Native Client is an open-source technology for running native code in web applications, with the goal of maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability, and safety that people expect from web apps.

With the Native Client SDK -which is available under Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux- you can build web apps that seamlessly use native C/C++ code to perform high-performance computation, render 2D/3D graphics, play audio, and respond to mouse and keyboard events. If you are interested in building Native Client apps, visit code.google.com/p/nativeclient-sdk.

Check out the Getting Started guide for more instructions for building and running the examples.

For the next week, we’re keeping BumpTop Free available for download at bumptop.com/download to give BumpTop fans one last chance to grab a copy.

That said, I wonder how Google will use this technology. What will it be? The rumored Google TV, the anticipated Google Tablet or something else?

• Episode 1: Concept & Design
  
• Episode 2: Display & 3D Framework
  
• Episode 3: Testing
  
• Episode 4: Manufacturing
  
• Episode 5: Day One

All of them are brilliant! Here one of my favorites, that is Testing. Enjoy!