News Archive 1998-2012

This lists older news items. The most recent items appear first.

Note : for more recent news, see the news archive for 2013.

2012

This lists 2012 news items which have not been updated:

	Dec 17/2012 - Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 // Mac: Google updated Chrome for the Mac, fixing a bug. Users should update. [get it…]
	Dec 17/2012 - HTML 5: the W3C issued a feature complete update to the draft HTML 5 specification and its companion documents. They are especially relevant today, as many recent browsers support elements of HTML 5. [more…]
	Nov 10/2012 - Mozilla Firefox 17β5: Mozilla.org updated its beta of FF17. [get it…]
	Nov 8/2012 - Apple QuickTime 7.7.3: Apple updated its Windows media player to fix security issues. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Oct 24/2012 - Virtual PC Images for Testing with IE6, IE7, and IE8: Microsoft updated its time-limited, pre-activated, Virtual PC images of Windows XP and Vista for those who wish to test with IE 6-9 on the same PC as another version of IE; these images expire in about 3 months. [more…] [more…]
	Oct 16/2011 - Oracle Java SE: Apple updated Java to fix security issues in OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. Users should update. [get it…]
	Oct 9/2011 - Opera 12.1 Mobile: Opera Software updated its browser for smartphones. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 20/2012 - Opera 7.5 Mini: Opera Software updated its browser for mobile devices. [more…] [get it…]
	Jul 27/2012 - OmniWeb 5.11.2 // OS X: the Omni Group updated its OS X browser. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Jun 19/2012 - CSS3 Media Queries: the W3C released the Media Queries recommendation, useful for adapting web pages to diverse media. [read…it]
	Jun 8/2012 - iCab 5.0.1: iCab updated its Mac browser. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	May 24/2012 - Yahoo Axis: Yahoo issued a family of browsers and browser add-ons. [more…]
	May 9/2012 - Safari 5.1.7 // Windows, OS X: Apple updated Safari to fix security issues. Version 5 users should get it. [get it…]
	May 7/2012 - PHP 5.4.2: the PHP Group updated PHP 5. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 13/2012 - Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28: Mozilla.org updated Firefox to fix bugs. Version 3.6.x users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Feb 8/2012 - Nu Markup Validation Service: the W3C released a new validation service. [use it…]
	Jan 31/2012 - Unicode 6.1.0: the Unicode Consortium updated the Unicode standard; the HTML character set is essentially Unicode. [more…]
	Jan 18/2012 - Amaya 11.4.4: the W3C updated its test-bed browser. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]

2011

This lists 2011 news items which have not been updated:

	Dec 16/2011 - Adobe Reader 9.4.7: Adobe updated (Acrobat) Reader 9 to fix security issues. v9 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 14/2011 - Mozilla Camino 2.0.9 // OS X: Mozilla.org updated Camino to fix bugs. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 13/2011 - Adobe Reader 10.1.1: Adobe updated (Acrobat) Reader X to fix security issues. v10 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Aug 9/2011 - HTML 5: the W3C published a draft of HTML 5: Edition for Web Authors. [read it…]
	Jun 30/2011 - ECMAscript: ISO issued a new ECMAscript (JavaScript) standard, ECMA-262 Edition 5.1. [more…] [read it…]
	Jun 20/2011 - Top Level Domain Names: ICANN approved a plan to allow TLDs to be any substring in any language; e.g. IBM could get domain names ending in .ibm. [pdf…]
	Jun 7/2011 - CSS 2.1: the W3C published the Cascading Style Sheets 2.1 Specification. [read it…]
	May 25/2011 - Opera Mobile 11 Emulator: Opera Software released an emulator of its v11 browser for mobile devices. Caution : its userAgent string identifies it as Opera 10. [more…] [get it…]
	May 14/2011 - Perl 5.14: the Perl Foundation has issued Perl 5.14. [more…] [more…]
	Mar 29/2011 - Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Mobile (Fennec): Mozilla.org issued Firefox 4 for Android phones. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 22/2011 - Microsoft Windows // Windows Vista, Server 2008, and 7: Microsoft has updates, including font updates, to support the new Indian Rupee symbol. [more…]
	Mar 22/2011 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5.18: Mozilla.org updated Firefox to fix a security issue. Version 3.5.x users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 14, 2011 - Internet Explorer 9 // Windows Vista and 7: Microsoft issued IE 9. [more…] [more…] [get it…]
	Feb 3/2011 - IPv4 Addresses: the Number Resource Organization revealed that all IPv4 addresses are now allocated, making the move to IPv6 more urgent. [more…] [more…]

