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Intel Buys Next-Generation Video Codec Patents from RealNetworks

Anyone wondering what Intel was doing to improve its video and graphics technologies may want to know of the recent deal it signed with RealNetworks. Right to the point, Intel is going to buy 190 patents and 170 patent applications from RealNetworks, including its next-generation video codec. “Selling these ...

26 January 2012
10:44 GMT

MPEG LA Extends Free H.264 License for Its Lifetime

MPEG LA has announced that it is extending the royalty free license for its H.264 video codec for the duration of the license. What this means is that websites can continue to use the codec for non-commercial applications for free."MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to cha...

26 August 2010
16:19 GMT

Opera 10.54 Build 21868 Beta with HTML5 VP8 Video Support Available

A new, and so far only experimental, development snapshot of Opera is available for download, in a move by the Norwegian browser maker to support what it considers to be the future of video on the web. Opera Software is of course one of the driving forces behind WebM, an open web media project designed to provide an ...

20 May 2010
07:28 GMT

No IE9 HTML5 Codecs Beyond H.264 Because of Uncertainty

Microsoft’s announcement that Internet Explorer 9 will support the H.264 exclusively as the codec for HTML5 has stirred up consistent interest in the few days since it was shared with the public. Sufficiently consistent for Dean Hachamovitch, IE GM, to provide a follow-up. The Redmond company is not permanently...

3 May 2010
12:51 GMT

Digg Abused to Distribute Malware

Security researchers are warning that the popular social bookmarking service Digg is being abused by malware distributors by creating fake news stories and promoting them, or by posting malicious comments to legit entries. Most of them lead to malware masquerading as a video codec. Panda Security analysts say this t...

13 February 2009
07:16 GMT

Barack Obama's Website Used to Push Malware

Researchers from web security vendor Websense warn that the website of the President of the United States is being used again to distribute trojans. The social networking component of the site is being abused by attackers who create fake accounts and post links pointing to malware. Barack Obama and his staff proved ...

27 January 2009
04:04 GMT


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