Monday, January 09, 2012
Oracle users worry support upgrade will be 'fiasco' The company promises to deliver a "next-generation" experience, but forum posters are recalling the frustration of the site's 2009 makeover
Monday, April 26, 2010
HTML5 won’t kill Flash: Adobe exec Flash can do things HTML cannot, said an Adobe exec. One Toronto Web designer expresses frustration over lack of Flash support in the iPhone and iPad
Friday, February 05, 2010
BLOGOSPHERE: Flash sparks Apple-Adobe spat Apple’s iPhone and iPad obviously share a lot in common, including the lack of Flash support. Find out why this has become such a big deal in the blogosphere
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Group cries foul over Outlook’s lack of standards support The E-mail Standards Project claims that using the Word engine to render HTML “took the industry back 10 years.” But a Canadian e-mail marketer says the “Fix Outlook” campaign is distracting focus from the benefits. Plus, three best practices to get your message across
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Beefed up Firefox busts dangerous Web attack No Script, a small application that integrates into Firefox, blocks scripts from executing on untrusted Web pages...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
In security, less is more Do we really need to expose ourselves to ever-increasing complexity? Also, all about 'identity placebos'
Monday, August 14, 2006
Microsoft introduces free and 'friendly' blog tool A new desktop application from Microsoft Corp., now in beta, lets bloggers see the look of a blog posting before uploading it online. 
Thursday, May 25, 2006
JavaScript may follow Python lead As it evolves, JavaScript will take its cues from the Python language, Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript, said at The AJAX Experience conference. JavaScript is a lynchpin of the popular AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) technology for Web development. 
Monday, February 13, 2006
PDF creature still haunts NZ government sites A number of government agency Web sites are still not fully compliant with accessibility guidelines and are unlikely to be so until at least the latter half of this year, but the New Zealand State Services Commission is already revising its guidelines.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
IBM looks to improve Web usage for visually impaired IBM Corp. on Thursday will preview technology intended to assess and grade Web sites on their accessibility to people who are visually impaired and blind. 
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Closing the Web app hole Given that corporate security is only as good as its weakest link, Web applications — arguably the weakest link — were the subject of a hacking workshop held in Toronto on Thursday.
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
W3C signs off on Web scripting specs The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has completed work on a set of technical specifications that define how scripting programs interact with Web pages. The development marks an important step toward interoperability on the Web and is a sign of the Web's growing maturity, according to an industry analyst.
Sunday, January 04, 2004
A tale of two cultures I've always blended the geeky, command-line-driven Unix style with the mom-friendly point-and-click Windows approach. To borrow a Microsoft Corp. slogan, the two approaches are "better together." Each has strengths that complement weaknesses in the other. However, we've yet to achieve real synergy.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
W3C sides with Microsoft against Eolas patent The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has taken up Microsoft Corp.'s cause in a patent infringement lawsuit by urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to invalidate the related patent 
Monday, July 14, 2003
Gaga over Google With the word Google Inc. being regularly used both as a noun and a verb around most offices these days, it's a safe bet that employees in your enterprise already appreciate the simple interface, quality search results, and overall speediness of the search engine. With the Google Search Appliance GB-1001, IT managers can now bring the power of Google into the enterprise.
Sunday, February 23, 2003
XML device could reduce XML-related bottlenecks DataPower Technology Inc. this week released an upgraded version of its XML appliance, aimed at helping companies reduce network bottlenecks associated with securing and transporting XML documents.
Friday, January 31, 2003
XML: Caught in the Web 
Thursday, January 23, 2003
A few lines of code can go a long way One might generalize that the intent of modern programming practices is to create a library of reusable code components — a “toolkit” of sorts that speeds development of future applications. My experiences in developing for the Web have taught me that such a toolkit doesn’t need to be large to be effective. It is possible to create a powerful Web application framework using only a handful of code files.
Thursday, October 31, 2002
XHTML is the future HTML is dead, long live XHTML! Well at least that’s what the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium) wants us to preach.
Thursday, July 25, 2002
New IE security flaw revealed The hole is created by what is known as a cross-domain scripting flaw.
Thursday, June 27, 2002
Pretty is as pretty does when talking about e-mail Fellow Network World (U.S.) columnist Mark Gibbs likes pretty e-mail. But I hope that he won't send me pretty e-mail when he sees this column because he will get the letter back unread.
Thursday, June 13, 2002
IT from Planet Bizarro I have always loved comic books and old science fiction movies. I wasn't a big fan of Superman, but I liked the stories about the planet Bizarro. Bizarro was an opposite world, where people set their alarm clocks to ring when it was time to go to sleep. And for some reason I never quite understood, the Bizarro people all talked like Sesame Street's Cookie Monster: "Me want cookie."
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Microsoft plugs six more IE security holes Microsoft Corp. has released a patch that addresses six security vulnerabilities in its Internet Explorer browser, including a critical flaw that could allow an attacker to run code on a client machine. The patch is intended for Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 5.5 and Internet Explorer 6.0.
Thursday, May 02, 2002
Security hole in Flash player could run attack code A security hole in the way Macromedia Inc.'s Flash player handles ActiveX content could allow an attacker to run the code of their choice on vulnerable systems, according to a security advisory published by eEye Digital Security Inc. late Thursday. Macromedia is offering a new download of the player that fixes the flaw.
Monday, April 22, 2002
IBM pries lid off new Linux toolkits IBM Corp. bolstered its support for the Linux development community on Monday unveiling its WebSphere Studio Application Developer for Linux along with WebSphere Studio Site Developer, both of which are built on the company's Eclipse open-source development platform.