46 blog results for "w3c"

By showing its first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also is showing it's serious about building a competitive browser.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

Just as Linux's big moment on the server came with IBM's $1 billion commitment, so too will the mobile open-source market come into its own with Android.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

The group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

The developer of the market-leading browser has become more actively engaged in hashing out many details of a proposed revamp of the Web page standard.

Posted in News - Business Tech by Stephen Shankland

Google is ponying up $106.5 million for video compression technology. Does it just want it to make YouTube cheaper to run, or does it have something grander in mind?

Posted in News - Digital Media by Stephen Shankland

Although the failed effort may have been a work of "philosophical purity," it was overshadowed by HTML 5. Why are Web standards so darned hard to create?

Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland

The W3C seeks prior art in an effort to get a handle on an Apple patent that could hold back the consortium's work to standardize Web applications.

Posted in News - Apple by Stephen Shankland

Everyone agrees that semantic search technology--the notion of correctly assessing a searcher's intent--holds promise, and maybe money.

Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit

Chief executive Jon von Tetzchner says HTML 5 means Adobe's ubiquitous Flash platform will no longer be necessary for delivering rich media.

Posted in Webware by David Meyer

On the heels of Google's experimental location-aware browser add-on, Mozilla announces its own opt-in geolocation feature. Interestingly enough, it's powered by Google.

Posted in The Download Blog by Jessica Dolcourt