Google, Mozilla team up for a 3D Web

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	Google trying anew for a 3D Web Two related projects from Mozilla and Google, each with the similar goal of bringing hardware-accelerated 3D graphics to the Web, appear to be joining forces after a change in Google tactics. The two projects emerged at nearly the same time in 2009: the O3D browser plug-in from Google and the proposed WebGL standard from Mozilla and the Khronos Group, which standardizes the OpenGL graphics interface on which WebGL is based. O3D is a higher-level technology, whereas WebGL is more concerned with the nuts and bolts of 3D graphics. This partnership could help bring the promise of 3D graphics on the Web closer to practical reality--something browsers are more likely to support and programmers are more likely to use in situations such as games or more sophisticated applications. Read more Stephen Shankland CNET.com New on Webware Making the real-time Web relevant Posted by Tom Krazit If there is perhaps one universal truth about the Web, it's that people want it now. During the past 15 years, our expectations for how quickly information should be delivered to us over the Internet have changed. Now a delay of minutes on a breaking news story is unacceptable. Enter real-time search.  Read more  Google's search for the perfect learning machine Posted by Tom Krazit Google's quest to build the ultimate machine-learning system has produced some lessons of its own. The project, code-named "Seti" in a nod to the search for life in outer space, is being used on huge data sets in an attempt to solve what Google calls "hard prediction problems."  Read more  Digg 'killing' the DiggBar, unbanning domains Posted by Josh Lowensohn Digg founder (and now interim CEO) Kevin Rose announced via blog post that the company would be "killing" the DiggBar, the iFrame-based content viewer that caused a lion's share of controversy when it was launched this time last year. Along with the removal of the DiggBar, Digg plans to un-ban all domains that have been banned in the past. This could open up the site to a lot of junk.  Read more  Apple strikes back at Google with iAd Posted by Tom Krazit Can Apple really out-Google Google? The growing rancor between Apple and Google has been generally fed by Google's attempt to outdo Apple's iPhone with its Android software. But now Apple is taking aim at Google's bread-and-butter--online advertising--with plans to introduce a mobile advertising platform called iAd along with the release of the iPhone OS 4.0 software later this summer.  Read more  Qlipso acquires video site Veoh's assets Posted by Don Reisinger The assets of Veoh, a former YouTube competitor, have been acquired by media-sharing company Qlipso. The acquisition adds another chapter to the once-promising video site's storied history. Originally created as a YouTube competitor, Veoh was unable to live up to its hype. It tried several strategies to stay relevant. It even weathered a long and costly copyright lawsuit filed against it by Universal Music Group. The site eventually won that case, but unfortunately for Veoh, it didn't help it to attract the kind of following other video sites like YouTube and Hulu have enjoyed.  Read more  Browser news Mozilla Contacts makes Firefox socially aware Posted by Seth Rosenblatt Most people develop acne when they become socially aware. Firefox just gets an add-on. Mozilla Contacts is an experimental new add-on for the browser that provides one-click access to your address books, provided that you've synchronized them.  Read more  Apple retooling WebKit for multicore chips Posted by Stephen Shankland Google's Chrome browser draws heavily on the WebKit browser engine project led chiefly by Apple, but now WebKit is adopting one Chrome idea: separation between some computing processes. Process separation in general can increase memory requirements, but it offers major advantages: a problem in one area doesn't necessarily crash the whole program, and it's easier to spread work across multiple cores of modern processors.  Read more  More Webware  Webware RSS feed  The Webware 100  About Webware.com
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