Google announced the would open VP8 up as WebM, an open source video codec in a Matroska package with Ogg Vorbis as the audio encoder. So I thought it would be good to have a news round up of who’s in, who’s out and what Apple thinks (we all know that without a 500-page letter…
There are rumblings afoot that Google and Intel are set to announce a new joint project in the Web TV arena. It’s said to be a “Smart TV” platform according to the Financial Times. The two technology mammoths are set to sign on with a third, Sony, to bring new televisions with built-in web services. Continue…
Google met our expectations today and announced that it’s On2 Technologies VP8 video codec is now open source. It’s supposed to outperform Ogg Theora and will be completely patent-free. Continue Reading – The Death of H.264 in HTML5? Google Opens WebM and VP8»