NetFlix Talks the Cloud and HTML5

May 20, 2010

Netflix's Director of Web Engineering discusses HTML5, but not for video.

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Google Reveals the WebM Project

May 19, 2010

Project to create high-quality open standard for video on the Web based on Vorbis and VP8.

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Blu-ray Compliance Comes to x264

Apr 27, 2010

The x264 main developer from the VideoLAN open source project has announced that the x264 free H.264 encoder can now also create Blu-ray-quality video.

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Lightworks Video Editor Goes Open Source

Apr 15, 2010

The Lightworks video nonlinear editing program will be released as Lightworks Open Source in the fall of 2010.

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KDE Sub-Project for Real Time Communication

Feb 24, 2010

Chat, instant messaging and video communication: the KDE Real Time Communication and Collaboration (RTCC) project wants to improve the integration of real time communication into the desktop environment.

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VP8 Codec: FSF Encourages Free Video Standard

Feb 22, 2010

In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation suggested that the software giant freely release the VP8 HD video compression format after having acquired the On2 video technology firm.

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Linux Foundation Kicks Off "The Linux Super Bowl Ad" Contest

Feb 09, 2010

Linus Torvalds's foundation is doing a sequel this year of its creative community ad campaign for Linux with a second video contest. The winner will receive a laptop loaded with Linux and a trip to LinuxCon in Boston in August.

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FSF Petitions Against iPad Use of DRM

Jan 29, 2010

The iPad presented in San Francisco by Apple chief Steve Jobs has enraged the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It seems Apple is increasingly compromising user freedom by imposing Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the tablet.

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