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The idea here, says Google, is to avoid making Octane a micro-benchmark (like the popular SunSpider benchmark) that only tests very specific JavaScript features. In addition, Octane also runs tests based on Mozilla’s PDF reader, a open-source GameBoy emulator, a 2D physics engine and a port of the 3D Bullet Engine. The CodeLoad test also […]

The new updates are expected to be very useful to game developers who are looking to take their games to cross-platform functionality in both mobile devices and the Web. These include more support for iOS (like push notifications and AIR direct deployment without iTunes), hardware-accelerated video and Stage 3D video card/webcam development. Developers will also […]

CSS is a stylesheet language, one that defines for a browser how a Web page, Web presentation or some other form of electronic content should be formatted. CSS offers a set of keywords to specify stylistic elements in a page layout, such as the font and spacing of text, and the color of the background. […]

By Konstantin Kichinsky   We’ve been exploring the basics on how to use CSS3 shadows: box-shadow and text-shadow. Today we are going to improve our skills and will look into how to build some amazing text-shadows. Some of the ideas for shadows, I found in various tutorials for Photoshop — and I was interested whether […]

Microsoft announced this week that their SkyDrive cloud storage has moved beyond the preview stage with new updates to the service being deployed to end-users as early as this week. Updates include the new “Metro” or renamed  Modern UI interface. SkyDrive now provides users with up to 7 GB of cloud storage space for free, […]

CMS Commander has launched a free and open beta version that allows everyone to test the new software, which simplifies the management of multiple websites by remotely controlling any number of WordPress, Drupal and Joomla sites. Read the full story here.

Adobe previously announced: Beginning August 15th we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not have Flash Player already installed are increasingly likely to be incompatible with Flash Player and will […]

WordPress, one of the most popular blogging solutions on the planet, now gives the bloggers the ability to integrate Chatwigs chat box into their blogs. Adding a chat box to a WordPress site is the best way for bloggers to interact with their visitors in real time. Chatwing, a simply unique chat software, is now […]

Prototype 1.7 was originally released in November 2010 at which time the lead developer outlined his teams plans to release a bug fix release, 1.7.0.1, which would rewrite the DOM code making it easier to read and faster to use. They also announce at that time, a planned minor release, 1.7.1 intended to address ECMAScript […]

Extensis new, free plug-in makes WebINK fonts available for use in WordPress. Fonts can be selected using the Visual editor in WordPress or applied to CSS selectors. The plug-in makes it easy for those who may have little CSS or HTML experience to apply web fonts to their sites. This announcement follows Extensis recent news […]

By Rey Bango Site Pinning provides a unique way to build engagement from your users through out-of-browser notifications.  Previously, I went over how to use IE9′s Site Pinning API to implement overlay icons to enhance user notifications. The demo focused on how to display a numeric icon to indicate when a specific event (e.g.: messages […]

The new appStarter feature has been included to create “complete frameworks” for mobile apps by selecting screen layouts, color schemes, and header and footers as well as navigation schemes from a quick start wizard. When the basic design is complete, appStarter creates the necessary JavaScript and jqMobi code for screens, transitions, carousels, scrolling lists, menus, […]