By Diona Kidd on May 26, 2006 in Industry News, Technical | 0 Comments
Six Apart has announced that Beta testing of Movable Type 3.3 will start next week. Users will be able to participate in the Beta testing and the target time span of the beta test will be limited three weeks in an effort to streamline the development process.
The complete list of new features has yet to […]
By Diona Kidd on May 21, 2006 in Industry News, Technical | 0 Comments
The W3C announced a new working draft on Wednesday for DIAL (Device Independent Authoring Language). DIAL a proposed new markup language for displaying web content on different devices. The markup addresses structure, presentation and form interaction.
Although it will likely take a while to be adopted, this new proposal is very exciting and promising for all […]
By Diona Kidd on Sep 16, 2005 in Industry News | 0 Comments
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) website registration tool only supports Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above. I read an article about the situation this is creating for hurricane survivors at ARS Technica. I found this so unbelievable, I had to take a look with my Firefox browser on my Apple Powerbook to verify.
Anyone can […]
By Diona Kidd on Jul 2, 2005 in Industry News | 0 Comments
As more corporations continue to be discovered as unethical in one way or another, employees are now finding a new need to evaluate the liability of employment. Certainly, this doesn’t apply to every company or every situation. The insinuation of which would be overly naive.
By Diona Kidd on Jun 21, 2005 in Industry News | 0 Comments
I just read today in Newsweek and on a few sites about AOL’s effort to revamp their business model into an ad-supported model. The company has also announced it will be opening up their content by relaunching their site as a portal. A beta of this new portal was released today. I’m very curious to […]
By Diona Kidd on May 18, 2005 in Industry News, Technical | Comments Off
Microsoft announced back in February plans to release Internet Explorer 7 as soon as this summer. From the language given, it sounds as if the development of the new browser specifically targets Windows XP SP2. No mention is given as to what standards support (XHTML, CSS, PNG, etc) will be added to the new browser […]
By Diona Kidd on May 18, 2005 in Industry News | Comments Off
Lastminute.com announced on May 12th that it will be aquired by Sabre, a large US corporation in the travel industry, for a reported £577m. The offer was made by Travelocity Europe, a Sabre subsidiary. The deal has not yet been approved by shareholders.
More information: Article on Register.com
The internet is rife with influential aquisitions as of […]
By Diona Kidd on Mar 18, 2005 in Industry News, Technical | Comments Off
The 2005 Web Awards call for entries has already begun. At least 85 industry categories will be judged and winners awarded. Entry price is $175, except non-profits which can enter for only $75.
Web Awards Website