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Google adds new data visualisation tools to Fusion Tables

Google is adding more user-friendly options to its Fusion Tables app to try to popularise the somewhat obscure art of data visualisation.
Web-based malware use smart redirection to evade URL security scanners

Rogue JavaScript code is being added to local JS files that get loaded in the "head" section of every HTML page, making the infection harder to spot.
Yahoo releases Mojito web app framework

Yahoo has released an open source web application framework called Mojito that aims to make it faster for developers to write apps that can run on all major device platforms, including smartphones, PCs, iOS and Android.
Microsoft releases source code for web development technology

Microsoft is releasing source code for its ASP.Net Web API and ASP.Net Web Pages technologies under an open source licence as the company looks to build community around some of its web development properties.
Google working on advanced Web programming technologies

Google is working on a number of advanced programming technologies to ease complex Web application development, a Google engineer revealed at a conference for software developers.
Eclipse sets release date for Orion browser IDE

The Eclipse Foundation for open source development tools is eyeing July as the release date for the 1.0 version of its Orion browser-based IDE for building web applications, which will be discussed at this week's EclipseCon 2012 conference.
iOS Leaves Android in the Dust for HTML 5 Performance

The future of Web-based apps seems to be HTML5. As ubiquitous as it is on PCs, Adobe Flash has failed to catch on in the mobile world, and alternate solutions like Silverlight are too proprietary. A new report finds that iOS blows Android out of the water when it comes to HTML 5 performance.
Microsoft ASP.Net model view controller updated for mobile web

Mobile web functionality will also be featured in the beta release of Model-View-Controller platform version 4.
Proposed encrypted media support in HTML5 sparks W3C DRM debate

A proposal drafted by Microsoft, Google and Netflix to add support for encrypted media playback in HTML5, has sparked a debate on the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) HTML public mailing list.
Adobe tells Linux users to get Chrome or forget Flash

Adobe will stop offering direct downloads of Flash Player for Linux, telling users to move to the Google Chrome browser, which bundles Flash with its updates.

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How to make your Android more productive, more secure and faster than iPhone

IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers.
Drag and Drop Search - Speed up searches and reduce typing

Drag and Drop Search is a free Chrome extension that offers an elegant solution to a common problem: Searching on the website that will give you the answers you need. Google is a great engine, but there is no reason to go through it for everything. If you're after quick facts and figures, you might be better off searching Wikipedia directly; if it's videos you're after, then a direct YouTube search might let you find them faster. If you'd like to get a sense for a place, searching for it on Flickr will show you what it's like. With Drag and Drop Search installed, you only need to select a term, then drag and drop it on the name of the search engine you'd like to use.
Developer support for BlackBerry 10 key to RIM's future

HTML5 and RIM's larger development strategy will come into sharp focus at BlackBerry World in Orlando. This year, it includes the heavily promoted BlackBerry 10 Jam, an intensive, developer-focused agenda for the new operating system, which has not yet been released in final form.
Could it now be time to de-Flash your website?

Developers agree that there is no other application that can directly replace Flash and do what Flash does as well as it does. And that includes HTML5 - the only seriously suggested substitute for Flash - despite all its promise.
What's the fastest browser? Maybe you're measuring it wrong

Among all those very scientific benchmarks we forget one factor: the user. Our human eye is incapable of distinguishing the 221 ms load time of a JavaScript applet in IE9 from the 220 ms load time in Firefox 17. Do we even notice if Chrome opens a website in 778 ms versus IE's 953 ms? Humans think in seconds, not milliseconds.
The most essential tools for web developers

Out of the thousands of cool add-ons out there for Firefox, Chrome and other popular Web browsers, only a select few make it onto the desktops of professional Web developers and designers. Which are the most useful for the day-to-day work of designing and developing websites?
Opera talks HTML5, successes, and challenges

Opera - the only browser maker located outside the US - were kind enough to discuss HTML5 and the Norwegian company's plan for the future.
iOS leaves Android in the dust for HTML 5 performance

HTML5 seems to be the future of web-based apps. As ubiquitous as it is on PCs, Adobe Flash has failed to catch on in the mobile world, and alternate solutions like Silverlight are too proprietary. A new report finds that iOS blows Android out of the water when it comes to HTML5 performance.
How Google got around Apple's Safari privacy protection

Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student at Stanford, caused a major stir this morning when he published research showing how Google used loopholes within Apple's Safari browser cookie-blocking policy to place unexpected third party cookies within the browser. In this article we'll detail Mayer's findings and their implications for Safari users.
What Adobe's Flash bombshell means to you

If former Apple CEO Steve Jobs had lived just another month or so, you can bet he'd be smiling right now, and possibly even fist pumping.

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