Author Archives: Quantum Tom

WebKit Offers Early Preview of ‘Web Intents’

YAY! Originally developed by Google’s Paul Kinlan, Web Intents are a kind of meta-website API that would allows sites to easily pass data between each other — for example, to edit a photograph or share a URL with friends. via WebKit Offers Early Preview of \’Web Intents\’ | Webmonkey | Wired.com.

Domestic Surveillance: FBI and Three Others Like This

I assumed this was already happening, but I guess they are trying to get public approval doe non-stop monitoring. The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. via FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sitesContinue reading “Domestic Surveillance: FBI and Three Others Like This”

DVR Powered by WebKit

ARRIS Group, Inc. has released their Moxi 2.0 DVR software and it’s got a WebKit build powering its interface. With browsers showing up in hardware appliances we’re fast-approaching the day when the term “web developer” may become an anachronism, supplanted as the web stack becomes the world’s unified user interface standard. Moxi software release 2.0Continue reading “DVR Powered by WebKit”