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Google debuts Buzz social networking
Google announced on Tuesday that it was immediately rolling out Google Buzz, a location-aware social networking tool highly integrated with its Gmail client, Google Maps and a new Android app. Read more »
Google to make Gmail a little more social
Google is getting ready to add social-networking features into Gmail as it attempts to jump-start its social Web strategy. Read more »
Greasemonkey comes to Chrome
Greasemonkey scripts are an easy way to create single-serving enhancements for Firefox, and now they work natively on Google Chrome, too. Read more »
Google Social Search out of Labs, into beta
Friends on social-networking services who add links to their content inside their Google Profiles will start showing up in search results for Google users. Read more »
The latest from Facebook: 'Open Stream API'
A post on the Facebook developer blog announces the big application program interface (API) update from the social network that was first reported on Sunday night, which it's calling the Open Stream API. Read more »
Google offers better-tested Chrome version
Google released a new beta version of Chrome on Tuesday, offering a better balance between software that's stable but out of date on the one hand and cutting-edge but crash-prone on the other. Read more »
Chrome, Firefox get clickjacked
Security researchers have discovered a flaw affecting Google's Chrome browser which exposes it to clickjacking — where an attacker hijacks a browser's functions by substituting a legitimate link with one of the attacker's choice. Read more »
Macworld 2009: Complete wrap-up
Phil Schiller takes the stage at Macworld 09, revealing Apple's new line up. While the rumours were mostly right, the lack of a new Mac Mini will be a sticking point for a lot of people. Read more »
Why I switched from Firefox to Chrome
Sorry if it sounds like I'm drinking the Google Kool-Aid here, but I have switched from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome as my default browser for the very reason Google's executives said we should: speed. Read more »
BrowserPlus escapes Yahoo walled garden
Yahoo has improved its BrowserPlus technology for more sophisticated Web applications and now lets other Web sites besides its own use it, the company said. Read more »
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HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses features, pain points, adoption rate, and more
In this interview, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses his favourite features, the features he thinks might be most contentious, the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address, and much more. He also talks about what he would change in the original HTML spec if he could go back in time. Read more »
Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?
The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »
Seven aspects of a great user experience
The spotlight at this year's Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne was on user experience. Andy Budd, a designer and developer at Clearleft in the UK, contributed to the theme of the day with his presentation -- "Designing the User Experience Curve". Read more »
Location-based publishing and services
Geocoded content is transforming our Web. By adding geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) to our media, we can help others find it through location-based search engines and web maps. Read more »
Add meaning to Web pages with microformats
A technology that has gathered steam the past couple years is microformats. Microformats allow you to add context to existing information contained within a Web page. Read more »
Befriend APML -- the new markup for social profiles
What began as a discussion two years ago during a power blackout has led to Attention Profiling Mark-up Language (APML), which is an attempt to create a standardised and open format for consumers to store information about their interests and preferences. Read more »
Designing for voyeurs
Flickr serves out thousands of photos every day to users hanging out for a glimpse into the lives of other people. We talk to George Oates, the woman whose job it is to make voyeurism easier than ever before. Read more »
Getting back on the GridBagLayout with RSS
In our last look at GridBagLayout we were left with a frame that resembled our goal but was not functional, this time we shall complete the frame Read more »
Getting to grips with GridBagLayout
GridBagLayout really can solve almost any interface layout problem and have your windows resize sensibly and more importantly, in the fashion that you wish. All it takes is a little forethought and some patience. Read more »
Make the most of mapping down under
Map-based mashups are appearing everywhere. Whether you're planning a bike commute or looking for hotels, Andrew Muller shows how Aussies can incorporate maps into applications. Read more »
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JavaOne '08: Sun demos JavaFX platform
Here's a look at Sun Microsystems' new JavaFX application, with Flickr and Twitter feeds running in Facebook within the browser, dragged to the desktop, and then put on a mobile phone. Sun Microsystems executives Rich Green and Nandini Ramani showed the JavaFX environment at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco. Read more »
Sun unveils JavaFX apps, Photo Flocker, Movie Cloud
Sun Microsystems demos two new JavaFX-powered applications, Photo Flocker and Movie Cloud, at its annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Rich Green, the company's executive vice president of software, shows attendees Photo Flocker, an app that allows users to search for photos by tags and display the photos. Read more »
Blog (8)
Yahoo to expose its wiring to developers
-- Phase one came last week, when Yahoo launched its new profiles site. Phase two begins next week, when web developers can start sinking their teeth into Yahoo's attempt to replace its present static design with one that's customisable, application-rich, socially connected, and woven into other parts of the Internet. Read more »
One ID to rule them all
-- OpenID is an open-source mechanism enabling you to use a single online identity to log-in to different websites that support OpenID. Read more »
Flickr fans band together to fend off Microsoft
-- This is what happens when Microsoft tries to take over not just a company but also a community: a number of Flickr users have launched a group opposing the attempted acquisition. Read more »
Picnik online photo-editing spreads its wings
-- Picnik, an online photo-editing service, has released specifications that will let other Web sites use its tools. Read more »
Blogger declares shenanigans on advertisers -- piracy or plagiarism?
-- MIT academic calls notices some suspicious similiarities between a lecture he wrote and an Australian made printer ad. Could this be piracy, or merely plagiarism. I call in the lawyers to find out. Read more »
Anti-social Web 2.0 to save your bacon
-- Even if you don't buy into the whole "social" part of Web 2.0, it's still useful if you are an endemic procrastinator. Read more »
Delivering software like iTunes delivers songs
-- Last Friday I got the chance to speak with Don Ferguson, IBM Fellow and SWG Chief Architect about the impending open sourcing of Java, Web 2.0, and what IBM are doing. Read more »
Geocode your photos
-- Flickr added geocoding to their photo sharing service this week, leveraging the mapping services of parent Yahoo!. After finding a location by either searching or navigating a map, users drag a photograph onto it's map location from within the online Organizr tool that Flickr provides free of charge. Read more »
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In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
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Google launches Apps MarketplaceGoogle launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
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TechFest, Microsoft's internal even took place this week with researchers showcasing some new interfaces the company is working on. Read more »
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Filter protesters brave Vic weather
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CNET first look at Google Buzz
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Disable Flash on your web browser
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