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Submission + - Google to drop H.264 support from Chrome (engadget.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun
suraj.sun writes: Google says it will drop support for the rival H.264 codec in its HTML5 video tag, and is justifying the move in the name of open standards somehow. Considering that H.264 is presently one of (if not the) most widely supported format out there, it sounds a little like Google shooting itself in the foot with a .357 round — especially considering the MPEG-LA just made H.264 royalty-free as long as it's freely distributed just a few months ago. If that's the case, Chrome users will have to download a H.264 plug-in to play most web video that's not bundled up in Flash... which isn't exactly an open-source format itself.

Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/11/google-will-drop-h-264-support-from-chrome-herd-the-masses-towa/
Google

Submission + - Google To Drop Support For H.264 In Chrome 1

Submitted by Steve
Steve writes: oogle just made a bold move in the HTML5 video tag battle: even though H.264 is widely used and WebM is not, the search giant has announced it will drop support for the former in Chrome. The company has not done so yet, but it has promised it will in the next couple of months. Google wants to give content publishers and developers using the HTML5 video tag an opportunity to make any necessary changes to their websites.

Here's the current state of HTML5 video: Microsoft and Apple are betting on H.264, while Google, Mozilla, and Opera are rooting for WebM. Although Internet Explorer 9 supports H.264, excluding all other codecs, Microsoft says it is making an exception for WebM, as long as the user installs the corresponding codec. Google developed WebM, but made an exception for H.264, until today's announcement. Meanwhile, Mozilla and Opera refuse to provide support for H.264 because the H.264 patent license agreement isn't cheap.

http://www.techspot.com/news/41936-google-to-drop-support-for-h264-in-chrome.html
Intel

Submission + - Intel to pay Nvidia $1.5 billion in licensing fees

Submitted by Chun
Chun writes: Nvidia has announced that it has signed a new six-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel. Beginning on January 18, 2011, Intel will pay Nvidia an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees for the future use of Nvidia's technology. The new agreement has been made in time before the last one expires on March 31, 2011.

Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to Nvidia's full range of patents. In return, Nvidia will receive an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees, to be paid in annual installments, and retain use of Intel's patents, which excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory, and certain chipsets for the Intel platform.

This is the formal result of a settlement between the two hardware giants: Nvidia and Intel have agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them. This may not be as significant as AMD buying ATI, but it does mean the two companies will be much stronger going forward into 2011.
Technology

Submission + - Intel to Pay NVIDIA $1.5 Billion In Licensing Fees (hardwarecanucks.com)

Submitted by SKYMTL
SKYMTL writes: The Intel / NVIDIA licensing dispute has finally come to an end with Intel agreeing to a new massive 6-year cross-license agreement worth $1.5 Billion USD. This spells the end of one of the longest-standing legal disputes in the technology industry.
Intel

Submission + - Intel to Pay NVIDIA Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: NVIDIA and Intel have agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them and Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011. Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to NVIDIA's full range of patents.

Submission + - NVIDIA to build ARM based cores

Submitted by foxed
foxed writes: NVIDIA announced at CES that it plans to build ARM based CPU cores. The CPU running the ARM instruction set will be fully integrated on the same chip as the NVIDIA GPU.
Wireless Networking

Submission + - NVIDIA Bets On Content With Tegra 2 (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes: Nvidia rolled out its Tegra 2 processor by showing off its capabilities in an LG phone, but the company's real bet is on content and ARM architecture.

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed off the gaming and graphics capabilities of the Tegra 2, but he kept coming back to the role of content in stimulating demand — and the role of Flash animation in that vision. He also announced Nvidia's push into high-performance computing, using architecture designed by ARM.

Feed Engadget: Motorola Atrix 4G hits AT&T's website, complete with specs (engadget.com)

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We've already seen it announced an accessorized, and Motorola's Atrix 4G Android phone has now already turned up on AT&T's website with all the specs you've been waiting for. Those include a Tegra dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and support for up to 48GB of memory, a 4-inch QHD display (or 960 x 540), a front-facing VGA camera and 5-megapixel with an LED flash 'round back, a 1930 mAh battery that promises nine hours of talk time, fingerprint login security, and Android 2.2 for an OS. Hit up the gallery below for a closer look.


Motorola Atrix 4G hits AT&T's website, complete with specs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Submission + - Nvidia teases ARM-based CPU for desktops, servers (techreport.com)

Submitted by J. Dzhugashvili
J. Dzhugashvili writes: Today at CES, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang shocked attendees by announcing Project Denver, a "high performance ARM core" designed in-house at Nvidia. Project Denver will include both a next-generation ARM-based processor component and a graphics processor on the same silicon. Huang gave strong hints that a yet-to-be-announced version of Windows will run on the chip, too.

Feed Engadget: Motorola Atrix 4G's Webtop app turns your phone into a smartbook (engadget.com)

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Turns out Motorola's just-announced Atrix 4G for AT&T will be available with a setup they're simply calling the Webtop that transforms the phone into a full-fledged smartbook.

Motorola Atrix 4G's Webtop app turns your phone into a smartbook originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feed Engadget: Motorola's dual-core Atrix 4G announced for AT&T (engadget.com)

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Noticing a trend here? First we had the Infuse 4G from Samsung, and now we've got the Atrix 4G from Motorola featuring a whopping 1GB of RAM -- so it would seem this is the device we'd had rumored as the Olympus. Announced at AT&T's CES-based Developer Summit today, the phone is the first to be unveiled for the carrier's lineup with a dual-core processor.

Motorola's dual-core Atrix 4G announced for AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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