2010

This lists 2010 news items which have not been updated:

	Nov 24/2010 - Opera 10.1 Mobile: Opera Software issued version 10.1 of its browser for Nokia smartphones. [more…] [get it…]
	Nov 24/2010 - xHTML 1.1 2nd Editions: the W3C revised 3 XHTML 1.1 recommendations, Module-based XHTML, XHTML Basic 1.1, and XHTML-Print, with corrections to errata.
	Nov 18/2010 - Safari 4.1.3 // OS X 10.4: Apple updated Safari to fix security issues. Version 4 users should get it. [more…] [get it…]
	Nov 8/2010 - RockMelt β, RockMelt issued a beta of its social browser. Facebook account required. [more…] [get it…]
	Oct 30/2010 - ICRA R.I.P.: FOSI, the Family Online Safety Institute, appears to have quietly killed its ICRA service for creating content rating labels.
	Oct 21/2010 - MathML 3.0: the W3C updated the MathML recommendation. “MathML is an XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content. The goal of MathML is to enable mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the World Wide Web, just as HTML has enabled this functionality for text.” [read it…]
	Sep 14/2010 - Web Fonts: Monotype is offering a service with nearly 8,000 downloadable web fonts for use in web pages; there is a charge for most. [more…] [learn more…]
	Sep 9/2010 - New Resources About Character Encodings: the W3C issued 6 new articles regarding character encoding, and updated 5 more articles. [find them…]
	Jul 27/2010 - Unicorn Validator: the W3C announced an all-in-one validator which validates markup, CSS, mobile, and newsfeed code. [use it…]
	Jul 13/2010 - Internet Explorer 5.01 R.I.P.: Microsoft ended support of Windows 2000 and IE 5.01, with no future security fixes for either. Users should switch to a modern browser.
	Jun 23/2010 - Skyfire 2.1: Sky issued version 2.1 of its mobile browser. [more…] [get it…]
	Jun 17/2010 - User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: the W3C updated this draft recommendation to help make browsers and media players friendlier to the disabled. [read it…]
	May 20/2010 - Google Open Source Fonts: Google issued 18 open source embeddable fonts. [more…]
	May 5/2010 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): The first three IDN ccTLDs went live, for Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. [list…] [more…]
	Apr 1/2010 - XML Entity Definitions for Characters: the W3C released this definitive document of XML entities. [read it…]
	Mar 31/2010 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19: Mozilla.org updated Firefox 3.0.x to fix bugs and security issues; it uses Gecko 1.9.0.19. Version 3.0 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 23/2010 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): ICANN’s String Evaluation on proposed IDN ccTLDs is complete. [list…] [more…]
	Mar 15/2010 - Mozilla Camino 1.6.11 // OS X: Mozilla.org updated Camino 1 to fix bugs: this is the final version of Camino 1.x. Users should either get it or upgrade to 2.x. [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 5/2010 - K-Meleon 1.5.4 // Windows: the K-Meleon browser was updated; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.24. Users should get it. [get it…]
	Jan 29/2010 - Mozilla Firefox for Mobile 1.0 // Nokia N810 & N900: Mozilla.org released Firefox for Mobile 1.0 — also known as Fennec — for the Nokia N810 and 900; it uses Gecko 1.9.2. [more…] [get it…]

