Web

Google is Down! Should We Panic Now?

Michael Santo — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:35:29 -0500

While receiving email this morning, I noted a troubling trend: internal Exchange email was showing up as fast as I might expect, but external email traveling across the vast expanse of the Web: not. The Internet Storm Center confirmed this morning that outages were being reported for most, if not all, of Google's services, including Gmail. But it doesn't seem, at least to me, to be only Google services that are down.

LiquidNet Reveals a Free Website Template Download Venture

Ross Todoroff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:32:41 -0600

Themza.com offers a bouquet of ready-to-use web design skins for the Joomla, WordPress, Moodle and 4images scripts, which will assist webmasters to create personal blogs, e-learning portals or photo galleries, or to revitalize their existing ones.

How the Web is structured

harminka — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:15:41 -0500

Opera Software has led a first-of-its- kind project to create a search engine that tracks how Web pages are structured on the World Wide Web. When released publicly in the coming months, this engine will help browser makers and standards bodies work towards a more standards-driven and compatible Web.

Opera brings Web standards to classrooms worldwide

harminka — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:17:18 -0500

Opera today launched a sweeping education initiative aimed at supporting and enhancing Web standards education and training in secondary schools, colleges, universities and businesses worldwide.

Web wants to know you inside out

seher — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:22:49 -0500

A new analysis of online consumer data shows that large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet, gathering clues about the tastes and preferences of a typical user several hundred times a month.

Unraveling the Silky Spider Web

harminka — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:49:48 -0600

Web-making spiders employ a host of silk glands to synthesize a variety of silk filaments with different mechanical properties. Although it is widely believed that the aciniform glands are one such silk factory, there has been no hard evidence linking aciniform-derived proteins and silk –until now.

Opera joins the forces of Silicon Valley

harminka — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:08:36 -0500

Opera Software, the only company that puts the Web on any device, plants its flag in Silicon Valley. Among partners and customers in Mountain View, Opera is set to advance its efforts in enabling a universal Web experience with a new office in the heart of the tech industry.

Vocal Joystick uses voice to surf the Web

harminka — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:19:38 -0500

The Internet offers wide appeal to people with disabilities. But many of those same people find it frustrating or impossible to use a handheld mouse. Software developed at the University of Washington provides an alternative using one of the oldest and most versatile modes of communication: the human voice.

Tomorrow's Social Networkers Will Be Women

AndersonAnalytics — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:23:53 -0500

Facebook now most popular site among college students New Research released by Anderson Analytics’ GenX2Z Youth Research Initiative: Facebook now most popular site among college students - Driven by popularity of Social Networking Sites (SNS) among Young Women.

Opera delivers Web at IBC 2007

harminka — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:29:58 -0500

Opera Software, the only company that puts the Web on any device, will exhibit the latest in Web browsing technologies at IBC 2007. Opera's commitment to developing leading-edge browsing technology has put the company at the forefront in cross-platform browsing and enabled operators and manufacturers to offer customers new and innovative value-added services.

Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux

harminka — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:32:18 -0500

Microsoft Corp. today released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight™ 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com.

Content Filtering With ICAP Virus Defence

news@safesquid — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:52:32 -0500

Doctor Web Ltd, world's leading ICAP based virus defence company announces special bonanza for users of SafeSquid Content Filtering Internet Proxy.