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  • Google's Polymer 1.0 brings reuse and better branding to Web development

    Signaling Polymer's production readiness, Google announced release 1.0 at its annual I/O developer conference. A core library used to build and style Web components, Polymer transitioned rapidly from concept to production release in less than two years.

    Written by Steven Max Patterson30 May 15 04:51
  • Microsoft open-sources JavaScript tools

    Continuing its overtures toward open source, Microsoft is unveiling technologies for packaging applications and remotely debugging JavaScript.

    Written by Paul Krill02 May 15 00:06
  • Phoning Firefox: Browser now makes Web calls

    Mozilla today shipped Firefox 22, enabling the in-browser audio-video calling standard WebRTC and switching on a new JavaScript module that promises to speed up Web apps.

    Written by Gregg Keizer25 June 13 18:49
  • EFF blasts proposed DRM features in HTML5

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued an angry formal response to a proposed set of HTML5 standards from the World Wide Web Consortium, saying that stringent digital rights management technology will be harmful to online freedom and prevent many users from getting access to important content.

    Written by Jon Gold31 May 13 20:59
  • W3C: HTML5 will be finished in 2014

    Those curious about the final release date for the hotly debated HTML5 need wonder no more: The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) plans to finalize the standard by July 2014, the organization announced Monday.

    Written by Joab Jackson15 Feb. 11 01:09
  • W3C pulls former Novell CTO for CEO spot

    Filling a position left open since 2008, former Novell CTO Jeffrey Jaffe has taken on the role of chief executive officer for the <a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C</a> (World Wide Web Consortium).

    Written by Joab Jackson09 March 10 07:01
  • Industry body forming to address IT graduate skills

    A pilot group within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is months away from creating a global IT education-focused body to address the needs of the industry.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards28 Sept. 09 11:42
  • Vendor squabbles cause W3C to scrap codec requirement

    The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk03 July 09 05:48
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