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Compact, inexpensive Netbooks like the ASUS Eee PC 701 are getting cheaper and more powerful. Why not consider using them for mobile fieldwork applications, like surveys and order entry? I used the ...

Google engineers have enabled what Internet surfers for years have yearned for--Web applications that work offline. The search giant on Wednesday launched Google Gears, a browser plug-in that will let ...

What I’m thinking about here is the concept of using Web applications offline. There have been all sorts of attempts to address this kind of functionality but none of them have had enough market ...

All too often we hear the virtues of cloud computing and the joys of Web-based applications that allow users to access their data and apps no matter where they are. However, there are some negative ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

A team of AJAX experts is working on a new capability to enable Web applications to work offline. Brad Neuberg, a San Francisco-based software architect and programmer, said that he, along with the ...

It's an eternal back-and-forth tug of war between native vs. Web apps in the mobile development arena. Announcements of major companies switching from one to the other abound. As do surveys claiming ...

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 ...

The upside to Web-based applications is that, generally, they can be used anywhere a user can get Internet access and a reasonably modern Web browser: most of the time, documents, data, and the ...