But Google will need Microsoft's support for the protocol to become a success, a web developer says
Google is hoping to make Web pages download up to twice as quickly using SPDY, a new application-layer protocol it's experimenting with, the company said in a blog post.
Company buys Business Catalyst and subsidiary, GoodBarry, both of which offer services to Web pros creating online businesses
Adobe Systems has acquired Business Catalyst, which provides a platform for Web professionals to build online businesses, and its GoodBarry subsidiary, Adobe confirmed on Monday.
The company hopes the site will lead to faster Web applications, sites and browsers
Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster.
MSFast will be released as open source so it can be improved and extended
MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.
Web Platform Installer makes access easier to technologies such as Silverlight
Microsoft is offering a free download manager, Web Platform Installer (PI) 1.0, intended to make it simpler to install Microsoft Web developer technologies ranging from .Net Framework 3.5 to ASP.Net to Silverlight and more, the company said this week.
If you'd like to create photo albums on the Web, you won't find a simpler way to do it than using Porta.
If you'd like to create photo albums on the Web, you won't find a simpler way to do it than using Porta. With a click or two, you'll be able to create completely formatted HTML-based albums, ready for the Web. To make the album live, upload its entire folder on your hard disk to your Web site. That's all it takes. It doesn't even require money.
Internet startups presenting at Le Web 08 conference in Paris have a common theme: social networking.
If the next generation of Internet startups presenting at Le Web 08 conference in Paris have their way, the Web of the future could look like one big social-networking site.
Sitemasher offers developers a hosted solution that makes the more annoying parts of Web design less hideous.
Web site development service Sitemasher went live Monday with a new service geared toward making developers' lives a little easier.