Google [GOOG] has announced a new video format called WebM. WebM is based on the VP8 video codec that Google acquired when they purchased a company called On2 a while ago. According to Google, the ...

The future of WebM, a free new Google technology for streaming video, is uncertain, but already it's changed the industry. Here's a look how. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Google's plan to open-source the VP8 video codec it acquired when it purchased a company called On2 hasn't exactly been a secret, and the company's finally made it official today as part of a new ...

DVDVideoSoft is a well-known developer of free applications for simple video and audio conversion and editing. A set of well-elaborated and clear functions allows users to easily perform their tasks, ...

Google has just released a new update to its WebM video software, providing it with faster performance. The WebM project, sponsored by Google, is a multimedia container designed to provide an open, ...

Google launched its WebM digital video format project almost a year ago with the goal of delivering a high-performance online video format that wasn’t burdened by patent claims from a laundry list of ...

After igniting a hailstorm of controversy over its intent to drop HTML5's H.264 support from its Chrome browser, Google has reaffirmed its intent to push its own open WebM video codec via Flash-like ...

Seventeen allies agree not to sue each other over WebM-related video encoding patents. Google wants to enlist more to counter MPEG LA's royalty efforts. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...