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Mashups are the most interesting innovation in software development in decades. Unfortunately, the browser’s security model did not anticipate this development, so mashups are not safe if there is any confidential information in the page. Since virtually every page has at least some confidential information in it, this is a big problem.

Douglas Crockford is the world’s foremost living authority on JavaScript. He is an architect with Yahoo’s Ajax Strike Force. He is the founder of two startups, and was Director of Technology at Lucasfilm Ltd., Director of New Media at Paramount, and a researcher at Atari and SRI.

YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they’re slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular Firebug web development tool.

As the buzz and excitement around Web 2.0 continues to increase, much is already changing in how we design and develop online. In this keynote address, Jeffrey Veen will look at how new thinking is being infused into design practices

You’ll see detailed case studies of Web sites that are making the shift - and gain insight into how the latest Web trends relate to you.

Tag Bulb is a simplified tag search based on aggregating content from various sources like Flickr, YouTube and many more with a cool ‘Web 2.0′ interface. Users can browse by content type - e.g. images, videos, podcasts, books et cétera.