2009

This lists 2009 news items which have not been updated:

	Dec 17/2009 - Linux Moonlight 2.0: Novell updated Moonlight, its open source implementation of Silverlight for Linux. [get it…]
	Dec 9/2009 - .post TLD: ICANN assigned the .post TLD to the Universal Postal Union. [more…]
	Dec 8/2009 - Namespaces in XML 1.0, 3rdEd: the W3C amended the Namespaces in XML 1.0 specification with corrections and clarifications.
	Oct 20/2009 - Extended Guidelines for Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 Note: the W3C issued this document to supplement the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0. [read it…]
	Oct 20/2009 - XForms 1.1: the W3C updated the Xforms recommendation. [read it…]
	Oct 15/2009 - AOL 9.5: the default version of AOL’s flagship browser has reverted to 9.5 from 9.1. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 9/2009 - Apple QuickTime 7.6.4 // Windows and OS X: Apple updated its media player to fix bugs and 4 security issues. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 4/2009 - SeaMonkey 1.1.18: the SeaMonkey Council updated the SeaMonkey browser suite to fix bugs and security issues; it uses Gecko 1.8.1.23. Users should get it. [more…] [get it…]
	Jul 5/2009 - Lynx 2.8.7: Lynx was updated after a hiatus of more than 2½ years. Users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	Jun 8/2009 - Safari 4: Apple issued Safari 4.0, fixing 51 security issues. Warning : the install procedure removes Safari 3, even if you want to keep it for testing; it appears impossible to install both 3 and 4 on a PC without dual-boot or virtualization. [more…] [more…] [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 19/2009 - Internet Explorer 8: Microsoft released IE8. [more…] [more…] [get it…]
	Mar 3/2009 - Opera 9.64: Opera Software fixed bugs and security issues. Users should get it. [more…] [get it…]
	Feb 13/2009 - AOL 9.5 // Windows XP and Vista: AOL updated its flagship Windows browser. [get it…]
	Feb 12/2009 - Linux Moonlight 1.0: Moonlight, an open source implementation of Silverlight for Linux, appeared. [get it…]
	Jan 28/2009 - XHTML Media Types (2nd Edition): the W3C updated its document which recommends how to deliver XHTML pages to user agents, including user agents like IE which do not specifically support XHTML. [read it…]

2008

This lists 2008 news items which have not been updated:

