World Wide Web

GraphQL a cut above the REST, say query lang's fans: Airbnb, Knotel, others embrace the tech

Data-fetching scheme seems to be catching on

Software31 Oct 2019 | 9

Google goes full Anti-Flash-ist, boots Adobe's insecure monstrosity out of web search index

Crawler bots to snub animated content starting this year

Personal Tech29 Oct 2019 | 55

Google's Chrome Web Store under fire for shoddy service and cryptic policies

Developers! Developers! Developers! Oh, wait, that's a different company

Software25 Oct 2019 | 10

Google slings websites into Chrome's solitary confinement on Android to thwart Spectre-style data snooping

Ignore the overhead, enjoy Site Isolation – a defense against side-channel attacks

Security18 Oct 2019 | 8

We, Wall, we, Wall, Raku: Perl creator blesses new name for version 6 of text-wrangling lingo

Perl 6 set to be reincarnated as Raku, as favored by Larry Wall

Software11 Oct 2019 | 50

Google takes sole stand on privacy, rejects new rules for fear of 'authoritarian' review

Lone 'no' vote nixes renewal of W3C's Privacy Interest Group

Security25 Sep 2019 | 17

Mozilla says Firefox won't defang ad blockers – unlike a certain ad-giant browser

Extensions still free to use uber-powerful webRequest API to filter crap out of webpages

Software03 Sep 2019 | 41

Apple's WebKit techs declare privacy circumvention to be a security issue

Bypass our tracking controls at your unspecified peril, warns maker of minor browser

Software16 Aug 2019 | 43

Anatomy of an attack: How Coinbase was targeted with emails booby-trapped with Firefox zero-days

Elaborate browser break-out betrayed by unusual behavior

Security09 Aug 2019 | 32

Don't give it away, give it away, give it away now, bot busting biz tells reCAPTCHA data serfs

Analysis Instead of enriching Google, try making a market for click work

Science18 Jul 2019 | 23

Google open sources standardized code in bid to become Mr Robots.txt

Forget about past technical decisions made by fiat, this time your thoughts matter

Software02 Jul 2019 | 19

Google: We're not killing ad blockers. Translation: We made them too powerful, we'll cram this genie back in its bottle

Analysis We want to make Chrome safer... by taking away the API we used to race Firefox

Software13 Jun 2019 | 77

This Free software ain't free to make, pal, it's expensive: Mozilla to bankroll Firefox with paid-for premium extras

Browser will remain gratis, optional $$-per-month services to be offered later this year

Software11 Jun 2019 | 129

Mozilla returns crypto-signed website packaging spec to sender – yes, it's Google

Ad giant's site slurping tech complicates web security model, could give more power to search engines and social networks, Firefox maker warns

Security30 May 2019 | 58

Cloudflare gives websites their marching orders to hasten page rendering automatically

Adjustments to HTTP/2 Prioritization allow faster delivery of web resources

Networks15 May 2019 | 22

You're not still writing Android apps in Oracle's Java, are you? Google tut-tuts at dev conf

Google I/O Ad giant pushes Kotlin language, Q beta 3, Flutter, ChromeOS, and more

Software09 May 2019 | 67

Google puts Chrome on a cookie diet (which just so happens to starve its rivals, cough, cough...)

Google I/O But it's for privacy! You know us. We're Google, privacy champions. Always championing privacy, us

Software08 May 2019 | 60

Hands off Brock! EFF pleads with Google not to kill its Privacy Badger with its Manifest destiny

It's not hard, we just need some coding tweaks to make sure Privacy Badger stays sane

Software19 Apr 2019 | 31

Google hits brand slam stamping AMP with more crypto glam

All your URLs are belong to us

Security18 Apr 2019 | 10

Just a little FYI: Filtering doodad in Adblock Plus opens door to third-party malware injection

Third-party providers of content filter rules could stiff netizens

Security15 Apr 2019 | 11

One step forward and one step back for Apple's privacy campaign with latest Safari build

Intelligent Tracking protection arrives as off switch for website tattling trait is removed

Software06 Apr 2019 | 30

Mozilla tries to do Java as it should have been – with a WASI spec for all devices, computers, operating systems

One binary to rule them all

Software29 Mar 2019 | 74

You'll never guess who's giving Google a right shoeing lately. Talking about barring Chrome, Search as defaults... any other nations watching?

Throw another regulation on the barbie, says Australia

Personal Tech06 Mar 2019 | 27

Brave claims its mobe browser batt use bests whatever you're using. Why? Hint: It begins with A then D then V...

