In 1995, Netscape founder Marc Andreessen famously claimed that applications of the future would run within a web browser, relegating the role of the operating system - Windows, in particular - to "a ...

On the whole, today’s chief information officers (CIOs) in companies large and small are anything but enthusi­astic when asked their opinion of the ubiquitous client/server networks they manage. The ...

I just published a quick set of instructions for marshmallow geodesic domes to my class blog. Since it's hosted on Blogger (i.e., Google), it was just a couple clicks to post it directly from the ...

Software applications in widespread general use can be broken down into two developmental types – those designed to run on the Web and others that are non-Web-based. Web-based apps are designed for ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As more applications migrate to the web, businesses are becoming increasingly reliant on the ...

Increasingly, hackers are concentrating their efforts on web-based applications -- shopping carts, forms, login pages and dynamic content. A Gartner Group study determined that 75% of cyber attacks ...

Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...

Web-based computer programs, unlike their desktop counterparts, are always up to date and are instantly available, no matter where the user is or what operating system she’s running. That’s why cloud ...

I tested out a handful of free, Linux-native writing apps over the course of a week, some of which even resembled Scrivener. While a few seemed like they might be a good fit, the best solution I found ...

Apple is working on bringing web-based notifications to iOS, addressing a long-time concern of developers of web-based apps who have been unable to send notifications to users on Apple mobile devices, ...

Apple as early as Wednesday is expected to launch as part of its website a directory of official Web 2.0-based iPhone applications, AppleInsider has been told. One developer familiar with the matter, ...