HTML 5 has the ability to create drag and drop events. This example only works in Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4 but here's a quick tour of how it works.
HTML 5 makes adding video to your site a great deal easier with video tag. Issues of videos codecs, browser support and accessibility need to be resolved but somewhere down the line video will get a whole lot easier.
Two new search tools in Wolfram and Google Squared have been released that demonstrate the need for a standards based approach to web semantics and data.
More CSS goodies coming to a browser near you soon
Another CSS3 with multiple browser specific syntax
Excellent guide on character encoding
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