Theres an interesting report from a division of CSIRO In a new report, Broadband Connected Homes Report , compiled by CSIROs Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI), it claimed the environment in Australian homes is changing with technologies and that is in turn, impacting its capacity to support new applications and services.
ACBI director, Colin Griffith, said consumers are now looking at the next era of development by experimenting with what homes will look like when broadband-enabled apps connect data with multiples sensors and new business services. In conjunction with the release of the report, ACBI is also opening entries for a new Broadband4Apps competition, which provides developers with the opportunity to build and demonstrate applications that are enabled by next generation broadband services. With up to $50,000 available in prize money, entrants are invited to develop prototypes or working applications that address emerging opportunities for delivering services into broadband connected homes. <more <http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/print/459302/broadband_aid_app_delivery_cs iro/> > I find the HTML5 + javascript + CSS vs .NET discussion or at least the suitability for desktop application development) rather naïve. And the term app as used by the iPad generation really grates with me. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia
