A handful of news – J!2.5 RC, Strike, WebRTC

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 2.5 RC 1 for download. This version is the second release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011.

Google announced on the official Chromium blog that created by him WebRTC technology has already been implemented in the developer version of Chrome. This will allow for video conferencing in real time in the browser, without installing any plug-ins. Google is hoping that WebRTC will in the future to all major browsers. So far the project has announced support for Mozilla, on this topic also talking with the creators of the Opera.

Yesterday passed under the sign of a strike against U.S. Internet acts Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), which enable quick action to U.S. industry. If, after the adoption of these acts someone across the Ocean anyone finds “pirate web page”, this site just disappear. On the occasion of protests in the end we received Microsoft’s official position on this. Fortunately, we do not need to boycott Windows, because Microsoft officially objected to the Sopa in its present form.

Internet Society and the largest companies operating in the Internet had already established start date of IPv6 around the world. June 6, 2012 will be a day around the world include the Internet protocol next generation IPv6 as Google called it on his blog.

With the release of the stable Mozilla Firefox 10 – Firefox will start up a project for Enterprises, whose goal will be to introduce a browser to the business. Firefox designed for businesses will be issued as close to the annual cycle. Firefox ESR will be available for at least 2 years. Mozilla wants during this time to collect data that will determine whether the project is worth continuing.