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This might be big news for the Semantic Web, or it might not mean much at all. In one way, this doesn't change very much - Yahoo! is very much niche as far as search engines are concerned (in the UK at least), MSN/Live has overtaken them in terms of ref… more »

Web as ubiquitous computing platform got a boost today as Google announced a version of Gears for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices. Google Gears is a browser extension which lets web applications work offline, which is a crucial requirement if you're plan… more »

Following up on the increased storage (now over 4Gb) and the improved support for mobile phones, this week Google rolled out IMAP support for Gmail. I access all my other mail accounts through IMAP, so I don't need to be convinced of the benefits - most… more »

Apple have released an updated version of the Safari for Windows beta, fixing three security holes announced within hours of the launch earlier this week. Apparently the Apple Software Update service will do everything automatically, but I downloaded… more »

The Safari 3 Public Beta has launched and now there's a Windows version! Of course I immediately downloaded it but I found it something of a disappointment - when I ran it there was no text getting displayed anywhere at all (the title was blank, the men… more »

I spent today as a guest of Google, and I can highly recommend the experience - if nothing else it's worth it for the free lunch :) I'll do a more 'complete' post with reviews of all the talks I attended at the weekend, but for now I'll present some hig… more »

I was saddened to hear today that Fred Fish died at home last week. I'd never met him, but his 'Fish Disks' were a big part of my Amiga infatuation, and my introduction to shareware and open source in general. The internet is very convenient, but getti… more »

The Prime Minister (or at least, his staff) has responded to the accessibility petition I mentioned a few posts ago. It sounds a bit like empty rhetoric: The Government is committed to ensuring that all government websites are accessible and easy to us… more »

While the user has the ability to turn off Public Profile publishing altogether, only a small percentage have chosen to do so and with just the information listed [in the Basic View profile], the minimum requirement for hResume is met. In essence, we jus… more »

Started up Firefox just now and the automatic updater told me that Firebug 1.0 is now available. Of course, I immediately upgraded. The visual look has definitely seen some work and there are a number of new features - see the screenshot to see a loadi… more »

Blog posts are a bit like buses, wait for ages for one to turn up then two come along at once! Anyway, Robert X. Cringely has been one of my favourite columnists for a long time and this article is a very interesting analysis of what Google's long term… more »