March 25, 2013 at 5:31AM Nokia accuses Google of 'forcing' VP8 video codec on the world, uses patent system to resist it
March 15, 2011 at 7:51PM Internet Explorer 9 gets WebM support with 'preview' plug-in from Google, internet video gets more friendly
January 16, 2011 at 2:02AM Google defends H.264 removal from Chrome, says WebM plug-ins coming to Safari and IE9
January 12, 2011 at 5:50PM WebM VP8 specs ready for chip companies to start building hardware acceleration
January 11, 2011 at 5:11PM Google will drop H.264 support from Chrome, herd the masses towards WebM and Theora
August 26, 2010 at 8:23PM MPEG-LA makes H.264 video royalty-free forever, as long as it's freely distributed
May 19, 2010 at 12:22PM Google launches open WebM web video format based on VP8 (update: hardware partners and Microsoft statement)