GIF is having a slow death. And that will come from its inefficient proprietary architecture that prohibits any real future improvement and its inability to enthuse the mobile and multimedia industry. So long it has survived due to both web authors' and M$ Internet XXXPlorer's incompetence.
CNET is a lame site. If you want biased reports it's a good start. You can do a lot better if you are interested in computers and technology.
