After a long time of development, the new version of OpenOffice.org has been released. But has it been worth the wait? Neil Bothwick explores OOo 3.0's new features, finding out whether it deserves a major version number bump and finally sorts out the performances...
Read MoreThe Google-owned video Web site has moved to put
full-length television shows on its site for the first time. YouTube has hosted a bewildering and attractive variety of video clips,
the vast majority of which have been less than ten minutes in length. Now, the company has finalized a deal with CBS to offer shows such as Star Trek, McGyver, Beverly Hills 90210, and The Young and Restless.
In Mark's eighth roundup of HTML 5 land, he delves into the merging of Web Forms 2, which gives us fun things like:
In a software-centric world where there are already have many, many languages to program in, from scripting to bytecode compiled languages, to frameworks on top of languages and embedded languages, now Redmond wants to bring another language to the table, titled ‘M’.
Google is cooperating publicly with Click Forensics, a click-fraud detection company with which it has had a rocky relationship.
Click Forensics said that Google has agreed to accept the electronically generated click-quality reports generated by the Click Forensics FACTr service. That means the process of documenting click-fraud instances and submitting reports to Google will be significantly automated and simplified for advertisers that use the FACTr service.
The European Commision has launched proposals for EU-wide rights to make it easier for consumers to shop on the Internet and in the main street. The new proposal will guarantee consumers, wherever they shop in the EU, clear information on price and additional charges and fees before they sign a contract.
It will strengthen consumer protection against late delivery and non delivery, as well as setting out tough EU-wide consumer rights on issues from cooling off periods, returns, refunds, repairs and guarantees and unfair contract term.
Read MoreDo you develop or publish web-based games? If so, you're contributing to a growing trend - according to comScore, over 25% of Internet users play online games every week, which is over 200 million users worldwide. As a beta user of AdSense for Games, you can display video ads, image ads, or text ads within your online games to earn revenue.
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the Adobe Foundation, a global philanthropic organization focused on driving positive social change and community improvement.
Formation of the foundation builds on Adobe’s long history of philanthropy - including grantmaking, software donations and training, employee volunteer programs and education initiatives - focused on making the communities where Adobe operates strong and more vibrant places to live, work and do business.
Read MoreSunava Dutta has detailed the enhancements made to IE 8 beta 2 for Ajax developers including XDR, XDM/postMessage, DOM Storage, offline detection, and more...
E-mail and RSS feed improvements top the list of changes for Opera 9.6, moved out of beta today for Windows and Mac. As noted when the 9.6 beta came out last month, this version of the free browser offers up a multifaceted ''low-bandwidth mode'' for Opera Mail and tweaks to the RSS reader.
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