Specifically, developers gain access to the Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP) , Yahoo! Social Platform (YSP), and Yahoo! Query Language (YQL), a proprietary query language. All of the services are accessed via OAuth, a standard authentication protocol that – according to ReadWriteWeb's Marshall Kirkpatrick – is 'a big ingredient in a recipe for innovation, in the form of mashups or otherwise.'
Link: Yahoo! Opens Y!OS to Developers – ReadWriteWeb
A good example of the importance of supporting open standards.
Link: ‘Digital Dark Age’ may doom some data
Microsoft's scalable hosting environment aims to help developers build applications spanning from the cloud to the datacenter and PCs, the Web, and phones
Link: Microsoft launches Windows Azure for the cloud
If you are using Firefox 3 (or even Chrome) you should consider taking a look at Mozilla's Minefield. This browser (alpha version yet, but stable) would give a new meaning to 'fast browsing experience.'
Link: Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox
I finally found a utility that allows me to quickly modify my local host file. It comes in the form of an OSX Widget. No more dropping to a terminal to VI the file by hand.
Link: Dissipate – Easily edit your Mac OSX host file
TechCrunch has this writeup: Google Earth Comes To The iPhone, And It’s Awesome
The next big stage in the evolution of the Internet, according to many experts and luminaries, will be the advent of the Semantic Web — that is, technologies that let computers process the meaning of Web pages instead of simply downloading or serving them up blindly.
Link: Untangling Web Information
PHP is finally getting support for namespaces. However, after a couple hours of conversation, the developers picked ‘\’ as the separator, instead of the more popular ‘::’
Link: PHP Gets Namespace Separators, With a Twist
It's all about getting users signed into your website as quickly and efficiently as possible. The ID Selector achieves this by providing a simple, consistent, provider neutral interface, and by educating the user about OpenID during the sign in process. In short, it makes OpenID easier for the end user and benefits both the relying parties and OpenID providers.
Link: ID Selector – Making OpenID easier
CTO of Gigaspaces Nati Shalom explains some of the benefits of his XAP platform over those provided by Google App Engine. For a more complete list of Google App Engine alternatives check out: http://codecrafter.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/alternatives-to-app-engine/
Link: GigaSpaces as Alternative to GoogleAppEngine for the Enterprise
