web browsers
FOAF+SSL: RESTful Authentication for the Social Web
White Paper This protocol can be used for one-click sign-on to web sites using existing browsers requiring the user to enter neither an identifier nor a password. The paper describes a simple protocol for RESTful... [04 Oct 2009]
Sub-Prime PKI: Attacking Extended Validation SSL
White Paper Modern web browsers support both Domain Validated (DV) and Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates. One of the attributes that the paper discusses is the type of SSL certificate presented by a... [02 Oct 2009]
The Multi-Principal OS Construction of the Gazelle Web Browser
White Paper Web browsers originated as applications that people used to view static web sites sequentially. As web sites evolved into dynamic web applications... [16 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation: Forget datacenters, think ordinary people
News Cloud computing, in which applications run over the web in web browsers rather than natively on PCs, provides another way to provide access to corporate resources. Virtualisation proved... [04 Sep 2009]
IE slips again as Firefox takes over one in four browsers
News Older browsers lack support for advancements in page layout and graphics, HTML features such as built-in video, and perhaps most crucially, fast execution of web-based JavaScript programs. Though IE... [03 Sep 2009]
Windows, Linux and Mac can now tune into Opera 10
News Other enhancements include an expanded Speed Dial (a feature that has later been adopted and adapted in Google's Chrome browser) that shows more commonly visited web pages than in previous Opera browsers. [01 Sep 2009]
Creating Personal Mobile Widgets Without Programming
White Paper Tasklets can be deployed on the client, cloud or on telecom provider network - enabling intuitive web interaction through widgets, thin mobile browsers as well as from mobile phones via SMS and Voice. [29 Aug 2009]
FastRWeb: Fast Interactive Web Framework for Data Mining Using R
White Paper With current browsers and the dynamic technologies such as AJAX it is now possible to create highly interactive content. On the other hand the World Wide Web (the Web) infrastructure... [29 Aug 2009]
Google Chrome for Linux, arriving soon in 64 bits
News They hammered Adobe until it released a 64-bit version of Flash Player for Linux, and now they're agitating for 64-bit browsers. V8 is Chrome's engine for running programs written in the JavaScript language common on the... [21 Aug 2009]
Businesses' XP addiction is keeping Microsoft from killing IE 6
News After all, there have been plenty of calls for the death of IE 6, particularly from web developers, who are weary of the work required to make their sites work in multiple versions of Internet Explorer, as well as... [14 Aug 2009]
Latest Firefox version goes alpha: It's all about the speed
News Performance is a big issue with browsers these days as people spend more time using them and programmers create more sophisticated sites and applications that live on the web. Among the 3.6 features are... [10 Aug 2009]
The 'smartphone-lite' devices aiming to hook Twitter users
News The phones do not run full browsers and the operating system used on the device is Java-based and not nearly as sophisticated as smartphone operating systems used on devices such as the Apple iPhone or RIM's BlackBerry. [05 Aug 2009]
The Rich Enterprise Application: What Does It Mean?
White Paper It started with green screens, and has progressed through client-server desktops, browsers, and mobile devices. The Rich Enterprise Application is a technology pattern that provides a richer user experience and enhanced... [05 Aug 2009]
Firefox reaches one billion - browser wars in full swing
News The growing migration of personal and professional activity to web applications, the growing adoption of broadband internet connections, and the growing adoption of truly web-capable mobile phones are... [03 Aug 2009]
Web security warnings being ignored - even by the most tech-savvy
News Digital certificate warnings in web browsers are not an effective security measure, according to Carnegie Mellon researchers. Online businesses can pay to have authorities vouch for the digital... [28 Jul 2009]