A Web-based app promises to help you write like Hemingway. But does HemingwayApp, based on an algorithm that analyses your words using Hemingway's rules on writing, offer a useful service or does it just exploit the Hemingway name?
Norwegian browser maker Opera has high hopes for the combination of mobile browsers and HTML 5, which will let web-based applications compete better with native applications, according to co-founder Jon von Tetzchner.
Ten years ago on Jan. 13, 2000, Microsoft's Bill Gates turned over the CEO reins to Steve Ballmer, who emphasized then that the Internet would be the target for much of the company's new software development efforts.
Security researchers are warning that Web-based applications are increasing the risk of identity theft or losing personal data more than ever before.