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Opera closes in on Acid3 success

Opera gets very close to passing the Acid3 test. Read more »

WaSP releases Acid3

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) has released Acid3, a test to detect any shortcomings in the implementation of established web standards in web browsers. Read more »

IE8 passes the acid test

The next version of Internet Explorer, IE8, has passed the Acid2 test, which has historically been one of the toughest Web standards and compliance tests to pass. Read more »

Firefox 'not being aggressive enough'

A senior analyst believes Firefox maker Mozilla Corporation should be doing more to push the Web browser, despite a recent distribution deal with Real Networks. Read more »

Microsoft admits IE7 will fail standards test

Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 browser won't pass a stringent standards test that rivals have embraced. Read more »

Open-source divorce for Apple's Safari?

Two years after it selected open-source rendering engine KHTML as the basis of its Safari Web browser, Apple has proposed resolving compatibility conflicts by scrapping that code base in favour of its own. Read more »

Microsoft discloses some IE 7 plans

Microsoft finally told Web developers what they've wanted to hear for years, promising support for graphics and style sheet standards. Read more »

Atomic particles 'teleported'

Scientists say complex quantum experiment could lead to faster computers that work like magic. Read more »

Israelis engineer DNA computer

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science say they have devised a "biological computer" that could detect and help cure diseases such as cancer. Read more »

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Apples vs apples: Chrome takes on beta browsers

The internet has exploded in a single, joyous, mass-hallucination called Chrome. Apparently it's the fastest browser ever and will solve a myriad of problems from slowness within Google Spreadsheet to possibly creating an acceptable carbon trading scheme. Read more »

Firefox 3 offers numerous features for developers

Firefox's support for customisation and standards, along with plenty of add-ons, has made it a favorite among developers. Read more »

Opera CTO: IE 8 will fail Acid test

Two years ago, the Acid2 test was announced in this column. Acid2 is a complex Web browser test page that shows a smiley face when rendered correctly Read more »

A developer's look at IE7

With an overwhelming share of the browser market, Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) cannot be ignored. This candidate release gives you the opportunity to be proactive and identify any problems that may arise with your applications as viewed in the new browser. Read more »

Embedded SQL in Java

There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby. Read more »

MySQL vs. PostgreSQL

Which system should you use? Here is a comparison of MySQL and PostgreSQL databases from Builder.com Read more »

Win2K: Installing an open-source IDS

Don't let hackers overrun your network undetected. Here's how to install the open source intrusion detection system called Snort so you can catch the attackers before they get away. Read more »

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Surfin with Safari -- Club Builder

This week the Acid3 test is done and dusted, we roundup the latest Safari news and what happened with that daylight savings switch? Leave your thoughts in our forums. Read more »

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Do vendors read their own EULAs?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you've ever had Safari installed under Windows then you were a software thief -- until last night. Read more »

How soon is Semantic?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- At some point in the future you will be able arrive at work George Jetson-style. Your electric flying car will be streaming content to you from the new Semantic Web while your son in the backseat will be enjoying Duke Nukem Forever. Read more »

IE8 tripping on Acid2

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- Internet Explorer 8 can pass the Acid2 test. Well, not really. It turns out it only works on one particular domain -- which means it fails the test. Read more »

Introducing IE8: The Ocho

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Over in Las Vegas the MIX conference is underway and that means only one thing: Microsoft announcements and plenty of them. Read more »

Web continues to stagnate

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- If you are in the Internet Explorer development team, you are faced with a conundrum -- the choice is either break the Web or give standards compatibility a lower priority. Read more »

Hope you are seated

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- With projects winding down for the year, have you accidently found yourself fulfilling promises you never thought you'd keep in 2007? Funnily enough, this week has been full of news of projects we thought had retired to the beach house for the summer. Read more »

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  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

  • Staff Adobe briefly considered its own browser

    Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, but are that many people so in love with it? Meanwhile, the Flash player dominates its segment because lots of people find it to be a terrific. So might Adobe one day decide that the next logical step is to try its hand at building its own Web browser? Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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