Thunderbird 0.4 RC1 released

The Mozilla Organisation has made the first release candidate of its open source email client available to download. Thunderbird 0.4 incorporates several new or improved features including: new icons for the mailing list, subscribe, search addresses and offline dialogues; results in the search Addresses dialog now only show a subset of the available columns by default instead of showing all the address book columns; an IMAP fix to prevent the software hanging when selecting the Inbox while new mail is being downloaded; find in message now always forces focus on the message pane so you no longer have to do it yourself; and the correct saving of attachments with non-ASCII file names. ...more

And also today (24-Jan-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. JAIN at your service Sun has released two JAIN specifications. The Java-based APIs should simplify the building of next generation telecom products and services. ...more

VP of Windows Live and MSN leaves Microsoft

Martin Taylor, the VP of Windows Live and MSN has unexpectedly quit the company. His departure was revealed only 24 hours after he announced the release of Windows Live Messenger, the flagship product for the Windows Live product line. In an Orwellian twist, comments by Taylor referring to the launch have strangely disappeared from the Microsoft website. ...more

The weekly roundup - Friday 4 May

Keep abreast of the news with our weekly roundup of the week's main tech stories. The battling blue laser formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD, are never far away from the news and this week's main development was the battle to contain the cracking of AACS copy-protection. The organisation responsible for licensing AACS, which is used by both Blu-ray and HD DVD, sent out 'cease and desist' notices to various websites that were linking to a software key that enables the DRM to be cracked. ...more

Fast launches mobile search tool

Norwegian search developer Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) has come up with what it claims is the world's first search product for mobile devices. FAST says that mSearch will offer commonly searched for mobile content such as music, games, ring tones, and images as well as content from the mobile Web, providing users with more relevant personal search for their mobile devices such as localised search. Ali I. ...more