Google engineers have enabled what Internet surfers for years have yearned for--Web applications that work offline. The search giant on Wednesday launched Google Gears, a browser plug-in that will let ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Although the offline-browsing technology is currently available only for a small number of sites, Gears can keep you working--sort of--when your Internet connection fails. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

Google’s rate of Web Application development is nothing short of amazing. Not only do they break new ground (just consider the impact that Google Maps has had), but they also redefine and re-energize ...

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 ...

We make enterprise SaaS products with Rails. It's starting to look like we're going to need some kind of limited "Offline Mode" for the apps, because many of our customers have remote locations with ...

Microsoft has added a new OneDrive feature to help you access and manage your folders and files without an internet connection. Described in a blog post on Monday by Andrey Esipov, a principal product ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...