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The HTML5 Web development specification needs to be simplified in order to foster adoption across the industry, a developer has warned.
By Lisa Banks | 14 October, 2010 13:50
The long wait for Facebook Places is over, with the social networking site rolling out the location based social media platform in Australia.
By Lisa Banks | 30 September, 2010 14:14
Sometime in the near future, users might not only read Web pages but hold conversations with them as well, at least if a new activity group in the W3C (World Wide Consortium) bears fruit.
By Joab Jackson | 08 September, 2010 02:34
When it comes to new security issues, the security team for the Firefox browser have the new version of the Web HyperText Markup Language, HTML5, foremost on the mind.
By Joab Jackson | 21 August, 2010 03:07
Sencha on Thursday is rolling out a mobile application development framework that leverages HTML5 technologies.
By Paul Krill | 17 June, 2010 20:14
There's been lots written about the politics and process of the emerging HTML5 specification, but what working Web developers primarily want to know is: What can I do with HTML5, and when can I start using it? The good news is that there's a lot you can do with HTML5. The better news is that there's a lot that you can do with HTML5 today.
By Dori Smith | 13 July, 2010 01:44
HTML is the standard language used to build Web pages. It isn't going anywhere, but some new technologies--such as HTML5 and CSS3--are already changing how you interact with Web sites. Here's what these technologies are, what they can do, and why you should care.
By James Mulroy | 08 May, 2010 07:57
Microsoft and Google are fighting yet another public relations battle, this time over the HTML5 video standards to be used in the next generation of Web browsers.
By Jon Brodkin | 13 January, 2011 04:35
Among Web developers, anticipation is mounting for HTML 5, the overhaul of the Web markup language currently under way at the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C).
By Neil McAllister | 09 March, 2010 07:50
Development of HTML 5, the highly touted upgrade to the language of the Web, is progressing but still faces obstacles, including lack of a standard video codec, said an official of the World Wide Web Consortium at a gathering on Tuesday.
By Paul Krill | 04 November, 2009 09:36
HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
By Paul Krill | 17 June, 2009 08:09
There are lots of changes happening to the key technologies that power the web. The new version of HTML, the dominant web language, offers impressive enhancements for rich web applications. But as HTML5 comes into greater use we’ll see new security issues arise. It’s typical for a new technology to have defects and pitfalls. And although the standard is still being defined, it's already being implemented. So how does HTML5 stand up to security scrutiny?
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