IE8 will work like IE8 by default!

4th March 2008

We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.

From Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8.

This is good news all round. It's nice to see that Microsoft have listened to the comments surrounding their original intention to make IE8 render like IE7 by default. Well done!

Cure for BSS announced!

23rd February 2008

Cal Evans has announced a cure for Blank Stare Syndrome!

You know the problem: you're in a conversation and someone mentions something about a new technology that you haven't heard of. Your eyes glaze and you have that Blank Stare

Sixty Second Tech is the solution. Once a week, it will deliver a short podcast (presumably about 60 seconds long!) that explains one technological concept per episode that you (or your less-techy friends!) need to know.

Head on over there and subscribe to the RSS Feed now - or wait for it to turn up on iTunes shortly.