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Mozilla relents on H.264 codec support

...The prevalence of hardware H.264 decoding on mobile devices, and the need to compete on mobile... Read more

20 March, 2012 by Chris Duckett

Microsoft adds H.264 video support to Chrome

...Microsoft has announced it is adding support for H.264-encoded video back in through a browser extension for Windows 7... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Google defends H.264 video codec move

...made of Google's decision to end support for the widely used H.264 video codec in its Chrome browser. Mike Jazayeri, a product manager... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Tom Krazit

Google drops H.264 video support from Chrome

...announced plans on Tuesday to remove built-in Chrome support for the H.264 video codec favoured by the likes of Apple and Microsoft. The... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft builds H.264 video plug-in for Firefox

...is providing a plug-in that will let Windows 7 users enjoy H.264 video technology in Mozilla's Firefox. H.264 is a codec... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

US Justice Department investigates web video patents

...internet and the web rise to prominence as a medium for content. H.264 may be used freely for video, but royalties must be paid... Read more

4 March, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

MPEG-LA video codec to stay free for end users

...that is free to end users. The AVC portfolio licence covers the H.264 codec, a digital video coding standard used by technologies including YouTube... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Motorola hit by two EU antitrust probes over patents

...case In Microsoft's case, the patents in question deal with the H.264 video codec. Motorola owns around 50 patents that are used in... Read more

4 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Microsoft puts up $300m in Motorola injunction battle

...Motorola is suing Microsoft, arguing that the latter infringes its video standard H.264 patents in Windows 7, the Xbox 360 and Internet Explorer. According... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger
Chrome 10: a first look

Chrome 10: a first look

Google's Chrome 10 delivers a full range of competitive features, and is among the most standards-compliant and fastest browsers available. Read more

10 March, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Adobe promises more efficient video with Flash 10.2

...such as text or graphics. Adobe previously added hardware-assisted decoding of H.264 video to Flash Player 10.1. For more on this ZDNet... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Stephen Shankland
Benchmarks: high-end Android smartphones

Benchmarks: high-end Android smartphones

...pure basic arithmetic benchmarks. Five routines are more practical: checksum; ZIP compression; H.264 videodecoding; AAC audiodecoding; and XML parsing. The final test measures the... Read more

15 September, 2010 by Christoph H Hochstätter
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H&R Block At Home 11 Deluxe

...your W-2, 1099 and last year's information from TurboTax® and H&R Block At Home software; Includes 5 free federal e-files and... Read more

20 January, 2011
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H&R Block At Home 11 Deluxe (Mac

...W-2, 1099 and last year's information from TurboTax�® and H&R Block At Home software; Includes 5 free federal e-files and... Read more

12 January, 2011
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