Google faces off against Microsoft, Apple over Web video standard
Mozilla and Opera Software on Wednesday backed Google's new open-source, royalty-free video format, and all three browser makers issued developer builds incorporating WebM.
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Google's WebM draws praise, critiques
The news this week of Google's open-source release of the HD video codec VP8 plays into the ongoing debate over which video codec browsers can use to display high-definition video without a plug-in, such as Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight.
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Wal-Mart buys Web video company Vudu
Wal-Mart Stores is taking another swing at the online movie business with the acquisition of Vudu.
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Vendor squabbles cause W3C to scrap codec requirement
The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content.
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Baseball season opens with Web video problems
Major League Baseball's fee-based MLB.TV game video-streaming service is having technical problems that are affecting the quality of the Web broadcasts.