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Microsoft bolsters H.264

by Simon Aughton on 3 February 2011 in News

Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to H.264 video and questioned why Google won’t provide legal backing for its WebM format.

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Google censors “pirate” searches

by Simon Aughton on 27 January 2011 in News
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Google has begun filtering out search results from BitTorrent sites and popular cyberlockers such as Rapidshare and Megaupload.

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Larry Page is new Google boss

by Simon Aughton on 21 January 2011 in News
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Google co-founder Larry Page is the company’s new CEO, following a surprise re-organisation of the senior management.

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Google’s H.264 axe: winners and losers

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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Google’s decision to drop support for native playback of H.264 on the web has wide-reaching implications for the future of internet video.

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Adobe tackles Flash cookie concerns

by Simon Aughton on 13 January 2011 in News
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Adobe is planning to make it easier to deleted Flash cookies by providing new tools within web browsers and in OS X.

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Google Chrome ditches H.264

by Simon Aughton on 12 January 2011 in News
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Google decides that future versions of its Chrome web browser will not have built-in support for the H.264 video standard.

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