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MPEG LA Coming After Google's VP8 Video Codec

in News on February 11, 2011 at 11:20 am PT

Is Google’s VP8 video codec free from patent liability? We’re about to find out. MPEG LA, the consortium that controls the AVC/H.264 video standard, issued a call for patents thought to be essential to VP8 today, a first step in the creation of a patent pool for the specification.

World Without Wires: Wi-Fi Alliance Endorses WiGig

in News on May 10, 2010 at 8:29 am PT

The Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that certifies the wireless industry standard, said this morning that it is allying with Wireless Gigabit Alliance to promote WiGig, a new short-range wireless specification capable of delivering data speeds of up to seven gigabits per second in the 60 GHz band.

New Dell Laptop Exceeds Military Specs for Durability, Ugliness

in News on March 10, 2009 at 3:35 pm PT

It can survive a three-foot drop and withstand water sprayed from a fire hose. It’s sea fog-resistant. It meets military specifications for thermal shock and explosive environments. And if you hit someone with it hard enough, you’d probably kill him. What is it? A Dell laptop, believe it or not.
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