W3C offers mobile app etiquette
In an effort to make mobile applications easier to use, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) has established a set of guidelines for developers to keep in mind when creating their Web-standards based...
View ArticleMicrosoft opens HTML5 Labs
Microsoft is debuting on Tuesday HTML5 Labs, a test and sandbox site for developers to experiment with early draft specifications of emerging HTML5-based technologies.
View ArticleHTML versioning eliminated
The working group for HTML has done away with version numbers for the Web page rendering standard.
View ArticleMicrosoft IE9 not a 'modern browser,' Mozilla exec claims
Microsoft says IE9 is "the world's fastest browser." Mozilla claims IE9 doesn't even qualify as modern.
View ArticleMicrosoft Web privacy gets W3C seal of approval
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has given Microsoft's proposal for a standard protecting consumer privacy the seal of approval. Acceptance by W3C -- the governing body responsible for HTML5 -- is a...
View ArticleWeb inventor Berners-Lee fights to keep it open
We often consider 21 to be a coming-of-age year, and the World Wide Web's impending 21st birthday will be no different.
View ArticleA decade later, W3C finalizes CSS 2.1
The World Wide Web Consortium has updated its widely used specifications for formatting the look and feel of Web pages, a standard known as CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
View ArticleW3C broadens community participation
Hoping to broaden the input from users, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has established two new virtual working spaces for individuals and organizations to develop specifications, the organization...
View ArticleFlash Player demise on desktop inevitable, but years away, say analysts
Adobe's decision to stop Flash Player development for mobile browsers will likely be repeated for browsers on the desktop, just not anytime soon, analysts said today.
View ArticleW3C releases draft online privacy standards
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the first draft of two standards intended to protect the privacy of Web users and allow them to opt out of Web tracking systems.
View ArticleGa. Tech researchers: Mobile browsers need better HTTPS indicators
Researchers from Georgia Tech recently released a study that claims almost all mobile browsers in use in the U.S. fail to accurately notify users whether they are using HTTPS or not.
View ArticleHTML5 is now feature-complete; here's what comes next
The World Wide Web Consortium has a roster of proposed enhancements, including better forms, spell checking, and video captioning
View ArticleW3C aims to boost cooperation on standards with China
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is bringing its technical and management staff to China for the first time as a way to increase collaboration between the nation's Internet industry and the Web...
View ArticleSenator rips self-regulatory do-not-track efforts
The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senior U.S. senator said Wednesday.
View ArticleNetChoice: California privacy bills are bad for Internet
E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet.
View ArticleEFF 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...
View ArticleOrganizations push for Congress to curtail NSA spying
Privacy advocates are pushing the U.S. Congress to rein in the U.S. National Security Agency's efforts to collect massive amounts of data from U.S. residents, as alleged in recent news reports.
View ArticleW3C rejects ad industry attempt to hijack do-not-track specs
The World Wide Web Consortium has rejected an attempt by the advertising industry to hijack a specification describing how websites should respond to "do not track" requests sent by Web browsers.
View ArticleW3C's Web Storage technology goes live
The World Wide Web Consortium has finalized its specification for Web Storage, a technology that would give Web applications more flexibility in storing data on user machines.
View ArticleCritics slam World Wide Web Consortium over inclusion of DRM in HTML5
The latest version of the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML Working Group charter includes provisions for ongoing work on restrictive content protection systems – a decision that has angered groups like...
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