If you’ve used Google Maps, Gmail or Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access, you’re familiar with the power of AJAX, which gives Web applications the responsiveness that users associate with desktop ...

One year ago, Thomas Lackner didn’t ask much of JavaScript. When he sketched out the architecture to a Web application, he knew he could count on the browser language for “set-a-cookie hacks” and for ...

AJAX’s success has forced many programmers to come to terms with the shortcomings of the conventional Web app dev model. What’s different about AJAX is not that it’s an innovative technology, but that ...

Ryan Stewart has a thought-provoking post on why RIA (Rich Internet Applications) are better than Ajax, browser-based apps. He wrote it in response to my post about Zimbra - which I wrote is pushing ...

The danger to IT organizations is that Ajax technology is being perceived as a direct pipeline into corporate data. That's pushing developers to inadvertently expose more data and server logic than ...

The Ajax development tool may be easy to deploy and fun for users, but all of that cool interactivity can also put users in harm's way -- and a pair of researchers has written exploits to prove it.

In the world of comic book heroes, it’s easy to see the appeal of heroes combining their powers to make a difference, such as The Avengers. In the less super-powered world of programming development, ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

I noticed some odd behavior in mobile Safari on iOS 6, and while I thought it to be just a minor quibble on my part, it turns out that it’s actually something of a notable bug, now affecting web ...

If you’ve used Google Maps, Gmail or Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access, you’re familiar with the power of AJAX, which gives Web applications the responsiveness users associate with desktop applications.