Visually, HTML is remarkably similar to XML. No wonder, since they both share a long history with SGML. But while XML documents are generally well formed, real world HTML is far from perfect. As any (frustrated man-loathing) web browser developer knows, writing a browser that displays real world HTML requires a lifetime of work and [...]

After getting an iPhone with a decent built-in camera, I was under the impression that point-and-shoot cameras, like the Canon IXUS 55 (aka PowerShot SD450) I own, are all but dead. In an unusually interesting story, CNET’s Leonard Goh reports about an unofficial “expansion pack” for Canon cameras. The expansion pack’s purpose is to workaround [...]

My brother Ori is rolling his own home automation project, which includes designing and manufacturing the hardware and developing a software application that would control the hardware (the part that makes it truly smart ). By sending and receiving simple instructions through the serial port, the software would be able to perform such simple tasks [...]