	Dec 22/2008 - SVG Tiny 1.2: the W3C issued the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 specification.
	Dec 18/2008 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20: Mozilla.org updated Firefox 2 to fix bugs and 9 security issues; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.20. Firefox 2 will no longer be updated; V2 users may get this update, but should update to v3. [more…] [get it…]
	Dec 15/2008 - AOL Desktop 1.5 // OS X: AOL updated its OS X browser suite. Users should update. [get it…] Note that it is not related to the similarly named AOL Desktop 10 // Windows.
	Dec 11/2008 - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0: the W3C updated the WCAG and related documents.
	Dec 8/2008 - W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0: the W3C issued a recommendation for testing sites for mobile devices, and deployed a matching MobileOK checker which warns of problems in sites for mobile devices.
	Dec 1/2008 - SMIL 3.0: the W3C updated the SMIL standard, which enables designers to create interactive multimedia presentations. [read it…]
	Nov 26/2008 - XML 1.0 5thEd: the W3C amended the XML 1.0 Recommendation, with corrections and clarifications.
	Oct 30/2008 - Opera 9.62: Opera Software fixed 2 security issues. Users should get it. [more…] [get it…]
	Oct 24/2008 - New gTLD Program: ICANN is open to new TLDs, possibly greatly expanding the number of TLDs, and has created a new central resource about this. [see it…]
	Aug 29/2008 - Mobile Browser Recommendations: the W3C issued three documents related to browsers for mobile devices, Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, XHTML Basic 1.1 Recommendation, and Mobile Web Application Best Practices.
	Jul 25/2008 - Microsoft MSDN: Microsoft reörganized its MSDN site recently, breaking many links from elsewhere. If you have bookmarks or links to MSDN pages, you should check the bookmarks and links.
	Jun 26/2008 - TLD Expansion: ICANN approved the fast track addition of Top Level Domains (TLDs) with international characters, e.g. Cyrillic and Chinese; ICANN also accepted a proposal to greatly expand the number of TLDs, allowing any entity to create its own TLD. [more…] [more…] [more…]
	Jun 17/2008 - Mozilla Firefox 3: Mozilla.org upgraded Firefox. [more…] [get it…]
	May 30/2008 - .pro Domain Names: RegistryPro is making it easier for a wider range of professionals to get .pro domain names. [more…]
	Apr 8/2008 - Internet Explorer 6 and 7: having had made an agreement with Eolas, Microsoft’s latest security update to IE 6 and 7 also removed a feature whereby users have to click on “click to activate” to make some controls work. [more…] Designers should ignore this change at this time: other brower makers have not made such agreements, so some browsers will continue to require the user to click on controls; also, not all IE users will update their browsers.
	Apr 3/2008 - Digital Video Ad Format Guidelines: the IAB updated its guidelines for digital video ads, adding 4 new standard ad sizes — 300×50, 300×60, 400×20, and 450×50 — therefore making these sizes no longer safe for graphics which are not ads. [more…] [more…]
	Feb 20/2008 - AOL Netscape 9.0.0.6: AOL updated Netscape 9 to fix security issues and to make it easier to migrate to Firefox; support for Netscape ends Mar 1, so this may be the last version. [more…] [get it…]
	Feb 20/2008 - .asia Domain Names: .asia TLDs are now available to the general public. [more…]
	Jan 1/2008 - iCab 3.0.5: iCab updated its Mac browser for the Mac Classic O/S, and for OS X 10.3.8 or older. Users should get it if their PCs do not support v4.0.0. [get it…]

2007

This lists 2007 news items which have not been updated:

	Dec 6/2007 - AOL Desktop // Windows XP and Vista: AOL quietly issued its new Windows browser suite, earlier code-named Helix. Note that AOL has a different suite for OS X which has the same name.
	Oct 26/2007 - IPv6 Factsheet: ICANN issued an interesting factsheet about IPv6. [more…]
	Oct 15/2007 - Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs): ICANN began public tests of IDNs which have international characters in TLDs and sub-domains. [more…]
	Aug 10/2007 - Microsoft Windows Script 5.7 // Windows 2000 and XP: Microsoft updated its script engine. Users should get it. [Windows 2000…] [Windows XP…]
	Jul 13/2007 - PHP 4 Support to End: the PHP Group revealed that support of PHP 4 would end at the end of 2007. [more…]
	Jun 21/2007 - AOL - The Ride is Over: AOL has removed all links for downloading OpenRide, which must now be considered extinct.
	May 16/2007 - Unicode: the W3C updated the Technical Note "Unicode in XML and other Markup Languages" for the Unicode 5.0 standard. [read it…]
	May 3/2007 - PHP 4.4.7: the PHP Group updated PHP 4 to fix bugs and security issues. PHP 4 users should update. [more…] [get it…]
	May 2/2007 - Core Web Fonts: Microsoft updated some core fonts — Arial, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, and Verdana — adding 6 Romanian and Bulgarian glyphs. Users should update. [more…]
	Apr 12/2007 - Internationalization Best Practices: Specifying Language in XHTML & HTML Content: the W3C issued this working group note for those making web pages for international audiences. [more…]
	Mar 7/2007 - HTML: the W3C started a working group to plan a successor to HTML 4, a successor that is not based on XML, as XHTML is. [more…]
	Feb 19/2007 - Microsoft Virtual PC 2007: Microsoft updated Virtual PC, a tool that enables Windows to run multiple virtual copies of Windows and some other operating systems, e.g. to test multiple versions of IE on one PC; this replaces Virtual PC 2004. [more…] [get it…]
	Jan 22/2007 - New XML Standards: the W3C approved 8 new XML standards: XQuery 1.0, XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model (XDM), XSLT 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 Serialization, XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0 (XQueryX), and XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Formal Semantics. [more…]

