Nokia has accused Google of trying to force the VP8 video codec on others as part of Google's WebM project, claiming VP8 is not truly open source and does not offer anything more than the H.264 codec More...
Mozilla has followed suit with Google's Chrome and finally added partial H.264 support it's Firefox browser, with Windows XP users still using Flash to render the video from an HTML5 source. More...
Microsoft's legal battles with Motorola Mobility are forcing the company to move its European distribution operations from Germany to the Netherlands, to avoid any disruptions the litigation might bring. More...
The Firefox foundation announced an important shift in policy as Mozilla products will soon support the “patents encumbered” H.264 video codec. It's for our survival in the mobile space, Mozilla says More...
A new video codec is about to come in town, bringing a “Ultra” high-definition resolution that's 16 times larger than the standard “Full HD” resolution of nowadays' TV sets. More...
In the heat of the browser wars between Google and Microsoft, a flurry of comments, accusations and announcements have been made, all in attempt to trump one-another. Today's strange announcement comes from Microsoft, where they... More...
Google has this morning detailed the reasons behind the upcoming removal of support for the H.264 video codec in their web browser, Chrome. Earlier in the week the company made headlines across the technology sector with... More...
The official codec for HTML5's video tag has been under debate ever since developers began adopting the new technology. A current standard, H.264 was a codec thought to be just perfect for use in the... More...
MPEG LA announced earlier today that they would make H.264 permanently royalty-free, to keep business and consumers' minds at ease. The codec standard was developed to reduce bit rates over the previous codec standards, and is... More...
It looks like everyone wants a say in the ongoing Flash vs HTML5 wars that Steve Jobs recently ignited. In an interview with TechRader on Thursday, Opera product analyst Phillip Grønvold stated that Flash as... More...
Microsoft on Thursday reiterated their support of HTML5 and H.264 for Internet Explorer 9. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of Internet Explorer, posted on the IE blog that HTML5 will be the future of the web... More...
Skyfire today announced the availability of their next generation browser for Android. Available as a public beta in the Android Market, Skyfire 2.0 allows users to view Flash videos on the web through on the... More...
Via the latest 10.6.3 update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Apple seems to be finally allowing third party developers to access the low level H.264 decoding power of the GPUs within its Macs. Adobe’s... More...
Google this week announced their support and funding for an ARM-optimized Theora decoder intended for mobile devices. The move puts the open-source codec back into the spotlight as developers and companies continue to wrangle for... More...
As Apple prepares their stores for the iPad launch at the end of this week, more and more content providers are taking action to adjust for the ever increasing amount of iPhone OS users that... More...
Along with Windows Live Messenger integration, better Achievements system and that new QWERTY keypad accessory, the Spring Update will also include H.264 video support (up to 10 Mbps peak, Baseline, Main, and High profiles with... More...
Apple announced that the H.264/Advanced Video Codec will be incorporated into Apple's QuickTime software. This video technology was ratified by the DVD Forum for use in the HD DVD format. Despite some rumors... More...