8th May 2010 Archive
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Google shelves 3D interwebs plug-in for Mozilla play
Promises facelift for Google IE
Google has shelved its 3D graphics browser plug-in - the open source API known as O3D - opting instead for the WebGL standard originally developed by Mozilla. On Friday, with a blog post, Google announced that O3D is morphing from a plug-in project into a Javascript library that runs atop WebGL. Backed by the Khronos Group, …
Applications 8 May 04:09
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Sharp Aquos LC-46LE821E 46in quad-pixel TV
Review Do yellow sub-pixels really make for a better picture?
While the rest of the TV industry goes romping off into the third dimension, Sharp has decided to do its own thing by focusing instead on the "fourth pixel". The "Quattron" technology in its new range of Aquos-brand LCD sets gives them yellow pixels in addition to the standard red, green and blue primary colours. Sharp Aquos …
reghardware 8 May 08:02
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Apple building its own Flash, says rogue Tweeter
Coding web apps with hazelnut chocolate
As Steve Jobs goes out of his way to badmouth Adobe Flash and keep it off both the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is developing its own Flash alternative. Citing tweets from a developer who viewed a demo of the technology, AppleInsider reports that Steve Jobs and company are developing a standards-based framework for building rich …
Developer 8 May 23:07
