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Mozilla introduces JavaScript API as part of common payments interface
2013-04-05 20:44:46| InfoWorld: Top News
Mozilla plans to introduce a common API (application programming interface) to make online payments easy and secure on Firefox OS devices.
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Unreal Engine 3 ported to JavaScript and WebGL, works in any modern browser
2013-03-28 11:56:32| Extremetech
Unreal Engine 3, the game engine that runs fan favorites like Mass Effect, Gears of War, and Infinity Blade, has been ported to run inside a web browser without any plug-ins. Using JavaScript, specifically the asm.js sublanguage and Emscripten compiler, this engine can run on most any modern web browser. While this is just a tech demo, it goes to show how the web browser is starting to become a completely valid native platform for games.
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Firefox sticks it to Google with OdinMonkey, which can boost JavaScript performance by 1000% or more
2013-03-22 17:50:02| Extremetech
Mozilla has just rolled out OdinMonkey, a new module for Firefox's JavaScript engine that promises to speed up JavaScript execution beyond your wildest dreams. If you were drawn to Chrome because of its superior JavaScript performance, or to Internet Explorer because of its neat separate-process Chakra JavaScript engine, OdinMonkey -- which can boost JavaScript performance by 1000% or more -- will put you firmly back in the Firefox camp.
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JavaScript expert: WebKit, get your bug-ridden house in order
2013-02-14 13:09:47| CNET News.com
Dave Methvin, a leader of the influential jQuery programming tool, says WebKit is plagued with old bugs. He's not optimistic Opera will help improve the browser situation. [Read more]
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