The W3C’s direction with web standards was heading towards a strict and true XML standard for HTML, starting with XTML 1.0 which was really not much more than well formed HTML4.0. Recently though, from competing pressure from the browser vendors to develop technology in new directions with more focus on adding support for new rich features for developers, the W3C cancelled XHTML2.0, conceding to the general direction the industry is taking with HTML 5.0 instead.
Microsoft also looking at building new browser with OS-like features
Whlle Google is busy building out it’s Chrome OS strategy, Microsoft is also working on a research project, Gazelle, to build OS-like features into the browser.
In the near future are we going to see more thin client computing devices with not much more than internet access and a browser? When you think what the majority of home users use their PCs for, then low cost internet terminals may be ready for the home user market?
Setting up awstats to produce Apache log reports for multiple virtual domains
I just spent some time working out how to produce multiple awstats reports for multiple virtual hosts. See here for step by step instructions.
Infoworld.com on the 15″ MacBook Pro: “quintessential commercial notebook is now even better”
Infoworld.com have a glowing report of the 2009 unibody 15″ MacBook Pro. Interestingly they point out that most typical PC laptops have a 2 year useful lifespan, whereas the MacBook Pros are good for 5 years before you even need to consider upgrading.