2011 was packed with media queries, standards-based animations and selectors. Web developer Peter Gasston, the author of The Book of CSS3, looks back at his favourite CSS sites of the year Selecting the 20 best CSS sites of 2011 turned out to be much harder than I’d thought at first. I mean, pretty much every [...]

The release of this book is quite timely, given the current developments in web technologies. As one of the underpinning components, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) has undergone tremendous change during its two-decade history — with new element names and attributes being added to try to keep up with the latest multimedia formats, design techniques, and [...]

Download image OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – With its membership now numbering 20 sponsoring companies, the Embedded Vision Alliance today announced the opening of a free online training facility for embedded vision product developers. Called the Embedded Vision Academy (http://www.embeddedvisionacademy.com), this program provides training and other resources to help engineers integrate visual intelligence―the ability of [...]

The release of this book is quite timely, given the current developments in web technologies. As one of the underpinning components, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) has undergone tremendous change during its two-decade history — with new element names and attributes being added to try to keep up with the latest multimedia formats, design techniques, and [...]

We asked readers for questions about Windows Azure to put to Microsoft, and you came up with some great responses. Tim Buntel, product manager for the Windows Azure platform at Microsoft Australia, has all the answers. Read on! There’s so much happening in the cloud computing area nowadays, and Windows Azure just seems like Microsoft’s [...]

The next version of each smartphone’s operating system is always the best. We impatiently wait for the latest and greatest firmware to come around, expecting it to liberate us from the shackles of last year’s code and features that haven’t shown up yet. This happens incessantly with Google’s Android OS, and version 4.0 — unveiled [...]

How many times have you dipped into your wallet, or bank account, to pay for something and said, “I wish I could write that off?” There are often deductions available on our taxes that we don’t even know about, but there are also many everyday expenses that we wish we could lower our tax bill [...]

Takeaway: Tobias Klein’s A Bug Hunter’s Diary gives readers an insider’s look at the bug hunting process and community. He also suggests useful security tools and online resources. In A Bug Hunter’s Diary, Tobias Klein provides a peek inside the work of a professional bug hunter and shares valuable information on the tools of the [...]

Add a new network to your Kindle Fire Nov 22 2011, 6:00pm CST | by Shane McGlaun If you have your hands on the Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon and this is your first tablet you might want to know how to do some of the basic things on the Fire that you can do [...]

You don’t need expensive software or a new camera to keep an eye on things at home. Whether you’re looking after your dog or trying to catch burglars in the act, you can put together a home security system with a regular webcam and your PC. We’ve talked about home security software a few times [...]