PaaS provider Structure sees Node.js and JavaScript offering an easier route than languages like C and C++ if it can overcome its footprint issues With the availability of boards like Raspberry Pi and ...

Mozilla has just rolled out OdinMonkey, a new module for Firefox's JavaScript engine that promises to speed up JavaScript execution beyond your wildest dreams. If you were drawn to Chrome because of ...

At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. The code will be published to the company's ...

Despite increases in CPU and broadband speeds, the 'Net stubbornly refuses to get much faster. The WebKit team behind Apple's browser Safari has found an important contributor to the Web's slowness: ...

After more than 18 months of hard graft, Mozilla has finally succeeded in landing a big addition to Firefox's JavaScript engine that, upon initial testing, speeds up the web -- or at least the vast ...

JavaScript’s low bar to entry has resulted in one of the richest programming language ecosystems in the world. This month’s ...

Most modern browsers, like Firefox, Safari and Opera, offer support for PNG images with full alpha channel transparency. Even Internet Explorer 7 has gotten in on the PNG transparency act, which means ...