Rockstar games announced that the official first trailer for GTA V will be released at 12pm eastern time on wednesday. GTA V (Grand Theft Auto 5), the latest in a long line of massive open urban worlds represented by the Grand Theft Auto series, has big shoes to fill.  Starting with GTA III, the series has been a massive hit with every entry in the franchise being the latest and…

Even though it hasn’t even left the finishing room floor at the W3 organization, HTML 5.0 is shaping up to be a force to be reckoned with for interactivity on the web.  The lines between operating system and web browser will be blurred, as the features and functions of each merge to the point of overlapping. HTML 5.0 will make it possible to drag files from your desktop to web-based…

This is a common question for webmasters. Here’s a simple compilation of sites geared towards getting your site map into the hands of the search engines.  Each search engine generally offers a different set of criteria, and some offer additional XML fields for their sitemaps, but the majority of the popular search engines (google, yahoo, bing, etc..) can read the standard sitemap.xml as long as it’s properly formatted. Google :…

At once emerging and feature-rich, google wave can be a little daunting as you try to come to grips with it’s finer details. So, to help out a little, here are a few tips you can use to make navigating the sea of waves easier. Type “with:public” into the main wave bar to see all public waves – but be prepared for hundreds of them. You can search the public…

Having gotten a google wave invite through a popular online community, I decided to check out what all the buzz was about. After 4 or so days after being invited, I got an email from google welcoming me to the google wave community. When you sign up, you’re offered a personalized googlewave.com address. You can either use this address or your existing email address to sign up. Once you’re signed…