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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

Adobe goes corporate open source against Ogg Theora

Adobe goes corporate open source against Ogg TheoraAbsolutely, and it gets worse...This is just Adobe PR trying to pre-empt a possible win by "rtmpdump" at the SourceForge / OSCON awards (to be announced on the 23rd).For details on what Adobe *really* thinks about Open Source and Open Standards, read the...

Tags: Proprietary Formats, Theora, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, Ogg Theora, H264, corporate open source

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Wikipedia push for Ogg Theora

Wikipedia push for Ogg TheoraMoeller I didn't want to bring this up in the article, but Mr. Moeller has been charged with supporting pedophilia. I urge those interested to read the entire blog post and the comments below, which include at least one call to ban Wikipedia from all schools...

Tags: Wiki, Ogg Theora, Wikipedia, Moeller

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

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

Mozilla plays a risky game with Theora endorsement

Mozilla plays a risky game with Theora endorsementI wouldn't say Mozilla's "tapping a horde"...but merely responding to the W3C excluding Vorbis and Theora into HTML5 at the behest of two proprietary media companies, who'd rather not see a competing format become a standard.If anybody tapped a horde, the W3C did...

Tags: Corporate communications, game, OGG, codec, Theora, video, Ogg Theora, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Theora codec hits Release 1.0

Theora codec hits Release 1.0Nothing new thereThe Dirac codec, sponsored by the BBC, is already available under a mix of open source licenses. Specifications were published january this year. VLC 0.9.2 already supports this codec...This may be a better codec...and under a better license. Time will tell.from what i read...

Tags: codec

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

First public release of Silverlight for Linux is out

First public release of Silverlight for Linux is outWhy?Why do you waste so much time and so many resources on this Miguel?The majority of the community won't touch this.Why don't you drop the pretense and just apply for a job at Microsoft already? I'm sure they could find a spot...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, patent, Theora

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

Additional Resources

iVideo Converter 2.1.1 (Mac)

Video : mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, H.264, XviD, Theora, avi, wmv, mov, flv, dv, 3gp, svq, mvk, ffv1 and more. Audio: mp2, mp3, m4a, aac, flac, alac, wav, wma, ac3, ogg and more. Other Formats: .avs, .dxa, .flic, .fli, .mlp, .mvi, .nsv, .pva, .nuv, .swf, .mts, .dca, .mpc, .mtv, dca, ......

Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, Video, iTweax, Apple Mac OS X, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Adobe CTO: Flash in the future

I wish it was Flash in the pastFlash is the antithesis of open platforms. It has made the internet into a cesspool of whiz-bang crap-ola. It adds no value to the sites it is used on and could be replaced with Ajax on almost all.The sooner Flash goes away the...

Tags: AJAX, INTERNET, Microsoft Windows NT, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

MP3 Converter 4.2.180 (Windows)

Convert RM, RMVB, WMV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, and QT to MP3, WAV, AVI, WMA, and OGG. Edit MP3 ID3 v1/v2 tag info. Multiple OGG compressor Vorbis, FLAC, Speex, and Theora. Sample rate (48K, 44.1K, 32K, 22K, 16K, and 8K), stereo/mono and bit rate (8KB-320KB). Also you can convert a selected...

Tags: AVI, OGG, Microsoft Windows, MP3, AVConverter Technologies, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-09

Firefox Flash patch nudge working, but...

Second best alternativeOn Internet Explorer (Vista/7) Flash executes inside the sandbox. Thus a Flash exploit will still be faced with a significant barrier before its able to run code as the logged-in user.Not so on Firefox. There is no sandbox and Flash executes as the logged-in user. Any Flash...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, plug-in, Firefox Flash

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Plato Media Player 1.0.5 (Windows)

Plato Free Media Player is a free multimedia player published by Plato Global Creativity.It has a very simple graphical user interface GUI which makes it easier to work with. It has lots of audio and video codecs which are built-in. It supports multiple file formats such as AVI, Mpeg, DivX,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Audio, MPEG, Microsoft Windows, Video, Plato Global Creativity, Plato Free Media Player, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-08-21

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

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

Adobe goes corporate open source against Ogg Theora

The corporate nature of the Adobe effort is emphasized on this page, where it lists "plug-in partners" from the worlds of advertising, publishing, and analytics. Its goal is to drive the Adobe Flash platform. That means Adobe's Open Video Player, code-named Strobe. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Open Source, OGG, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-21

News to know: Yahoo's home page; Barnes & Noble; Microsoft's Linux Code; 3G iPod Touch

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. Sam Diaz: Yahoo's new home page: Spending more time in your world Larry Dignan: Barnes & Noble partners with...

Tags: Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod Touch, Barnes & Noble Inc., Linux, 3G, UNIX, Operating Systems, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Wikipedia push for Ogg Theora

Wikipedia is a natural fit for this fight because it supports open source content aggressively, as witness its current battle with the UK's National Portrait Gallery NPG, which threatened legal action after 3,300 images it digitized were uploaded to Wikipedia. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: OGG, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-20

After speed, what's the next challenge for web browsers?

After speed, what's the next challenge for web browsers?SyncronizingI use Xmarks to keep my bookmarks synchronized.http://www.xmarks.com/It does everything I need it to, and doesn't get in my way. Works great.RE: After speed, what's the next challenge for web browsers?I think the future of browsers is that they will become virtual...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Xiph QuickTime Components 0.1.5 (Windows)

Xiph QuickTime Components XiphQT is the solution for Mac and Windows users, who want to use Xiph formats in any QuickTime based application. For instance, playing Ogg Vorbis in iTunes or producing Ogg Theora with iMovie.

Tags: Apple QuickTime, XiphQT, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-01

First release candidate of Firefox 3.5 posts Friday as expected

The Mozilla team reached a major milestone Friday by making available the first release candidate of Firefox 3.5. As expected, version 3.5 Release Candidate 2 was released after 4 pm on June 19th. Earlier in the week, the Firefox team released second builds of...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Release Candidate, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-22