If authentic, a new e-mail from Steve Jobs indicates that Apple and Microsoft--of all bedfellows--could be preparing to challenge the validity of open-source video codecs. Roy had challenged Jobs on a ...

Regardless of the merits of a case against open codecs Ogg Theora and VP8 for patent infringement a very important question remains unanswered. Who will pay the lawyer bills? NoSoftwarePatents founder ...

Citing the need to continually push forward with the idea of an "open and community-driven" Web, Google has announced that it will remove H.264 playback in its Chrome Web browser. Instead, Google will ...