Microsoft released on Wednesday a Firefox browser add-on extending HTML5-based video on the company’s Windows 7 OS. The plug-in enables Firefox users to play H.264-encoded video on HTML5 by using ...

On March 16, Microsoft is making a first developer preview of Internet Explorer (IE) 9 available for download from www.IETestDrive.com. The IE 9 Platform Preview doesn't include the IE 9 user ...

Microsoft-built extension brings H.264 video format to the Chrome browser, counteracting Google's decision to drop support for the format Microsoft has released an HTML5 video-player extension for the ...

Microsoft made available for download version 1.8 of its Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) on September 17. According to a new blog post announcing the update, version 1.8 is the ...

Netflix is taking a big step toward moving away from Microsoft Silverlight technology to stream videos to your web browser. The company has announced that you can now stream videos in HTML5… if you’re ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Twitter is releasing a new TweetDeck app that puts the Adobe Air version out to pasture in favor of HTML5-based ...

Mozilla today announced that Firefox for Windows now works with Netflix’s HTML5 video player. At the same time, Netflix promised the functionality would come to Firefox for Mac users “next year.” In ...

Microsoft is having a good old time at MIX10, showing off all sorts of new things. New things like... Internet Explorer 9, which has just been previewed at the developer event, and here's what we've ...

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When Microsoft gave the first public demonstration of Windows 8 a week ago, the reaction from most circles was positive. The new Windows 8 user interface looks clean, attractive, and thoughtful, and ...