W3C has unveiled a new logo for HTML5 — and along with it, a new way of framing the conversation about newer web development technologies. With the ardent support of companies such as Google and a great deal of enthusiasm from developers in all areas of work, HTML5 has taken its place in popular conversation as the magic-bullet antidote for everything that’s wrong with web development.
Read MoreMozilla has announced the availability of the ninth beta of Firefox 4. The new version of the browser is relatively mature at this stage of the development cycle, the focus is largely on optimization and bug fixing. In a statement at the official Mozilla blog, the organization indicates that this beta is ready for more widespread testing.
Read MoreJoomla 1.6 has been released after three years of development. The latest release of the popular CMS comes with plenty of new features and changes, like better privilege control for users, better category structure and better international support.
Read MoreGoogle previously simplified attaching to and downloading from Gmail messages and uploading to Google Docs by adding HTML5-powered drag-and-drop to their Web interfaces. Currently, only Google Chrome and Firefox are supported.
Read MoreSony's still unannounced PlayStation phone could be one of the worst-kept secrets in the technology industry. Just a couple of days after images of what appears to be a PlayStation phone leaked on a Hong Kong forum, several more photos have been published on a Chinese Web site, called IT168.
Major news from Google just hit at CES: Android 3.0, dubbed Honeycomb, has been revealed. It might be a leak, but the video is very well made and looks quite solid. While a new Android version is always a big deal, this leak is made all the more significant by the platform's apparent shift in focus. It's all about the tablets now.
RIM's upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will sport a dual-core processor that makes it powerful enough to handle Flash games and video on the web -- if the browser is up to it, that is. RIM has just posted a PlayBook demo video that seems to demonstrate that both the hardware and the software can handle the stuff most people do on their desktop web browsers -- Facebook, Facebook Chat, Flash games and Flash video.
Read MoreNow that it is January you are probably looking for ways to get the most of out of your tablet. Luckily, Santa has some special Norwegian helpers who worked all through the holidays to kick off the New Year with a browser designed especially for tablets.
Read MoreExperian Hitwise has just published their report on the top 1000 search terms for 2010 and for the second time in a row, Facebook emerged as the top-search term. Facebook account for 2.11 percent of all searches made in 2010 while four variations of the term Facebook made it to the top 10 most-searched term in 2010.
Read MoreYouTube has begun lifting the previously-enforced 15-minute video length limit for some users. The limit had been raised to 15 minutes for all users (up from 10 minutes prior to that) back in July. As of today, users "with a history of complying with the YouTube Community Guidelines" and the copyright rules that YouTube enforces will be able to upload videos of unlimited length.
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