All too often we hear the virtues of cloud computing and the joys of Web-based applications that allow users to access their data and apps no matter where they are. However, there are some negative ...

CouchDB, an Apache project providing a Web-accessible, key-value database, is emerging as an essential technology for running Web applications offline. CouchDB, which is being updated this week with ...

Google has released a new set of programming interfaces called Google Gears that allow web developers to create applications that continue to work while offline, as well as a sample app that upgrades ...