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Google removing H.264 video support from Chrome
Jan 12th
Google just announced on its Chromium blog that it will be removing support for the H.264 video codec from the Chrome web browser, in favor of supporting only its own open WebM codec (which, as we covered earlier, is based on On2 Technologies’ VP8) for HTML5 web videos using the <video> tag.
Earlier, Microsoft, Apple, and Google had decided to support H.264 (the dominant high-definition video codec) for HTML5 web video, while Mozilla and Opera supported only Google’s WebM codec. Now, Google’s move leaves Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 and Apple’s Safari 5 as the only major browsers supporting the H.264 codec without plugins. Ironically, since the vast majority of HTML5 video on the web today is encoded using H.264, Google’s move will likely reduce the usable installed base of HTML5 video-capable browsers.
Read on for more about Google’s web video codec move.
T-Mobile HTC HD7 Unboxing & Hands-on
Nov 10th
Here’s our unboxing and hands-on video for T-Mobile USA’s new HTC HD7 smartphone, powered by Windows Phone 7:
For more details on the phone, check out our earlier specs post, and to learn more about the OS, see all our Windows Phone 7 posts.
Google’s WebM Project: What It Means for Online Video
May 26th
Google has released the On2 VP8 video codec with an open-source license, along with the WebM container format, which combines VP8 video with Vorbis audio. The company also added WebM support to its HTML5 beta version of YouTube (just add &webm=1 at the end of the video URL, in a supported browser). What is Google up to, and what does it mean for online video?
Read on to find out.
Videos: Windows Phone 7 Multi-tasking, Cross-Platform Gaming
Mar 6th
A couple of interesting videos have come out of the Windows Phone 7 Series demos at TechEd Middle East. The first shows multi-tasking with the phone’s Internet Explorer browser, showing the browser instantly loading a site (either having been paused earlier or loading the site in the background) and then having a site collapse into a live tile on the start page. The second shows cross-platform gaming, with a game starting on a PC, then shifting to Windows Phone 7 Series, and finishing on Xbox.
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Video: Windows Phone 7 Walkthrough
Mar 6th
Pirillo.com recently got some hands-on time with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series prototype from Mobile World Congress and has posted a 17-minute video walkthrough. Video after the break: More >
Video: Ferdinand Porsche and the 918 Spyder Hybrid Concept
Mar 3rd
Porsche just released a video about its new 918 Spyder concept at the Geneva Motor Show, tying it back to the very first car Ferdinand Porsche designed over a century ago, in 1900. The 918 is a parallel hybrid pairing a 500 HP V8 engine with an electric motor on each axle, adding another 218 HP on top, for 718 peak HP. 0-62 MPH time is reportedly 3.2 seconds, with a top speed of 198 MPH. That’s just about right for a modern supercar, but what’s new is that the 918 apparently gets up to 78 MPG and emits just 70 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer. Porsche’s first car, depicted in the video, was an all-electric model with motors in each wheel hub and a whopping top speed of 30 MPH.
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Windows Phone 7 Series: Videos
Feb 15th
Microsoft just wrapped up its Windows Phone 7 Series launch at MWC in Barcelona- here are some videos of the interface:
Update: MSDN Channel9 just posted a 22-minute, more in-depth walkthrough, below.
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