Posts made in September, 2010

  • Technology Has Spawned Industries

    The expression “The face that launched a thousand ships” is a reference to the mythological figure Helen of Troy (or some would say, to Aphrodite). Her abduction by Paris was said to be the act that resulted in a fleet of a thousand ships being launched into battle, initiating the Trojan Wars. The Internet may [...]

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  • Google Instant – Search while you type

    According to the Official Google Blog, they’ve started rolling out Google Instant, which is a new way to search, giving faster results for what you’re searching for. Instead of just getting the Google Suggest when you type in, you start getting search results which keep changing as you keep typing in your search query. It [...]

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  • Form Magic in HTML5

    Forms are one area in HTML 5 which has got a major overhaul. Some of the tasks which required a fair bit of Javascript to achieve in HTML4 become relatively easier tasks in HTML5. Be warned that since HTML5 is still not finalized, browser implementation of some of the features may take a while to [...]

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