Sun Tackles Video Codec
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| Looking to boost the Web, Sun is working on a royalty-free and open video
| codec and media system, company officials said Thursday afternoon.
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| Currently, proprietary solutions are relied on, such as Adobe's Flash or
| royalty-bearing specifications like H.264, Glidden said.
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| OMS is a recent project. Asked about the availability of OMS technologies,
| Glidden said, "Stay tuned. I have no announcements on any commercial
| implementations or time frame."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144494/sun_tackles_video_codec.html
Also new from Sun:
Sun Claims Big Leap With MySQL Upgrade Next Week
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| MySQL developers should be able to get their hands on a major update to the
| open-source database next week when Sun Microsystems hosts its first MySQL
| conference since acquiring the company earlier this year.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144472/sun_claims_big_leap_with_mysql_upgrade_next_week.html
Related:
Worlds first high performance Dirac video codec implementation available
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| Thanks to collaboration with the Xiph.org foundation there is an official
| mapping for putting Dirac video into the Ogg container format underway, and
| the Schrödinger project also hosts a proposal for mapping Dirac into the
| popular MPEG-TS container format, which is currently being considered for
| certification by the MPEG working group. We expect to see and provide
| mappings for a lot more container formats in due course.
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/10452.html
Alcatel-Lucent says $1.5 billion not enough from Microsoft
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| Alcatel-Lucent said in a court filing that $1.5 billion is not
| enough to properly compensate it for Microsoft Corp.'s infringement
| of two digital audio patents.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alcatel
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