Blocking ads, analytics code gives browser an edge over, well, Edge, Chrome, etc

Software28 Feb 2019 | 57

WWW = Woeful, er, winternet wendering? CERN browser rebuilt after 30 years barely recognizes modern web

Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb code can't handle much, but hey, it now runs in a browser

Software19 Feb 2019 | 115

Apple puts bullet through 'Do Not Track', FaceTime snooping bug and iOS vulnerabilities

Patch your iThings – there are at least two holes being exploited right now in the wild

Security07 Feb 2019 | 27

It's official. Microsoft pushes Google over the Edge, shifts browser to Chromium engine

Cutting Edge technology, literally

OSes06 Dec 2018 | 140

Just a little heads up: Google is still trying to convince everyone that web apps don't suck

Chrome Dev Summit finds web apps still struggling next to shiny native counterparts

Software13 Nov 2018 | 86

Ad blocking. All fun and games – until it gets political: Union websites banned by uBlock Origin

Keep an eye out for filters chomping away at non-adverts. Just sayin'

Personal Tech25 Oct 2018 | 23

Google taking action against disguised code in Chrome Web Store

Security rules demand more from devs in the New Year

Software02 Oct 2018 | 18

'World's favorite airline' favorite among hackers: British Airways site, app hacked for two weeks

380,000 payment cards, personal info slurped by crooks

Security06 Sep 2018 | 106

Apple web design violates law, claims blind person

Incompatibility of apple.com with screen-readers said to harm the sight impaired

Personal Tech21 Aug 2018 | 64

Painful truth: DNS, CDNs and CAs are Achilles' Heel for top websites

How third-party services can knock out three out of four online properties

Networks25 Jun 2018 | 14

Microsoft Edge bug odyssey shows why we can't have nice things

Updated Fixing security issues in the face of standards gaps and vendor silence isn't easy

Security20 Jun 2018 | 43

Tim Berners-Lee says regulation of the web may be needed

Social networks have too much power, says web daddy, and their profit motive means they won't act for the good of all

Legal12 Mar 2018 | 155

You're designing an internet fridge. Should you go for fat HTML or a Qt-pie for your UI?

Funnily enough, Qt says the latter

Edge + IoT27 Oct 2017 | 40

Google emits tools to make cross-platform HTML apps less tragic

Chrome Dev Summit Lots and lots of data dumped online plus keys to escape browsers

Software23 Oct 2017 | 9

After selling his site for millions, founder hacked it for a second payday

Rigzone founder sentenced for data duplication scheme

Security07 Oct 2017 | 23

JS code at the network edge. Oh, you're still here and not running, screaming? Read on

Cloudflare Workers offered to customize content

Devops30 Sep 2017 | 13

US prosecutors demand data to unmask every visitor to anti-Trump protest website

DreamHost refuses to hand over 1.3m IP addresses, and more, says warrant too broad

Legal14 Aug 2017 | 66

We're into lap 21 and Node.js features have again overtaken those attempting to teach it

Node Summit Community races to keep docs current

Software27 Jul 2017 | 11

Devs shun smartwatch work, gaze longingly at web-only apps again

According to this 'ere poll, anyway

Software25 Jul 2017 | 13

Web inventor Sir Tim sizes up handcuffs for his creation – and world has 2 weeks to appeal

Anti-piracy DRM gets the green light, for now

Security07 Jul 2017 | 117

Angular framework's grand ambition: Not breaking anything

Google's web app scaffolding seeks recognition as platform

Software27 Mar 2017 | 12

Today's WWW is built on pillars of sand: Buggy, exploitable JavaScript libs are everywhere

Your dependencies are not dependable

Security14 Mar 2017 | 134

Verisign probed by US Dept of Justice over $135m .web auction

We're here to chew gum and demand info, and we're all out of gum, say antitrust cops

On-Prem10 Feb 2017 | 6

Web-standards-allergic Apple unveils WebGPU, a web graphics standard

Cross-platform dev is for low-rent chumps, unless it's our cross-platform dev

Software08 Feb 2017 | 14

Mozilla axes IoT project, cuts staff, backs off from commercial stuff

Despite the layoffs, Mozilla insists it will be increasing its headcount

Edge + IoT02 Feb 2017 | 8

Digital transformation?! Your boss's PowerPoint New Year resolution, deconstructed

Dear Leader flips eye-popping Uber and Tesla figures

On-Prem18 Jan 2017 |

Opera scolds stale browsers with shocking Neon experiment

The future belongs to bubble tabs; or maybe not

Devops13 Jan 2017 | 58

You can't trust news on Facebook – and (once again) you can't trust its web ad metrics

Another recount in America: Cockup sends publishers back to their abacuses

On-Prem19 Dec 2016 | 8

PIR saves millions in .org rebid

And sticks with its previous backend operator

Networks14 Nov 2016 |

WebAssembly: Finally something everyone agrees on – websites running C/C++ code

Native code spec gets buy-in from major browser makers

Software31 Oct 2016 | 80

IndexedDB pulls away from less-loved web storage options

IndexedDB API 2.0 spec has reached draft form. Contain yourself, and your data

Applications26 Oct 2016 | 2

The web is past peak innovation: It's all negative returns from here

Open Source Insider As Steve Jobs might say: You misunderstand 'design'

OSes28 Sep 2016 | 86

Someone (cough, cough VeriSign) just gave ICANN $135m for the rights to .web

DNS overlord literally doubled its annual revenue in one day

Networks28 Jul 2016 | 17