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Google to release WebM plugins for IE9 and Safari

After Google announced that it would be dropping support for H.264 in Chrome and only support WebM going forward, the search giant has revealed that it will offer WebM plugins for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 and Apple’s Safari. It appears that the HTML5 video tag battle is going to get ugly, and it’s not clear whether there will be a standard anytime soon.

“Bottom line, we are at an impasse in the evolution of HTML video. Having no baseline codec in the HTML specification is… Read More

2011
01/18
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The Social Network filmmakers praise Facebook CEO

The Social Network won Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Score, and Best Picture at the Golden Globes. Interestingly, the movie’s film filmmakers made a point to acknowledge the real Mark Zuckerberg in their acceptance speeches.

After winning up a number of major awards at The Golden Globes, writer Aaron Sorkin had some interesting things to say in his Best Screenplay acceptance speech. “I wanted to say to Mark Zuckerberg, if you’re watching tonight, Rooney Mara’s character makes a prediction at the beginning of the movie… Read More

2011
01/18
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Obama wants an Internet ID for all Americans

The Obama administration is planning on handing over power to the U.S. Commerce department in a new effort to increase security on the Internet. The idea is to create an “identity ecosystem” for the Internet, while the government says this is not a “National ID Card” it does appear to be very similar but restricted only to Internet activities.

According to CBSnews.com, “We are not talking about a national ID card, we are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about… Read More

2011
01/09
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Google shows off Android 3.0, built entirely for tablets

An interesting video has appeared on the Android Developers YouTube account demonstrating Android 3.0, “The Next Generation of Android Built Entirely for Tablet.”

The new version of Android comes with all of the major apps on the platform, but they are rebuilt with tablet computing in mind, instead of a mobile phone experience. This tactic is much similar to how iOS for iPhone is different from iOS for iPad.

The video, which appears to be a leak as it was unlisted, then made private on… Read More

2011
01/05
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Firefox Takes the Reins of Browsers in Europe

Firefox surpassed Internet Explorer in the leadership of the European market of browsers. This is the first time that the Microsoft application lost the top position in a big market, says a research firm, StatCounter.

In December, the open source browser Mozilla stayed with 38.1% of European market, while IE backed off the slice with 37.5% and Chrome gained share from 5.1% to 14.6%. This seems to be happening because the Chrome is stealing IE market share while Firefox is keeping its existing share, said… Read More

2011
01/04
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Reddit Grew 230% in 2010 at Digg’s Expense

According to the numbers, social news website Reddit had an amazing 2010, more than tripling its pageviews at the expense of Digg, its longtime rival.

Reddit, a subsidiary of Conde Nast, reports that it garnered 250 million pageviews in January 2010. While that’s nothing to sneeze at, it paled in comparison to Digg’s accelerating growth.

Fast forward to today. Reddit revealed that it received 829 million pageviews in December 2010, an increase of 231.6% from January. Not only that, but average time on… Read More

2011
01/03
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