Microsoft boosts HTML5 video for Firefox on Windows 7

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 built-in capabilities of Windows 7, said Claudio Caldato, principal program manager for Microsoft's interoperability team, in a blog post. Mozilla Firefox is a principal competitor to Microsoft's own ...

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