Ogg Theora, H.264 and the HTML 5 Browser Squabble
Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Pundits are roasting Apple over a scuffle raised by Mozilla and Opera to define the free Ogg Theora video codec as the official way to present video on the web in the new HTML 5 specification. The problem: HTML isn’t supposed to define content codecs, and even if it were, Ogg Theora, commercially abandoned nearly a decade ago, doesn’t have what it takes to deliver video on the increasingly mobile web.
Ogg Theora, H.264 and the HTML 5 Browser Squabble
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July 6, 2009 24 Comments
Apple revamps MobileMe iDisk features

Prince McLean, AppleInsider
MobileMe web applications have received another facelift, with new features including a revised iDisk module that enables easy file sharing using a system Apple first debuted with its iWork.com experiment at Macworld Expo.
July 6, 2009 1 Comment
Podcast: Windows Enthusiasts’ desperate stabs at Apple

Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Microsoft’s Windows Enthusiasts and Windows 7. Listen and subscribe to the Tech Night Owl RSS feed at:
The Tech Night Owl LIVE with Gene Steinberg
Recent episodes:
June 18, 2009, Microsoft Enthusiasts
May 21, 2009, talking about Windows 7
March 19, 2009, talking about the iPhone 3.0 SDK
February 26, 2009, covering the Apple stockholder meeting
January 8, 2009, covering Apple’s last Macworld Expo
Earlier episodes I’ve participated on:
Oct 16 08
Oct 2 08
July 31 08
June 12 08
May 1 08
Mar 20 08
Jan 31 08
Jan 3 08
Nov 8 07
Sep 20 07
Aug 9 07
Jun 14 07
Apr 26 07
Mar 1 07
Jan 11 07
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