This shows the same image in JPEG and WebP, with WebP on the right. At this resolution, you’re unlikely to see any differences

Sorenson Squeeze 9 makes life easier for high-end video producers. (Credit: Sorenson Media) Higher-end video producers anxious to adapt to the new realities of online video will be pleased to know that Sorenson Squeeze 9 (Windows trial; Mac trial), released today, is trying to ease development of streaming-media Web sites. Web video is a flagship feature of the newer HTML5 incarnation of Hypertext Markup Language

Google is on the cusp of fixing some initial shortcomings of its WebP, an image format it hopes will speed up browsing. A new version of libwebp, the library that software can use to display and create WebP images, adds support several features, some of which were the subject of criticism when Google announced WebP in 2010: Metadata handling so people can see camera and exposure information stored in the file with the EXIF and XMP technologies. ICC (International Color Consortium) color profiles for more accurate color rendering.