2006

This lists 2006 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Dec 5/2006 - XSL 1.1: the W3C updated the Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) 1.0 Recommendation, including significant added features. XSL 1.0 enables designers to say how content should be styled, laid out, and paginated. [read it…]
	Nov 30/2006 - IBM Home Page Reader: IBM killed its browser for those who are blind or near-blind; IBM does not offer a similar product to replace it.
	Oct 30/2006 - Media Player 11 // Windows: Microsoft updated its media player. [get it…]
	Oct 18/2006 - .asia Domain Names: DotAsia has been selected by ICANN to administer the new .asia TLD, a domain for Asian websites. [more…]
	Oct 18/2006 - Internet Explorer 7 // Windows XP SP2: Microsoft released IE7. [get it…]
	Sep 26/2006 - .mobi Domain Names: The mTLD Top Level Domain, selected by ICANN to administer the new .mobi domain, now allows anyone to register domain names for sites for small devices. [more…]
	Sep 21/2006 - Language Tags: the IETF issued two new specifications for language tags, which are nicely explained in a W3C article, Language tags in HTML and XML.
	Aug 16/2004 - XML 1.1 2ndEd: the W3C amended the XML 1.1 Recommendation and Namespaces in XML 1.1 with corrections and clarifications.
	Jul 11/2006 - Windows 98, 98SE, and ME: Microsoft ended all support of Windows 98, 98SE, and ME. This affects about 5% of users. [more…]
	May 15/2006 - .tel Domain Names: Telnic has been selected by ICANN to administer the new .tel domain; this domain is for accessing communications devices using domain names. [more…] [more…]
	May 10/2006 - AOL Explorer 1.5 // Windows: AOL updated its free IE-based browser.
	Apr 21/2006 - Mozilla 1.7.13: Mozilla.org updated its browser suite to fix bugs and security issues. Users should get it. [more…]
	Apr 11/2006 - Microsoft FrontPage: Microsoft will kill FrontPage in late 2006, replacing it with products such as its new Expression Web Designer. [more…]
	Apr 7/2006 - .eu Domain Names: EURid, chosen by the EU to administer the new .eu European domain, now lets anyone in the EU register .eu domain names. [more…]
	Apr 3/2006 - Internet Explorer 6: Microsoft will include the so-called Eolas ActiveX update in an Apr 11 security update, but will let users disable it for 2 months to give designers time to adapt to it. [more…] [more…] The changes affect users, designers, and software tools, and will break many web sites. Designers should get the update, test their sites, and modify affected sites, where possible, to minimize the impact of this update. [more…] To get the IE update, use Windows Update.
	Feb 28/2006 - Internet Explorer 6: in response to Eolas’ patent affecting <applet>, <embed>, and <object>, Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to IE6 for some versions of Windows that changes how IE6 handles ActiveX controls. [more…] The changes affect users, designers, and software tools, and will break many web sites. Designers should get the update, test their sites, and — where possible — modify affected sites to minimize the impact of this IE update. [more…] To get the IE update, use Windows Update.
	Feb 22/2006 - MSN-TV 2: Microsoft updated the software for its TV web appliance to v1.3 build 6341. [more…]
	Jan 2/2006 - .travel Domain Names: Tralliance officially launched the new .travel TLD.

