Seven apps making the most of HTML5

Follow:   10.23.2012  View in a Browser Seven apps making the most of HTML5 10.22.2012 11:45 AM HTML5 is more than a few years old and no longer a curiousity. Web pages that used to simply emulate a piece of paper are now expected to do something snazzy to justify their existence. Thanks to HTML5, along with innovations in JavaScript and CSS, interactive logic is a standard strategy for Web programming, and full-fledged Web apps are everywhere. All it takes is a few extra tags to rewrite the world's software as a Web page. AMD's new FX chips let gamers build faster PCs at lower prices 10.23.2012 10:37 AM Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday introduced 8-core FX series chips for desktops with prices under $200 in units of 1,000, giving gamers the ability to build faster PCs at lower prices. -ADVERTISEMENT-   50 Essential Windows 7 Tips Download PCWorld's Superguide. PCWorld on your iPad Subscribe to our enhanced iPad edition.   Isis mobile payment system for Android finally launches 10.22.2012 12:54 PM After months of delays, the tap-to-pay mobile payment system owned by AT&T, T-mobile, and Verizon Wireless goes live in Austin and Salt Lake City. Monoprice to introduce high-end LED display 10.22.2012 1:00 PM Budget-accessory vendor Monoprice.com will soon introduce a line of high-end LED displays with screen quality designed to compete with Apples $999 Cinema Display. A faster, easier, tree-saving way to share documents 10.22.2012 1:29 PM TagMyDoc leverages the power of QR codes to save time and paper. And now it integrates with Box, Dropbox, and Office. Another way to restore the Windows 8 Start button and menu 10.22.2012 1:31 PM Slick freebie Pokki makes the Windows 8 desktop a much more familiar and convenient place. And it comes with its own app store! Review: Xmind Pro mind mapping utility has good intentions, but poor execution 10.22.2012 1:35 PM XMind offers powerful diagramming capabilities, if you can get over its interface oddities. If you're used to the UI of the free demo version, though, you might enjoy the features the paid version adds. Apple plays hardball with iPad mini reveal 10.22.2012 2:00 PM In staging an Apple event on Tuesday to unveil the long-awaited iPad Mini, Apple is poised to steal a lot of Microsoft's thunder. That's symbolic of a confident Apple, says columnist Ryan Faas. Microsoft Office web apps get big update ahead of Windows 8 10.22.2012 2:00 PM Microsoft just completed its makeover of Office Web Apps, adding improved touch support for phones and tablets and a modern sheen to complement the upcoming Windows 8. Intel strives toward tiny chips to run wearable computers 10.22.2012 3:05 PM An Intel evangelist predicts that wearable computers may be two to five years away. Ubuntu Tweak: After three days 'dead,' user outcry brings it back to life 10.22.2012 3:58 PM A brand-new Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.1 can now be used to customize Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal.' FTC: Companies should limit facial recognition in some cases 10.22.2012 4:15 PM Web companies using facial recognition technology should avoid identifying anonymous images of consumers to someone who could not otherwise identify them, unless the companies have the consumers' consent, a U.S. Federal Trade Commission report said.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107