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Full D8 Demo Video: OnLive

Kara Swisher in D8 on August 9, 2010 at 8:01 am PT

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held in early June. Today, please don’t miss this riveting demo of OnLive by longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Perlman, an innovative start-up aimed at bringing high-end games to users, streamed from the cloud. But the idea is much bigger than cloud gaming, since OnLive is essentially the most interesting example of how almost anything can be deployed in this manner.

Google Open Sources VP8 Video Codec. Will Apple, Microsoft and Intel Use It?

John Paczkowski in News on May 19, 2010 at 10:36 am PT

Google’s plan to open-source the VP8 video codec has been rumored ever since the company acquired its developer, On2, in August 2009. After all, in the press release detailing the acquisition, Google clearly stated that “video compression technology should be a part of the Web platform.” So it’s no surprise that the company announced an open-source, royalty-free video format based on VP8 at its I/O conference Wednesday. What is surprising is the level of industry support Google has already rounded up for it.

Vudu Convinces Walmart to Pay Up: Why an Also-Ran Web Movie Service Sold for More Than $100 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on February 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm PT

As I wrote in January, Walmart is indeed interested in buying Vudu, the online movie service. I was off about one thing, though–the price. Walmart will be paying more than $100 million for the service, people familiar with the deal tell me. That’s much more than the $50 million I had previously heard Vudu was seeking and much more than industry observers thought it would get.

Google, Yahoo Going Shopping Again

Peter Kafka in Media on September 23, 2009 at 3:12 pm PT

Remember the good old days of the last Web boom, when start-ups sold to Google and Yahoo instead of going public? They’re back!

Moving iTunes Files To a New Computer

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on April 20, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about moving iTunes files to a new computer, file-compressing programs and security software.