Recent Web 2.0 Posts
Microsoft Still Chasing the Competition With IE9
Serious work has begun on Internet Explorer 9, the next revision of Microsoft’s flagship web browser. That sounds like good news, right? After all, IE8 has its moments, but it… Read more »
Video: Google Offers Overview of Chrome OS
“What if your browser was your operating system?” That’s the question Google is hoping to answer with Chrome OS, the open source operating system centered entirely around its Chrome browser… Read more »
Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 Gains Security Features, Loses Windows 7 Integration
Mozilla has released a third beta for Firefox 3.6 with more than 90 bugfixes since beta 2, which was released just last week. If you’d like to take beta 3… Read more »
A Brave New Web Will Be Here Soon, But Browsers Must Improve
The great promise of HTML5 is that it will turn the web into a full-fledged computing platform awash with video, animation and real-time interactions, yet free of the hacks and… Read more »
Mozilla Weave Goes 1.0, Firefox Sync Almost Ready for Primetime
Mozilla’s Weave, a free add-on for Firefox that syncs your personal data across multiple PCs and mobile devices, is just about to graduate from a lab experiment to a stable… Read more »
Adobe Releases New Betas: AIR Gets a Boost, But Flash Player Disappoints
As promised, Adobe has released beta versions of both Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2. Originally announced earlier this year at Adobe’s MAX conference, the goal of Flash Player 10.1… Read more »
Podcaster Charlie from 2012: Does the Blogosphere Look This Crazy?
I have to admit it: I have a secret passion for disaster movies and this is the category of movies that will invariably get me to a movie theatre… Read more »
Apple Crushes Psystar in Ruling: Selling Mac Clones Not OK
In a ruling that’s a surprise to no-one in the tech industry, a U.S. District Court judge has ruled against Psystar, a company manufacturing Mac clones. The short of it… Read more »
How to Profit off the Poor… and Keep Your Soul
DELHI, INDIA--“I’ll take you! I live there!” a small boy with a blue shirt and a perfect toothy grin said as he ran ahead of me. His quiet friend in… Read more »
Cartoon: Social Media Aliens
There are organizations out there embracing social media with open arms, open hearts and open minds. But others aren't nearly as welcoming. And if you're working for such an organization… Read more »
