Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while ...

We can’t settle iPhone vs. Android or “Star Wars” vs. “Star Trek” for you. But we can settle another long-running geek debate: Those short, animated loops that have captivated the Web for decades?

Steve Wilhite, inventor of the graphics interchange format, also known as GIF, died this month at the age of 74. Animated or not, GIFs may now be a common, free feature of the internet, but the tech ...

Stephen Wilhite worked at an online service provider CompuServe in the 1980s and created the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) in 1987 Shafiq Najib is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He left ...

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It's June 15—otherwise known as the birthday of the Graphics Interchange Format, or the GIF. To celebrate, take a look at some of the most important GIFs in history. According to Steve Wilhite, an ...

Steve Wilhite, created of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), yesterday announced that he was annoyed that people failed to pronounce the name of the file format correctly. Speaking to the New York ...

As we keep building on old image technology, types of file formats keep piling up, each with their own nuances and uses. JPG, PNG, and GIF have become the most common, but what sets them apart from ...

A patent underlying one of the Web's most popular graphics formats is set to expire later this month, raising the question of whether a rival, open-source format, created as a royalty-free alternative ...