• All Things D, Wednesday, February 2, 2011 11:49 AM

On the heels of, er, Clickstreamgate, Microsoft is accusing Google of foul play by only naively supporting its WebM video format in its Chrome browser, rather than the H.264 format preferred by Microsoft and Apple. "In response, Microsoft said it will build a Chrome plug in that will restore support for H.264, an older and more commonly used video format," reports AllThingsD's Mobilized blog.

"Our point of view is totally clear," Internet Explorer head Dean Hachamovitch writes. "Our support for H.264 results from our views about a robust Web and video ecosystem that provides a rich level of functionality, is the product of an open standards process like the W3C's HTML5 specification, and has been free from legal attacks." Google has said its decision to base its HTML 5 video support around WebM is due to the royalties associated with H.264.

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