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  The decline, further decline and collapse of webOS

  WebOS wasn't really a bad operating system; it just never really had a purpose.

  By Brad Reed | 23 August, 2011 02:39

  Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, css, Google, hardware systems, Microsoft, networking, operating systems, Palm, smartphones, software, tablets, webOS, wireless

• Too-high Android tablet prices spook developers

  While developer interest in Apple's mobile devices remains solid, interest in Android has stalled among programmers disappointed with tablet prices and pressed by Android fragmentation, a survey published today showed.

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 April, 2011 03:32

  Tags: App Development, Apple, css, IDC, Macintosh, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Telecommunication

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  Mozilla launches Firefox 4 on Android

  A week after it launched Firefox 4 for the desktop, Mozilla today shipped the final version of Firefox 4 for Android.

  By Gregg Keizer | 30 March, 2011 04:38

  Tags: applications, consumer electronics, css, Google, mobile, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile operating systems, Mobile OSes, mozilla, Phones, smartphones, software, Telecommunication

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  Eclipse offers hosted access to Web dev tools effort

  The Eclipse Foundation is offering on Monday beta access to a hosted version of the organization's planned Orion platform for building and integrating Web development tools.

  By Paul Krill | 22 March, 2011 08:19

  Tags: application development, applications, css, Development tools, Eclipse Foundation, html5, open source software, software

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  Xoom gloom: Android tablet falls short in vendor's HTML5 tests

  One evaluation of how well the browser on Motorola's spiffy new Xoom tablet supports HTML5 and other modern Web standards reaches a disappointing conclusion.

  By John Cox | 02 March, 2011 09:40

  Tags: consumer electronics, css, Motorola, networking, Phones, smartphones, wireless, Xoom

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  App developers double down on Android tablets, says survey

  Mobile developers are betting that a wave of Android tablets this year floats their application boats, according to a survey published today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 26 January, 2011 04:01

  Tags: Apple, applications, css, Google, IDC, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, software, Telecommunication

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  Google pays record bounty for Chrome bug

  Google patched 16 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday, paying one researcher a record $3,133 for reporting a single bug. The flaws fixed in Chrome 8.0.552.334 were in several components, including the browser's support for extensions, its built-in PDF viewer, and CSS (cascade style sheet) processing.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 January, 2011 00:20

  Tags: applications, browsers, css, Google, Malware and Vulnerabilities, mozilla, security, software

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  Microsoft turns to creative tactic to block IE attacks

  Microsoft today turned to a new defensive measure to help users ward off ongoing attacks exploiting a known bug in Internet Explorer (IE).

  By Gregg Keizer | 12 January, 2011 07:42

  Tags: css, internet explorer, Malware and Vulnerabilities, Microsoft, operating systems, security, software, Windows

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  Google opens Web app store, revs up Chrome

  As expected, Google launched its Chrome Web Store today, offering users of its browser free and paid Web apps.

  By Gregg Keizer | 08 December, 2010 08:22

  Tags: Apple, applications, browsers, css, e-business, e-commerce, Google, internet, mozilla, software, youtube

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  Sencha offers HTML5 framework for mobile apps

  Sencha began offering on Monday Sencha Touch, an HTML5-based mobile application development framework for touch-based devices. The company also detailed plans for an upgrade to its Ext JS JavaScript framework.

  By Paul Krill | 16 November, 2010 11:42

  Tags: application development, applications, css, Developer World, html, javascript, Microsoft, mobile, mobile applications, Mobilize, software, Telecommunication

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  Prominent software designer promotes '21st century' techniques

  DSLs (Domain Specific languages), continuous integration, and event sourcing were stressed as key aids for software builders Friday by a dignitary in the agile development space.

  By Paul Krill | 06 November, 2010 08:21

  Tags: application development, css, Developer World, Microsoft, software

• RIM shows off Web-based BlackBerry development platform

  While declining to discuss rumors of a planned pad computer, Research In Motion (RIM)  did roll out on Monday a Web-based application development platform for its BlackBerry smartphone, complementing the existing native development paradigm.

  By Paul Krill | 28 September, 2010 06:50

  Tags: Apple, application development, Blackberry, css, Developer World, Development tools, Mobilize, research in motion, software

• Devs bet big on Android over Apple's iOS

  A majority of mobile application developers see Google's Android as the smart bet over the long run even as they vote for Apple's iOS in the short term, according to a survey published Monday.

  By Gregg Keizer | 28 September, 2010 05:04

  Tags: App Development, Apple, css, Emerging Technologies, Google, hardware systems, IDC, Macintosh, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Telecommunication

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  Aussie devs make Wave with Google Web Toolkit

  Google's latest offering, the Web-based real-time collaboration suite dubbed Wave, began life in Sydney, Australia, as a start-up project built with Google's open source Web Toolkit project.

  By Rodney Gedda | 29 May, 2009 11:50

  Tags: ajax, collaboration, css, Google, google wave, google web toolkit, html 5, Java, javascript