News tagged with web developers

New software design technique allows programs to run faster

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new approach to software development that will allow common computer programs to run up to 20 percent faster and possibly incorporate new security ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (33) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover spider webs' true 'sticking power' (w/ Video)

The secret of a brilliant evolutionary development, spider web glue, has been discovered by University of Akron researchers.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microsoft Reviews HTML 5 Standards

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft's Internet Explorer Program Manager, Adrian Bateman will be reviewing the specifications for HTML 5 that has been taken more seriously by Apple, Google, Opera, and Mozilla.

Technology / Software

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 7 weblog

HP to make webOS software public by September

Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September.

Technology / Software

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Facebook opening online center for social "apps"

Facebook on Wednesday said it is opening an App Center for mini-programs that plug offerings such as Pinterest or Draw Something into the leading social network.

Technology / Software

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Dart debut sparks chatter of JavaScript coup

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the news appeared earlier this week that Google was unveiling a new programming language, Dart, for developers. tech blogs ignited with talk of how Google is staging a JavaScript coup. ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

PayPal announces online shopping login service

PayPal, eBay's online payment service, announced a new service Wednesday that aims to make it easier to shop online by cutting down on the number of accounts consumers have to create with various Web retailers.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Mozilla's pdf.js project reaches its first milestone

(PhysOrg.com) -- You may recall our earlier reporting on the Mozilla's pdf.js project, in which the folks over at Mozilla are trying to get their browser to display PDF files in your Firefox web browser with ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Google to launch online music service: report

Internet giant Google could launch an online music service as early as Tuesday to rival Amazon's "cloud" service, which allows users to store digital music online, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Technology / Internet

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firefox looks to use HTML5 to run PDFs in the web browser

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the current generation of web browsers if you want to view a PDF in your web browser you are going to need the help of a plug-in to do it. While that may not sound like a major roadblock ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Google's Android tablet software inches closer

Google Inc. is getting closer to releasing a version of the Android software meant for tablet computers, one that will include a fresh look and updated Web browser and keyboard.

Technology / Software

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Automated stress testing for Web 2.0 applications helps Web developers find programming errors

Web applications such as Google Mail, Facebook and Amazon are used every day. However, so far there are no methods to test them systematically and at low cost for malfunctions and security vulnerabilities. ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smartphones, laptops easy to trace but hard to recover

The stolen laptop sent its owner a hopeful message just hours after it had been spirited out of his south Minneapolis home. The message included the exact spot where the laptop had been taken and, conveniently, a photo covertly ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Google building online Chrome application shop

Google on Wednesday gave software developers an early peek at an online Chrome Web Store it is building as an emporium for games and other applications built for use on the Web.

Technology / Software

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Interactive 3-D graphical objects as an integral part of online shops

When customers visit an online shop, they want to see all parts of a product; they want to enlarge it, or visualize adjusting single elements. Until now, web developers have been dealing with a multiplicity ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0