2005

This lists 2005 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Dec 23/2005 - IBM Kills OS/2: IBM withdrew OS/2 from the market, including its Gecko-based OS/2 browser. [more…]
	Dec 19/2005 - IE // Mac: Microsoft will end support of IE for Macs on Dec 31 2005, and will end availability after Jan 31 2006. [more…] [more…]
	Oct 7/2005 - AOL 10.3.7 // OS X: AOL updated its Gecko-based OS X browser suite.
	Sep 15/2005 - .cat Domain Names: puntCAT has been selected by ICANN to administer the new .cat domain; this domain is for the Catalan language community. [more…]
	Aug 23/2005 - Accessibility: the W3C published Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization to help organizations develop their own customized business case for Web accessibility. [read it…]
	Jul 5/2005 - IBM Web Browser 2.0.5: IBM updated its OS/2 Gecko-based browser to Gecko 1.7.5.
	Jun 20/2005 - .jobs Domain Names: Employ Media, chosen by ICANN to administer the new .jobs domain, now allows registration of .jobs domains. The domains will likely go live in Sep 2005. [more(PDF)…]
	Mar 11/2005 - MSN Explorer for OS X Killed: Microsoft revealed that it will cease support for MSN Explorer for OS X in May. [more…]
	March 10/2005 - Mozilla Suite Extinct: Mozilla.org revealed that Mozilla 1.7.x is the last Mozilla suite to be released. There will be security updates for 1.7.x, but there will be no Mozilla 1.8. Mozilla.org will focus its resources on Firefox, Thunderbird, and other standalone products. [more…] [more…]
	Jan 26/2005 - Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs): a proposed standard has been created for IRIs. IRIs may be thought of as internationalized URIs: like an URI, an IRI can specify web addresses, but an IRI is Unicode rather than ASCII, and therefore can contain international characters. [more…] [more…] [more…]

2004

This lists 2004 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Oct 28/2004 - XML Schema 2nd Edition: the W3C updated this recommendation, the specification for XML schemas, correcting errors in the 1st Edition. [read it…] XML schemas "define shared markup vocabularies and the structure of XML documents using those vocabularies."
	Sep 7/2004 - SSML 1.0: the W3C issued the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) 1.0 Recommendation.
	Jul 29/2004 - MSN Explorer 9.10 // Windows: Microsoft updated its MSN browser suite.
	Jul 21/2004 - HTML and xHTML: the W3C issued an interesting HTML and xHTML FAQ.
	Jun 1/2004 - .pro Domain Names: RegistryPro launched the new .pro TLD.
	Apr 7/2004 - DOM Level 3: the W3C issued the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification and the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Load and Save Specification.
	Feb 12/2004 - Rich Media Banner Guidelines: the IAB updated its guidelines for rich media banners, including recommended maximum file sizes. [more…]
	Jan 14/2004 - .name Domain Names: The .name TLD, administered by The Global Name Registry, now allows registration of second-level domains, e.g. JohnDoe.name rather than, as previously, John.Doe.name.
	Jan 8/2004 - Netscape ISP: AOL announced a discount dial-up US Internet service to fight low-price competitors. Netscape ISP users may use any browser. [more…] [more…]
	Jan 3/2004 - Digital Certificates: some of Microsoft’s digital certificates expire this week. The certificate for its JVM can’t be renewed: a court settlement with Sun forbids this. Others could be renewed, but patches would be needed. Some sites will break, and some display warnings, unless patches are released. [more…]

