Wired: Software
Six Apart Shuts Down Vox
date: 2010 09 03Six Apart is shutting down its Vox blogging service. Users have until Sept. 30 to export their data to another free blog publishing service like Six Apart's TypePad. After that, Vox will be gone.
Chrome 6 Arrives, Just in Time for Cake
date: 2010 09 02Google is celebrating the second birthday of its Chrome web browser with the release of Chrome 6. Among the new features are an updated user interface, auto-fill for web forms, extension syncing, increased speed and numerous bug fixes.
Google Testing Out Full-Featured Google Apps
date: 2010 09 01There's a sign of hope for frustrated Google Apps users who feel left out of getting all the cool toys regular Google users get: Google is inviting select users this week to test out Apps with all the bells and whistles.
Why Does 'Twitter API' Keep Asking for My Password?
date: 2010 08 31Sites around the web — including Wired.com — are getting splashed with a mysterious dialog Tuesday, thanks to a change in the way Twitter handles user authentication.
Twitter Moves to OAuth: The OAuthcalypse Is Nigh
date: 2010 08 30Twitter is killing support for basic user authentication in third-party apps on Tuesday morning. Instead, Twitter will now require all third-party app developers to use OAuth for user authentication.
Chrome 7 Shows Off Hardware Acceleration, 'Tabpose'
date: 2010 08 29Google's web browser will soon gain hardware-accelerated graphics — the latest trend for browsers that has already shown up in early builds of Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4. It also gets a new animated tab organizer.
Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web ... Except Microsoft
date: 2010 08 27Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed patent lawsuits against some of the net's largest companies, including Google and eBay, alleging they are violating patents he owns on recommendations and displaying information to web users.
Leaked Screenshot Shows Cleaner, Simpler IE9
date: 2010 08 26Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is expected to be unveiled Sept. 15, but the company's Russian press site accidentally spilled the beans by posting a screenshot of the browser's new simplified, streamlined interface.
Ad Firm Sued for Allegedly Re-Creating Deleted Cookies
date: 2010 08 24Yet another large web company has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that re-creating deleted user cookies violates federal privacy laws.
Fourth Firefox 4 Beta Adds 'Panorama,' Hardware Acceleration
date: 2010 08 24Mozilla has released the fourth beta for the upcoming Firefox 4 browser. The latest pre-release version of Firefox 4 brings several new features, including a new tab organization tool, hardware acceleration in Windows 7 and more support for HTML5 video.
