Web 2.0 has many doubters. It’s become a word so filled with hype that it is more the province of marketing agents and spin doctors than it is the people who build the web applications that espouse it ...

"Hybrid" desktop and web applications are getting a lot of attention, and as a big part of the Rich Internet Application story, that's great news. But there is a lot more to what's happening in ...

Throughout recent years, anyone looking to build their own internet application has needed profound coding knowledge, specialized skills or expensive equipment. It's a frustrating issue that the ...

What's the best way to build an application that could do anything from control home appliances remotely to gather meteorological data from sensors to produce a weather forecast? Startups offering ...

Finding a single development environment for all purposes has so far proven an unattainable goal. But with the advent of rich Internet applications (RIA), development nirvana gets a bit closer. In the ...

Sometimes significant things happen with little fanfare. This year, for the first time in history, the dollar value of U.S. carrier routers deployed in networks not part of the Internet exceeded the ...

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 ...

This glossary contains definitions related to Internet applications, including definitions about Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery models and words and phrases about web sites, e-commerce and ...