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<title>Google intros Blink rendering engine for Chrome, dismissing WebKit2</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/03/move.aims.to.streamline.innovation/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352241040_ScreenShot2012-11-06at5.29.18PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has introduced its own browser rendering engine, Blink, that will serve as Chrome's alternative to the WebKit2 engine used by competing browsers such as Safari. The search giant suggests its WebKit-based engine will enable developers to streamline innovation, eliminating approximately 4.5 million lines of code and thousands of files that only serve to support WebKit2's features, according...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Opera WebKit switch caused loss of 90 jobs in last quarter</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/19/large.contingent.took.severance.package.before.christmas/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352244477_ScreenShot2012-11-06at6.27.15PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Opera's move from the Presto rendering engine to WebKit has forced the company to restructure its development teams. The Core Technology division, consisting of around 100 developers, has dropped by more than 90 positions in the last quarter, with overall employee numbers reduced from 931 to 840 in the most recent quarterly report....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/19/large.contingent.took.severance.package.before.christmas/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Opera hits 300M monthly users, dumps Presto for WebKit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/13/presto.being.exchanged.for.open.source.projects/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352244477_ScreenShot2012-11-06at6.27.15PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Opera is replacing the Presto rendering engine used in its web browser with WebKit. The migration to a different rendering engine comes at the same time the browser is celebrating 300 million monthly users in total over all formats, including smartphones, smart televisions, tablets, and personal computers....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/13/presto.being.exchanged.for.open.source.projects/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pwn2Own hackers compromise iPhone 4S through WebKit hole</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/19/vulnerability.exposes.contacts.photos.but.not.sms.or.email/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/iphone4s-review5sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A vulnerability in WebKit, the engine behind Mobile Safari and other iOS browsers, allowed two Dutch professional security researchers to come up with an exploit that compromised an iPhone 4S and won the pair a $30,000 cash prize at the mobile Pwn2Own contest in Amsterdam. While the finished exploit can be deployed in minutes, finding a vulnerability to use in WebKit and developing the technique t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple revises WebKit JavaScript handling, sees speed gains</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/02/will.benefit.all.webkit.based.browsers.over.time/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/Apple-WebKit-JavaScript-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A recent hire in Apple's WebKit development team has come up with a new Low-Level Interpreter (LLInt) that can do much more processing of JavaScript code in WebKit's JavaScriptCore before handing it off to the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler or bytecode virtual machine, realizing a speed gain of over 200 percent compared to the current model. The "triple-tier" approach will result in more fluid animat...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mozilla says Apple, Google overshadowing open web</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/09/devs.call.for.action/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/browsers_small.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Mozilla and several other browser developers have voiced concern over the dominance of WebKit-based browsers, notably Safari and Chrome. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) co-chairman Daniel Glazman suggests programmers have begun to disregard alternative browsers, such as Firefox and Internet Explorer, when optimizing website compatibility....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/09/devs.call.for.action/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Leaks: webOS struggled with poor staff, fundamental design</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/01/webos.may.have.been.fated.to.struggle/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/palmpreplus-ces5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[New scoops both public and private have suggested that Palm, and later HP, may have ultimately had hurdles at the corporate level, not just technical, to ever challenging Apple or Google.  WebOS didn't have either the needed management or engineers to bring it to completion, a New York Times source said, and there were few WebKit-savvy developers weren't already working on iOS or Android.  This wa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple Lossless music format goes open-source</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/27/alac.now.open.to.modify.and.use/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/ipodnano6-4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple in a gesture to the community started up the Apple Lossless Audio Codec project to open-source its lone proprietary audio standard.  Its change lets developers implement and modify the format for both encoding and playback.  Codes also get an example app that can read or write audio to Core Audio and WAV, along with  a "magic cookie" to use when making M4A and MP4 clips....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dolphin Browser makes leap from Android to iPhone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/30/dolphin.browser.ported.to.iphone/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/dolphin-iphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[One of Android's better-known apps, Dolphin Browser, has been given a long-requested port to the iPhone (free, App Store).  The iOS version of MoboTap's software uses Apple's WebKit engine but brings features that have yet to reach Safari.  It already has tabbed browsing ahead of iOS 5, a Firefox-style address bar with search results, and gesture-based shortcuts for common tasks....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM steps up to block Apple 'WebKit' trademark</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/29/engine.should.remain.open.name.may.not/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/webkit-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Research in Motion has filed an opposition motion in Canada, attempting to block an Apple trademark application for the term "WebKit," notes Patently Apple.  In the short term the move will give RIM some extra time to prepare a case, the deadline being November 22nd.  Apple first filed for the application in May 2010....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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