Here is some news from the first half of Febraury that I found interesting:
Touch Events (JavaScript for Touchscreen Devices)
PPK has done a lot of research on touch events, and posted a compatibility table and his thoughts:The Touch Action
Persistent Touch Event Objects
New MooTools Released
A new version (1.2.4.4) of the MooTools JavaScript framework has been released.Additionally, developers describe how to use MooTools as a General Purpose Application Framework.