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Virtual worlds an inroad to new generation
News Virtual worlds enjoy a re-awakening as marketers learn to connect them with the real world, so as to attract younger consumers, say observers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, E-business, IBM Corp., social networking, retail company, virtual world, financial, network, Second Life
Opera sets up office in India
News Move is part of the mobile browser developer's plan to develop in-house software skills, and expand its presence in Asia.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Web browsers, Mobile platforms
Web 2.0 staff swap salaries for shares
News In numbers close to dot-com boom levels, people joining Web 2.0 companies are exchanging up to a third of their salaries for shares.
Chrome's JavaScript challenge to Silverlight
News The advent of Google's Chrome browser, software pros say, should spur a big speedup for JavaScript, which would raise its standing against Microsoft's Silverlight technology.
Tags: Web browsers, Java, Microsoft Silverlight, Google Inc., web technology, program manager, JavaScript, Adobe Systems Inc., Web 2.0, consultant
Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform
News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., web technology, smartphone operating system, CSS, Ovi SDK, Ovi Navigation Player Application Programming Interface, SDK, Nokia Corp.
IE overall usage slips, but IE 8 gains
News All of Internet Explorer's rivals gained overall from August to September, though IE 8 did increase in popularity. Firefox gained the most among IE's competitors.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Web Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox
FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats
News An Oklahoma City man has been arrested after allegedly threatening on the micro-blogging site to turn a tax protest into a massacre.
Tags: Security, Open source, Twitter, Oklahoma City, FBI, GPS, phone, web technology, mashup, scientist
Google offers snapshot of VisualRank efforts
News Google's new VisualRank technology will bring better and meaningful results for image searches. One of its innovations includes a limited set of facial recognition characteristics.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Hewlett-Packard Co., Facial Recognition, Google Inc., image search, web technology, researcher, Beijing, Adobe PDF
Firefox 3.1 beta now available
News A new testing version of the Firefox Web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, CSS, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, web technology, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Microsoft Windows, Web site
Why 2008 was another great year in Web technology
Techguide Journey back on Web development software updates and new products in 2008, with an eye toward 2009. Revisit service-oriented architecture, mobile development, Silverlight, Python and more.
Tags: Web services, Web browsers, Protocols and platforms, Twitter, Microsoft Corp., SOA, Web Browser, Google Inc., Social Media, Tool
With backlog cleared, Yahoo can get back on track
News Improvements to Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and search introduced Monday are long overdue, but their launch gives Yahoo room to right the ship.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Consumer Electronics Show, Facebook, IM, CEO, network, Jerry Yang, window, Web services
Berners-Lee: Semantic Web will have privacy built-in
News The Semantic Web will be able to enforce privacy policies set by Web users, according to Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
Tags: Web sites, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Semantic Web, data mining, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, photograph, desktop, built-In
Semantic Web breaking out of the lab
News Semantic Web technology is on the verge of becoming commercially viable for businesses looking to develop their Web capabilities.
Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Semantic Web, Yahoo! Inc., Database, Tim Berners-Lee, search engine company, Silicon.com, billing, R&D
Netscape 6 finally ships after 32-month gestation
News More than two and a half years after unveiling its source code to the world, Netscape Communications will release a browser built on that open source later today.
Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Web x.0?
Blogs While some are still struggling to figure out what Web 2.0 really means, there is already a buzz on Web 3.0. This was pa...
