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- On2
- (On2 Technologies, Inc., New York, www.on2.com) A video compression company that is known for its high-quality codecs at the lowest possible data rates. Founded in 1992 as The...
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- On2 acquires Hantro Products helping Flash Video on devices
- Yesterday On2, the company that powers the VP6 codec that is leveraged in Flash Video, announced the acquisition of Hantro Products. Hantro is based in Finland and specializes in video players for mobile devices. According to the press release, Hantro's customers include Nokia, Freescale, LSI, Vimicro, Sanyo, and others.All of...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Online Video, On2, Mobile-Web, Flash, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-05-22
- The how and when of Adobe and Microsoft's Rich Internet Application technologies
- Now that Silverlight is being talked about, people seem to be comparing Apollo and Silverlight in the same posts. I think this stems from the fact that both are still alpha/beta and that the two technologies "cross the streams" into the other companies territory. For that they are significant, but...
- Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation, Expression Studio, Apollo, Ajax, Adobe, XBAP, WPF, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, On2, Microsoft, Flex, Flash
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- On2 joins with Widevine for Flash Video DRM
- Earlier this week, Widevine made an announcement that they were offering DRM for Flash Video. Liz Gannes over at NewTeeVee had some information, and from what I could glean from the press release, it seemed like Widevine was simply offering a downloadable client that would somehow encrypt Flash Video files....
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Rich Media, Online Video, On2, Flash, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
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- News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- On2 shareholders sue to stop Google acquisition
- I smell M$ hereWho is most interested in this deal not completing...M$!The price was more than fair, only some shareholders that were promissed more ca$h by M$ could have come with this frivolous lawsuit.RE: On2 shareholders sue to stop Google acquisitionNovember 6, 2008 - 5:00 PM EasternThird Quarter 2008 Results...
- Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, acquisition, Joe, stock, On2 Technologies, stock market, Master Corp., shareholder, On2 shareholder, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- On2 shareholders sue to stop Google acquisition
- On2 Technologies, the video compression company acquired by Google last week, has been sued by shareholders looking for a better deal. According to an SEC filing Techmeme, two class action suits were filed in Delaware and New York State. According to On2: Both complaints generally allege, among...
- Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Acquisition, On2 Technologies, Company, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- SpringSource, VMware, and the death of the independent software vendor
- Larry Dignan writes that VMware's purchase of SpringSource (formerly Interface21) has "sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts". It's mystifying developers as well. Purchases like this call into question the whole nature of the "independent software vendor", or ISV. Compare this with Google's recent purchase...
- Tags: Developer, On2 Technologies, ISV, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Microsoft still pushing a standards tax
- You make an assumption that is not true"If a standard includes ?IP restrictions? of any sort, especially royalties no matter how reasonable or necessary you consider them you?re imposing a tax on all users for your invention."Excuse me? Take for example Flash. Do they not license On2's proprietary "IP restricted"...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., tax
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Google buys one of my favorite companies
- Software patentsIf anyone ever needed reasons to hate software patents, this mess is a bunch of reasons. The current patent system leaves much to be desired.The problem with software patents is that people can patent operations that required little or no work on their part and may have already been...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Theora, software patent, software, patent, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Google buys one of my favorite companies
- If you've never heard of "On2 Technologies" you're not alone. Once a billion dollar company, On2 has fallen on hard times in the past few years and was acquired this week for around $100 million. It's sad though, because the company was responsible for much of the success of Adobe...
- Tags: Video Codec, Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Patent, OGG, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update ...
- Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., T-Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants itWasn't an earlier version of an On2 codec released as open source which morphed into Theora?Unless you are talking 2X reduction or better at the same "quality" we need fewer codecs, not more.It could still be copmtetition for AdobeReplace Flash on...
- Tags: Corporate communications, On2 Technologies, codec, H.264, video, Google Inc., Google Wants
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it
- It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Google buys video compression outfit On2 Technologies
- Google buys video compression outfit On2 TechnologiesGood for GooglingGoes to show you that Google is moving forward on video streaming for handhelds. I would guess YouTube streaming at first. Considering how they're connecting people through Google Maps and such, I wonder if they'll add video conferencing/voice-mail/notes, etc. Maybe it's the...
- Tags: On2 Technologies, Google buys video compression, Google Buys, video compression, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Google buys video compression outfit On2 Technologies
- Google on Wednesday said it will acquire On2 Technologies, a video compression company, for $106.5 million. Under the terms of the stock swap, each share of On2 will be exchanged for $0.60 worth of Google common stock. Google just made a few penny stock...
- Tags: Google Inc., Video Compression, On2 Technologies, Video, Corporate Communications, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Free Sothink FLV Player 2.3 (Windows)
- As an excellent Flash video player, Sothink FLV Player is totally free for users to play FLV on Windows PC. The free flv player can play all flv videos, including those encoded by Screen Video, Sorenson H.263 and H.264, on2 vp6. Version 2.3 enhanced function of supporting playing H.264 encoded...
- Tags: FLV, Microsoft Windows, SourceTec Software, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-30
- FLV to AVI Converter 1.4 (Windows)
- FLV to AVI Converter is a tool to convert FLV files to AVI files so they can be played in Windows Media Player. FLV files are commonly used on the Internet by YouTube, Google Video, and other video services. It can convert all kinds of FLV files, including On2 vp6...
- Tags: FLV, AVI, Microsoft Windows, Video, Zizisoft, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-22
- HTML 5 drops open-source video codec
- HTML 5 drops open-source video codec Codec sillinessHas anybody even considered On2's VP6 codec? It practically "runs the web" as far as progressive video playback is concerned. VP6 is, if you don't know already, the primary codec that Flash uses.Video for EverybodyHere is a link to a good...
- Tags: Web browsers, VP6, Theora, Bink, codec, Apple Inc., H.264, open-source video codec, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- FLV to Video Converter Pro 2.0.17 (Windows)
- This program can convert FLV files to other video & audio files, such as FLV to AVI, FLV to MPEG, FLV to MP4, FLV to MP3, FLV to 3GP, FLV to WMV, etc. The supported FLV files include Nelly Moser FLV, On2 vp6 FLV, H.263 FLV, MP3 FLV. The converted...
- Tags: FLV, Microsoft Windows, Video, Moyea Software
- Software downloads 2009-05-06
- Sothink FLV Player 1.0 (Mac)
- As an excellent Flash video player, Sothink Free FLV Player for Mac is small sized and completely free for users to play flv video files on Mac OS. It supports to play all video files with an FLV extension (*.flv), including those encoded by different codecs, like Screen Video, Sorenson...
- Tags: FLV, Apple Macintosh, Video, Flash, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-02-03
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