HTML5 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 ArticleRob Held, ex-CEO of early Ethernet company Chipcom, passes away at 74
John Robert (Rob) Held, who made a name for himself in the networking industry during the 1980s and 1990s as president and CEO of Ethernet hub pioneer Chipcom, has died at age of 74. Held suffered a...
View ArticleEthernet filters out porn, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob...
Bob Metcalfe, who 40 years ago invented Ethernet along with David Boggs, spent two hours this week regaling Reddit users with his thoughts on everything from software-defined networking to Internet porn.
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 Article10 surprising things from my 20 years with Network World
Yep, I've been writing for Network World for 20 years and a lot has happened in that time ... here are 10 of the most surprising
View ArticlePhoning 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.
View ArticleApple-Samsung rivalry intensifies with September device launches
Apple's unveiling of its iPhone 5S is expected September 10, just six days after Samsung's launch in Germany of its next Galaxy gadget, probably a Note III smartphone-tablet.
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...
View ArticleHP sues seven optical drive makers over price-fixing
HP has filed suit against seven makers of optical disk drive technology, claiming that over a six-year period the group conspired to drive up the price of products sold to HP and others.
View ArticleWindows XP infection rate may jump 66% after patches end in April
Microsoft yesterday again but the scare into Windows XP users, telling them that after April 8, 2014, the chance that malware will infect their PCs could jump by two-thirds.
View ArticleSprint, DISH plan high-speed, wireless broadband trial for Corpus Christi
Sprint and DISH Network announced plans to try out a high-speed fixed wireless broadband service in Corpus Christi, Texas, that would be available in mid-2014.
View ArticleCould Facebook be your next phone company?
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.
View ArticleDeveloper: Dump JavaScript for faster Web loading
Web pages would be loaded quicker sans JavaScript via a proposal being floated by the editor of a fashion magazine, possibly as part of a still-theoretical "HTML6."
View ArticleMicrosoft open-sources JavaScript tools
Continuing its overtures toward open source, Microsoft is unveiling technologies for packaging applications and remotely debugging JavaScript.
View ArticleWeb Real Time Communication (WebRTC) applications emerge as the tech stabilizes
Perhaps the single-most significant standards based technological advancement in the field of unified communications over the past year has been the completion of Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC)...
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