GIF Patent To Expire, Will PNG Survive?
News But Unisys credited its exertion of the LZW patent with the creation of the PNG format, and whatever improvements the newer technology brought to bear. Unisys put the kibosh on using GIF in freeware," said Glenn Randers-Pehrson, editor of the PNG...
[June 9, 2003, 12:24]
JPEG Committee Refutes Patent Claim
News Despite some scare stories that Apple had a claim on the PNG patent, the PNG Group has denied that this is the case. In response to the Unisys offensive, many Web sites turned to alternatives such as JPEG and the less well known PNG file format...
[July 22, 2002, 10:47]
Goodwins' Hot Dates: The Diary Top Ten For 2002
News So much so, he spent a couple of years out in Papua New Guinea -- or PNG as it's known to anyone who's been near the place -- running a newspaper as a VSO volunteer. Being as resourceful as any PNG survivor, Matt gave chase across the pub and into...
[December 25, 2002, 6:24]
W3C Rejigs Image Format
News PNG was designed in response to a patent that had taken the Web by surprise. Once LZW patent-owner Unisys announced its intention to seek royalties for the use of GIF graphics in software applications, free-software developers created PNG as a...
[November 12, 2003, 12:20]
Microsoft's Plan For 'new JPEG' Leaves Users Cold
Talkback even implement PNG correctly so that doesn't bode well for "openness" It has happened to JPG, GIF and PNG so why should this one be any different? No doubt they'll keep the format secret or else some enterprising legal troll will turn up and start...
[June 1, 2006, 14:36]
PNG Is A Superior Format To GIF
Talkback PNG is a superior format to GIF, and is nigh-universally supported. In many applications, in fact, it is the default format. Competent web developers and savvy graphic artists stopped using GIFs *years* ago.
[May 1, 2007, 3:11]
Microsoft's Plan For 'new JPEG' Leaves Users Cold
Talkback Until then, JPEG or PNG is fine. When Microsoft publishes their algorithm in a patent free or free license, I'll consider this. Microsoft has made the Windows Media Photo format public - however the compression algorithm is only obtainable through...
[June 1, 2006, 18:15]