2003

This lists 2003 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Dec 3/2003 - MSN Explorer 2.0.1 // OS X: Microsoft updated its MSN browser suite for OS X to fix issues with OS X 10.3 (Panther). Users should get it.
	Nov 10/2003 - PNG Specification (2ndEd): the W3C updated the PNG graphics specification with clarifications and corrections; this is also an ISO/IEC international standard. [read it…]
	Oct 15/2003 - MSN-TV 2.8.2: Microsoft updated its TV-centred browser. [more…]
	Oct 14/2003 - XML Events: the W3C issued this recommendation. "The XML Events module provides XML languages with the ability to uniformly integrate event listeners and associated event handlers with DOM Level 2 event interfaces. This provides an interoperable way of associating behaviors with document-level markup." [read it…]
	Jul 15/2003 - RSS News: the non-profit Berkman Center at Harvard was given ownership of the RSS 2.0 specification. [more…] [read it…]
	Jul 11/2003 - IE 5.1.7 // Mac: Microsoft updated IE for Apple’s Mac O/S 8 and 9, including security fixes. Users should get it. [get it…]
	Jun 24/2003 - SOAP 1.2: the W3C issued the SOAP 1.2 Recommendation, providing the definition of the XML-based information which can be used for exchanging structured and typed information between peers in a decentralized, distributed environment. [more…]
	Jun 16, 2003 - IE 5.2.3 // OS X: Microsoft updated IE for Apple’s OS X, including security fixes. Users should get it. [get it…]
	May 26/2003 - W3C Note — Web Standards Switch: this describes a process for making existing websites standards-compliant. [read it…]
	May 26/2003 - W3C Note — Log Validator: this tool reports a site’s most visited invalid pages, helping you decide which pages should next be made standards-compliant. [read it…]
	Apr 11/2003 - HotJava R.I.P.: Sun Systems ended support for its HotJava browser, but still offers it in its archives.
	Feb 25/2003 - WEFT 3.2: Microsoft updated its tool for embedding fonts in web pages.
	Feb 18, 2003 - AOL-TV R.I.P.: AOL discontinued its TV-based Internet appliance. [more…]
	Jan 30/2003 - W3C Note — Common User Agent Problems: this updated note lists common browser problems due to poor compliance with standards, and details what the browsers should do; this can be used to supplement the standards. [read it…]
	Jan 14/2003 - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Recommendation: the W3C issued this modularized recommendation to enable designers to use scalable vector graphics. [more…] [read it…]
	Jan 14/2003 - Mobile SVG Profiles — SVG Tiny and SVG Basic: the W3C issued this recommendation to enable designers to use scalable vector graphics in cellphones and pocket computers. [more…] [read it…]
	Jan 9/2003 - Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification: the W3C issued this recommendation to define how programs and scripts may dynamically access and update the content and structure of HTML and xHTML 1.0 documents. [more…] [more…] [read it…]
	Jan 2/2003 - .org Domain Names: PIR became the new administrator of the .org domains; PIR was created by ISOC. [more…]

2002

This lists 2002 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Oct 30/2000 - Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0: the W3C updated these guidelines. [read it…]
	Sep 19/2002 - IE // HP-UX & Solaris: Microsoft recently killed its browser for HP-UX and Sun Solaris.
	Sep 14/2002 - Core Web Fonts // Mac: Microsoft updated 2 Mac fonts, Arial and Times New Roman. Users should get it.
	Sep 4/2002 - Opera 5.12 // OS/2: Opera Software updated its OS/2 browser. [more…] [get it…]
	Sep 2/2002 - .aero Domain Names: SITA’s new .aero domains went live. [more…]
	Aug 22/2002 - Netscape 4.80: AOL updated its 5-year-old browser suite [more…] [get it…]. AOL is secretive about what has changed, and when.
	Aug 12/2002 - Core Web Fonts R.I.P.: Microsoft yanked its popular Windows and Mac web fonts from its typography site, now offering the fonts only in Microsoft products.
	Aug 1/2002 - xHTML 1.0 (2nd Edition): the W3C updated the xHTML 1.0 Recommendation, incorporating errata and user comments; there are no substantive changes. [read it…]
	Apr 24/2002 - .us Domain Names: Neustar, administrator of the .us TLD, began open registrations.
	Apr 23/2002 - Opera 5.14 // Symbian O/S: Opera Software updated its v5 browser for the Symbian O/S. [get it…]
	Apr 16/2002 - Compuserve 7.0 // Windows 95/98/ME: AOL-Compuserve issued v7 of its browser suite, now using Gecko as its browser engine, not Internet Explorer. [more…] [get it…]
	Apr 16/2002 - P3P 1.0: the W3C released the P3P 1.0 Specification. P3P enables designers to define and publish their website privacy policies, and helps automate how the policies are read. [read it…]
	Apr 10/2002 - Opera 6.0 β 1 // QNX: Opera Software issued the first beta of its v6 browser server for QNX. [get it…]
	Feb 11/2002 - P3P Guide 1.0: the W3C updated the P3P 1.0 Deployment Guide. P3P enables designers to publish privacy policies in a machine-readable syntax. [read it…]
	Jan 31/2002 - xHTML+SMIL Profile: the W3C issued this note integrating a SMIL 2.0 subset with xHTML, with modules for animation, content control, media objects, timing & synchronization, time manipulations, and transition effects. [read it…]
	Jan 31/2002 - .coop Domain Names: The new .coop TLD, administered by DotCoöperation, went live. [more…]
	Jan 15/2002 - .name Domain Names: The new .name TLD, administered by The Global Name Registry, went live. [more…]
	Jan 14/2002 - .me.uk Domain Names: Nominet, the .uk administrator, now offers .me.uk domains, to be used by individuals much like the .name TLD. [more…]
	Jan 1/2002 - Euro Currency: Microsoft has a site telling how to adapt its products to the new Euro currency. [more…] Note that the Euro character is now in all of Microsoft’s recently updated core web fonts: users should upgrade.

