HTML5

Developer Soap Interactive launches the HTML5-powered in-browser game, The World's Biggest Pac-Man, in conjunction with Microsoft and Namco Bandai.

Microsoft demoed its first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 today, which is now available for download. The company showed the new browser's extensive HTML5 and CSS support and had some harsh words for Google Chrome.

On the heels of Google's Chrome 10 release earlier this month, the initial beta of Chrome 11 is now available for download with built-in support for the HTML5 speech input API.

Adobe reveals Wallaby, an experimental file conversion application that turns Flash content into HTML.

A new study shows that nearly two thirds of all streaming Web video is HTML5 compatible. In other words, Adobe Flash is no longer needed for a majority of Web content.

Shortly after unveiling a unified HTML5 technology push, then the WHATWG saying HTML5 is a living document, the W3C now says HTML5 won't be done until mid-2014.

Microsoft is bringing h.264 video back to Google's Chrome browser, announcing its own HTML5 video extension for Windows 7 users.

We've been patient, but it's time. Microsoft is rumored to introduce its first Windows Phone 7 upgrade on February 7, after reports indicate sales are struggling.

Google's Eric Chu spoke at the Inside Social Apps conference yesterday, where he said that the company is "not happy" about how many paid apps are being downloaded and laid out several ways the Android Market will improve in 2011.

On the heels of the W3C debuting a shiny HTML5 logo, the coordinator of the HTML specification says they're going to do away with version numbers altogether.

In a blog post, Google has reversed a previous decision to support H.264 video in Chrome. Instead, it will support WebM.

It seems hard to believe, but of all the major browsers, Internet Explorer 9 came out as the clear winner on HTML5 compliance.

Nokia posted a surprisingly strong third quarter net profit of about $733 million...but also announced it's canning up to 1,800 employees.

Internet Explorer 9 is lean, powerful, and fast, just like the new Microsoft. Could the new browser herald the age of a reborn Microsoft?

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 offers performance and security enhancements, HTML5 and standards supports, and major interface changes.

Mozilla has released an early beta of Firefox 4, featuring support for Google's WebM video format and a bundle of performance improvements - oh, and a new look.

In a recent Microsoft blog entry, the manager for Internet Explorer 9 agreed with Apple that HTML5 is the future.