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WHAT-WG is going to change the web. That's the Web Hypertext Application Technology - Working Group.
Here's an explanation of how Apple fits in. And here's a look at the big picture from an Opera developer.
Executive summary: Microsoft doesn't want web technology to advance to the point where web applications can be as powerful as desktop applications because Microsoft controls the desktop and makes stacks of money selling Windows - but they don't control the web and they give IE away for free. So they have stalled development of more sophisticated web technology. Mozilla, Opera, and Apple are breaking away from the W3C to push things forward on their own.
This is going to be fun. I want these new toys so badly. Web Forms 2.0 (a specification being hammered out by WHAT-WG) will give us the tools to make this site much more powerful.
Do mesh networks scale? This is The Big question. The article linked covers recent articles on a few other websites, including a CTO of a wireless mesh networking company who says they do not scale, and two rebuttals to that view.
Until we have some large scale deployments there are going to be debates. I am still holding the view that there are information-theoretic proofs that mesh networks can scale (but since the math required is way over my head this is still just a belief on my part, despite the "proof" part.)
Really nice techno geek gadget blog that manages, somehow, to not overlap 100% with gizmodo and engadget.