Microsoft officials have made it clear that HTML5 and JavaScript are going to be key for developing for Windows 8. But Microsoft's HTML5/JS love doesn't stop there. It turns out that HTML5 and ...

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One of the most-cited advancements in HTML5 the new syntax for embedding videos on web pages without the use of plugins. Rather than load up a Silverlight or Flash player, you can just wrap a file URL ...

When developers initially created Adobe Flash Player in 1997, it revolutionized the way developers could display their content on the Web. From vector-based animations to audio and video streaming, it ...

Like Flash before it, HTML5 is where programmers are turning to experiment, and nothing seems to make developers experiment quite like the desire to recreate the classic video games. The Mozilla Labs ...

Data binding is one of the best features of XAML, so it's no surprise that this functionality has become more popular in HTML5. Several great JavaScript libraries help bring common and often-used ...

DukeScript, its name derived from Duke, the Java mascot, gives Java developers a way to build HTML5 and JavaScript applications within the comfort of the Java language. Released earlier this month, ...

“BrowserQuest is a showcase of how open Web technologies like HTML5, JavaScript, CSS (cascading style sheets) and WebSockets can be used to create a multiplayer game that scales up to thousands of ...

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 ...