What exactly is the web? It seems like a stupid question because we all know the answer: the web is the thing Tim Berners-Lee invented in 1989. It’s not the same thing as “the internet,” which is what ...

The Web's leading standards group on Thursday issued a trio of documents on the architecture of Web services and launched an unprecedented effort to standardize Web services lingo. The architecture ...

This blog is supposed to be about the concept that is called Web 2.0, so I suppose I had better take a stab at defining it. First, let's get the obvious things out of the way. Yes, it was a marketing ...

What Is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a term used to refer to the second stage of the Internet, which has more user-generated content, greater usability for end-users, a more participatory culture, and more ...

Why is Web 2.0 such a big deal? What are the Web 2.0 technologies? What do those technologies let you do? How does Web 2.0 change the user experience? How can Web 2.0 benefit my business? What’s the ...

Offering what it calls a common-sense definition with "wiggle room," Stamford, Conn.-based consulting firm Gartner Inc. (www.gartner.com) is advancing what it calls a "common frame of reference" for ...

In its short history of having a huge impact on society, the Internet has leapt from one fad to the next, embracing each new trend as the next killer app while dismissing each old one as if it were an ...

Welcome to the new frontier of Web 2.0. Imagine sitting in your living room and pulling up a favorite TV show to watch online. Easily distracted — who isn’t these days — you simultaneously begin a ...