Same Markup: Using <canvas>, <audio>, and <video>

On this blog we’ve repeatedly discussed enabling the “Same Markup” for Internet Explorer 9. Part of making “Same Markup” a reality involves supporting the right features in IE9 to make the same HTML, JavaScript, and CSS “just work” the same way t…

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Ping Users Top One Million in First 48 Hours

Apple today announced that in less than 48 hours since its launch on Wednesday, more than one million users have joined Ping, its new social network for music. Ping lets users follow their favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re t…

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iMac Is “the ultimate all-in-one”

Computerworld reviewer Michael deAgonia writes that for “the past month, the latest 27-inch iMac from Apple has been the center of my digital universe.” Citing the computer’s high-resolution LED-backlit display, clean design, and speed, deAgonia …

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Add-ons, Installation Experiences, and User Consent

As discussed in previous blog posts, add-ons can have a material impact on browser performance. IE measures the performance of add-ons so that users can make informed decisions about them. It is important to understand how add-ons arrive on a user&rsqu…

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Google Apps highlights – 9/3/2010

This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label “Google Apps highlights” and subscribe to the series. – Ed.Recently we introduced powerful, time-saving features in Gmail: Priority Inbox a…

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Halo Reach A Big Hit With Some Big Hitters

The preseason buzz on Halo Reach is building. Today, the Xbox team gave QB Mark Sanchez and some of his New York Jets teammates a chance to unwind from THEIR preseason by getting to grips with the new game. We’ll let their reactions speak for themselve…

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Windows Phone 7 Clears The Last Big Milestone

This week was an exciting and important milestone for the Windows Phone team – with the completion of our internal development work and extensive testing, our Windows Phone 7 code was released to manufacturing. We are now in the home stretch and …

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New ways to view Webmaster Tools messages

Webmaster Level: AllNow there’s a new way to see just the messages for a specific site. A new Messages feature will appear on all site pages. The feature is just like the Message Center on the home page, except it‘ll show only messages for the curr…

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Get Behind the Lens at the MTV VMAs with Yahoo! Search

We’re counting down to find out who will take home a Moon Man at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2010. This year, Yahoo! is partnering with MTV to launch “Behind the Lens,” a video hub where you can see this year’s nominated videos with pop-up Flash overlays that help you discover [...]

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Trimming our privacy policies

Posted by Mike Yang, Associate General Counsel(Cross-posted from the Google Blog)Long, complicated and lawyerly—that’s what most people think about privacy policies, and for good reason. Even taking into account that they’re legal documents, most p…

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