From DailyTech: In a surprising move, Google has abandoned support for the h.264 video codec, used (among other codecs) to power HTML5 video in its Chrome browser. The company writes [blog]:

We expect even more rapid innovation in the web media platform in the coming year and...

From DailyTech: Microsoft is challenging Apple's filing for a trademark on the term "App Store," Good Gear Guide reports, because it feels the term is generic and that competitors should be able to use it as well.

In its 2008 filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple...

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, the contract maker of semiconductors that produces leading-edge microprocessors for Advanced Micro Devices, denied rumours earlier spread by a financial analyst about further delays of production using 32nm silicon-on-insulator process technology. As...

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology, once the legendary name among the suppliers of high-speed memory modules, plans to completely withdraw from the dynamic random access memory market. As a result, the company will concentrate its efforts on solid-state drives (SSDs), flash media and...

From InfoWorld: German security researcher Thomas Roth has found an innovative use for cloud computing: cracking wireless networks that rely on pre-shared key passphrases, such as those found in homes and smaller businesses.

Roth has created a program that runs on Amazon's Elastic...

From PC World: Amazon has posted a major update to its free Kindle app for the iPad and iPhone. The version 2.5 update adds the ability to takes advantage of iOS 4's multitasking abilities, adds support for millions of free books from various Internet sources, and adds a few minor...

From CNET News.com: MySpace CEO Mike Jones announced Tuesday a "significant organizational restructuring that will result in a 47 percent staff reduction across all divisions globally and impact about 500 employees, confirming many rumors that the News Corp.-owned social network...

From CNET News.com: Google took a somewhat arcane but important step yesterday in improving its goo.gl URL-shortening service, making it available not just through the Web but through third-party software.

Google announced the goo.gl application programming interface (API) yesterday...

From DailyTech: The iPhone made a huge splash on the smartphone market when it landed on AT&T's network in 2007. Since then, the iPhone has been an AT&T-exclusive; that is until now. Verizon officially announced that it will sell a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 next month.

"Today we...

From DailyTech: According to the BBC, a number of Windows Phone 7 users are reporting that their devices are sending and receiving phantom data, eating away at their monthly data plans.

Most complaints are U.S.-based, where devices are blowing through 30 to 50MB of data every day. A...