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pdf.js: Rendering PDF with HTML5 and JavaScript

Update: I updated the links again. pdf.js has moved to a new location on github. Why? While traveling to the Firefox 4 launch parties in Seoul and Taipei all the way from California, we killed a lot of time by … Continue reading

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User data in the cloud: Lessons from the Sony debacle

Two weeks ago our friends at Sony managed to get personal information of 70 million users stolen from them. I got one of the notification emails a couple days ago myself (I must have signed up for the Playstation Network … Continue reading

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Heap We have implemented a major change to the way Firefox manages JavaScript objects. JavaScript objects include script-instantiated objects such as Arrays or Date objects, but also include JavaScript representations of Document Object Model (DOM) elements, such as input fields … Continue reading

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