He explained that in the past, Web developers could only save small snippets of data in the form of cookies on the browser. With HTML5, however, they can store "many megabytes of data" on the user ...

Home > Internet & Security What is HTML5, and why it will save the web from itself No emerging technology on the web has been more touted than HTML5. But what does it mean for users and developers.

HTML5 doesn't eliminate the need for JavaScript, but it does reduce it, simplifying life both for Web developers and tool developers by replacing what used to require code with declarative settings.

Release 5.2 also hones in on Web Content Security Policy, providing a way for developers to control resource access. The upgrade also could handle email addresses in non-Latin alphabets.

But while HTML5 is finished, a tug-of-war over how to set such standards -- and therefore how to chart the future of the Web -- is far from over. That's because a second organization, the Web ...

Mobile app developers in many regions outside the US and Europe are choosing to develop apps in HTML5 rather than iOS but it's iOS that's earning devs the biggest bucks.

Apple’s new iPad, already a hit with consumers with its high-resolution display, is nonetheless underwhelming some HTML5 developers. The tablet’s iOS 5.1 operating system complicates HTML5 ...

Developers have been creating menus in Web pages using a variety of hacks, but HTML5 adds explicit support for menus. The menu tag specifies a menu with nested command elements that display text tied ...