2001

This lists 2001 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Nov 12/2001 - .edu Domain Names: EDUCAUSE took control of the .edu TLD. New .edu names are now available to community colleges, but are no longer available outside the US. [more…]
	Nov 7/2001 - .biz Domain Names: after a 2-week delay, the new .biz domain names administered by NeuLevel went live for new undisputed names with single registrants.
	Sep 22/2001 - .info Domain Names: the new .info domain names, administered by Afilias, went live for undisputed names with single registrants. Open registration begins Oct. 1.
	Sep 5/2001 - SMIL Animation: the W3C issued the SMIL Animation Recommendation, a subset of SMIL 2.0. SMIL Animation enables designers to create animated multimedia presentations. [read it…]
	Aug 8/2001 - Opera 5.2 // QNX: Opera Software issued its v5 browser for QNX. This version supports Unicode, soon to appear in Opera on other platforms. [get it…]
	Aug 3/2001 - IE 5.5 SP2: Microsoft issued 5.5 Service Pack 2 for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, and 2000. [get it…]
	July 18/2001 - WebTV Renamed: Microsoft renamed WebTV to ‘MSN TV’, a change rumoured two months ago. [more…]
	Jun 27/2001 - XML Base: the W3C issued this XML recommendation. [read it…]
	Jun 27/2001 - XML Linking Language 1.0: the W3C issued this XML recommendation. [read it…]
	May 31/2001 - xHTML 1.1: the W3C issued this modularized recommendation, based on xHTML 1.0 Strict. [read it…]
	May 31/2001 - Ruby Annotation: the W3C issued this recommendation, defining ruby markup as an xHTML module. [read it…]
	Apr 10/2001 - Modularization of xHTML: the W3C issued this recommendation, telling how to subset and extend xHTML for appliances, mobile devices, and other emerging platforms. [read it…]

2000

This lists 2000 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Dec 19/2000 - xHTML Basic: the W3C issued the "xHTML Basic" recommendation. xHTML Basic is an xHTML subset suitable for small information appliances. [read it…]
	Nov 13/2000 - DOM Level 2: the W3C issued the DOM Level 2 Recommendation. [read it…]

1999

This lists 1999 news items that haven’t been updated:

	Dec 24/1999 - HTML 4.01: the W3C issued the HTML 4.01 Recommendation. [read it…]
	May 5/1999 - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: the W3C issued the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Recommendation. [read it…]

1998

This lists 1998 news items that haven’t been updated:

May 12/1998 - CSS 2: the W3C issued the Cascading Style Sheets 2 (CSS 2) Recommendation. [read it…]