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Mozilla brings near-native application performance to the web with asm.js
- Mozilla has developed a version of JavaScript called asm.js that they claim will offer performance near that of native code, which will allow a web browser to run almost any application, reports Ars Technica.
Apple, Facebook not only companies targeted by recent hack. More details surface.
- Security experts believe a sophisticated attack responsible for infiltrating computers at Twitter, Facebook and Apple wasn't isolated to just those companies. According to a report by ComputerWorld, the attack -- which targeted a previously unknown Java exploit -- gave hackers…
Download Firefox 18: faster JavaScript engine, Retina support
- Continuing to adhere to its rapid release cycle, Mozilla has published the latest stable release of Firefox 18. "The Firefox of today," Mozilla VP Jonathan Nightingale believes, "is significantly better than the Firefox of a year ago in every way".…
Google's Octane claims to be "real-world" browser benchmark
- Google has long been an advocate of making the web a faster place. This ideal is epitomized by the company's increasingly popular (and speedy) Internet browser, Chrome. Remaining focused on that quest for speed, today the company revealed Octane, a…
BitTorrent Torque web app turn browser into a file-sharing hub
- The company behind the popular torrent downloading software uTorrent has announced a new project called BitTorrent Torque, an alpha release set of tools that can be run from HTML5-compliant web browsers like Google Chrome, turning them into a fully-fledged file-sharing hub. …
Mozilla previews Thimble, a refreshingly simple HTML coding tool
- With a variety of noteworthy projects already under its belt such as Firefox, Bugzilla and Thunderbird, Mozilla is adding a new one to its lineup named Thimble. The web-based project aims to nurture aspiring web developers by providing an incredibly…
Firefox 9 released, touts 20-30% more JavaScript performance
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The latest stable build of Firefox -- version 9, for those not up to speed with Mozilla's rapid-fire release schedule -- is readily awaiting your download (Windows | Mac | Linux). The update comes just over a month after the release of Firefox 8 and the first beta of Firefox 9...
Google releases Dart programming language, takes aim at JavaScript
- Google has launched an early preview of their new programming language for web application developers. Known as Dart, the language intends to overcome some of the inadequacies found in JavaScript and eventually evolve into a solid platform for structured web…
Office 15 extensions will be built with HTML5, JavaScript
- Microsoft has already announced that it expects developers to create mobile-like applications using HTML5 and JavaScript for Windows 8. The software giant may be planning something similar for Office 15, the successor to Microsoft Office 2010 (Office 14), according to…
Mozilla's pdf.js version 0.2: sample PDF now renders in HTML5, JavaScript
- Mozilla's pdf.js project has reached its first milestone: a "pixel-perfect rendering" of a sample PDF (a paper on Mozilla's Tracemonkey JavaScript engine). Well, perfect in one specific browser and OS combination.
Mozilla wants Firefox to render PDFs with HTML5, JavaScript
- Currently, browsers rely on plug-ins to display PDF files, like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. This may soon change, as there is a Firefox project in the works to build a PDF reader in HTML5 and JavaScript. A PDF reader…
Mozilla developers working on Firefox graphics, JavaScript
- With the release of Firefox 4 Mozilla gave a notable performance boost to its popular browser, but there's still some way to go before taking the speed crown from its rivals. With a new development model in place the company…
Free Software Foundation to Google: free Gmail's JavaScript
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched a new initiative in the form of a series of features that explain how to use common websites without using proprietary JavaScript. The organization wants to protect users from what it calls The…
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