"The players from Google and Vimeo do present a pretty serious problem, though. Each of these require a proprietary H.264 codec to be able to view them. These codecs aren’t compatible with the royalty-free web standards that the rest of the web is built on. The fact that they are being so unabashedly hyped along with the new darling of the web – HTML5 – means that most people don’t understand that something very dangerous is taking place behind the scenes."

Christopher Blizzard · HTML5 video and H.264 – what history tells us and why we’re standing with the web
@2 years ago
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"Researchers found that older adults who started browsing the Web experienced improved brain function after only a few days."

Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain « 44-Diaries weekend
@2 years ago
#news #internet 
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell

@2 years ago
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Google Search's New Interface Being Tested Now 

karlentwistle:

@2 years ago
#news #internet #google 
@2 years ago
#internet #firefox #news 

"Now that the decentralized system for finding peers is so well developed, TPB has decided that there is no need to run a tracker anymore, so it will remain down! It’s the end of an era, but the era is no longer up2date. We have put a server in a museum already, and now the tracking can be put there as well."

The Pirate Bay - The world’s most resilient bittorrent site (via karlentwistle)
@2 years ago
#news #internet #digitalenvironments 
"The players from Google and Vimeo do present a pretty serious problem, though. Each of these require a proprietary H.264 codec to be able to view them. These codecs aren’t compatible with the royalty-free web standards that the rest of the web is built on. The fact that they are being so unabashedly hyped along with the new darling of the web – HTML5 – means that most people don’t understand that something very dangerous is taking place behind the scenes."
Christopher Blizzard · HTML5 video and H.264 – what history tells us and why we’re standing with the web


#news #technology #internet 

 

Google Search's New Interface Being Tested Now→

karlentwistle:


#news #internet #google 

 

"Researchers found that older adults who started browsing the Web experienced improved brain function after only a few days."
Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain « 44-Diaries weekend


#news #internet 

 


#internet #firefox #news 

 

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell


#news #science #technology #internet #digitalenvironments 

 

"Now that the decentralized system for finding peers is so well developed, TPB has decided that there is no need to run a tracker anymore, so it will remain down! It’s the end of an era, but the era is no longer up2date. We have put a server in a museum already, and now the tracking can be put there as well."
The Pirate Bay - The world’s most resilient bittorrent site (via karlentwistle)


#news #internet #digitalenvironments