The browser’s role is ever increasing. It already has become far more than a mere tool for accessing information. Today we use it to communicate, to collaborate, and to interface with applications.

The technology to let browser programs run as fast as native software has plenty of challenges. Maybe Google's promotional effort next week will give it a needed boost. Sodasynth, a music-looping app, ...

First with Native Client, and now with O3D, Google releases software to let Web-based apps tap into local computers' power. Even at the cutting edge of cloud computing, Web-based applications can be ...

Google on Friday began offering a revamped SDK for its Native Client open source technology for running Web applications that execute native code inside a browser. With the SDK, developers can start ...

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Google has released new software designed to let Web developers write more powerful programs that can work directly with an operating system, rather than having to be run through a browser. Called ...