HTML5

To the dismay of .NET developers, Windows 8 seems to be betting big on HTML5 and JavaScript--which leaves them working with .NET on mobile platforms. So hey, guess which new Mono startup is highlighting .NET development on iOS and Android? And what might this mean for Mono on Linux?

Despite promises that Motorola's Xoom would include Flash support, it won't initially ship with the support. The reason isn't clear, but whatever the cause, it could devalue Flash and increase the use of HTML5 for web video instead.

HTML5 stores documents the same way browsers save cookies, but links them to particular apps or sites, doesn't send them to servers and only deletes them when you want it to.

Despite HTML5 bringing us new elements like article, section, and aside, the div element still has its place. Let the HTML5 Doctor tell you why.

While HTML5 will mark significant progress for the Web overall, one can't help but think that some existing elements of web publishing aren't going to be adversely affected by the latest version of HTML.

Many folks who work in computing -- sometimes even experienced decision-makers -- operate as though being able to say the words means that they understand the concepts.

At Google's I/O conference we're starting to see HTML5 come into its own. One example is this rich-media edition of Sports Illustrated magazine. Check out the enclosed video.

The next release of Internet Explorer will join recent releases of all other major browsers in recognition of Scalable Vector Graphics instances.