Mozilla in Asia

I’m catching up on some older info so there’s some articles from last week here but all relevant to Asia.

• Firefox 3.0.0.x Intel Mac build
• Firefox lzyc build: Firefox G4/G5/Intel optimized build for Mac OSX.
• フォクすけはクリエイティブコモンズが適用されたぬいぐるみ Foxkeh is a Creative Commons licensed plush toy
• AOL Launches Taiwan Portal: AOL? In Asia? That’s very 90’s.
• Rumor: Former Kingsoft CEO Joins Browser Company: English / Chinese
• Asia’s Fight for Web Rights: excellent Rebecca Mackinnon essay in the Far Eastern Economic Review.
• Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang says company is ‘committed to freedom of expression’
• Yahoo’s Yang: No easy answers in China Net-censorship debate

Just a quick note to those of you who are in or near Boston.

Mozilla is sponsoring the first (?) conference on Internet memes: ROFLCon.

Mozilla Partners Up With ROFLCon

A number of friends of mine, including Anil Dash, Matthew Haughey, David Weinberger, and Joshua Schachter will be speaking so I highly recommend you go. I’m sorry to miss this one.

The New York Times Magazine profiles Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and interviews him about various aspects of his life including his computer:

It’s a MacBook, and I put stickers on it from all the conferences I attend and things I support. In Japan, for example, the Firefox web browser has this cute mascot. It’s a fox with a flaming tail, and I have those stickers.

Jimmy, we appreciate your support. Foxkeh thanks you for putting him on your laptop as he enjoys traveling the world and meeting lots of people who are interested in online culture.

Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia - New York Times

The Foxkeh August wallpapers are now available for download from Foxkeh’s blog.

As seen elsewhere in the blogosphere, Foxkeh, our mascot for Firefox in Japan has launched an English blog. Foxkeh’s been very popular in Japan and we hope that he might help Spread Firefox even outside of Japan.