide would generate 1.5 million jobs and add US$ 400 billion to the world economy, according to a study released Wednesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC. BSA - made up of giant software vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, and Apple Computer, pegs the amount of software programs pirated globally at 40 percent. More.

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