Wikimedia blogNews from inside the Wikimedia Foundation.orgFirefox 3.1 to support open video and audio- July 31, 2008 Multimedia on the web is dominated by closed formats, encumbered by patents owned by large companies. This means that any advanced technology to create video and audio is subject to licensing fees, and innovators face threats of patent lawsuits. Even multi-billion dollar companies are at risk: one court ruling, which was later overturned, ordered Microsoft ...http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/07/31/firefox-31-to-support-open-video-and-audio/ Welcome Tomasz Finc!- July 30, 2008 I am pleased to welcome Tomasz Finc as a new full-time software developer. Tomasz will start officially next week on August 4 in our San Francisco office. Tomasz is a systems and software engineer with more than 7 years of experience. He joins us from Amazon.com, where he administered and supported the Amazon.com A9 search engine, ...http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/07/30/welcome-tomasz-finc/ |