Comment Re:Pac-Man (Score 1) 141
Correction: That was HTML5 (JS, audio and Canvas) on whichever systems could hack it. Flash was the fall-back.
Comment Re:Firefox, eh? (Score 1) 141
Isn't mp3 set to be free soon?
Submission + - Nero Files Antitrust Case Against MPEG-LA (osnews.com)
TheReal_sabret00the writes: Nero AG, a company with one of the most fitting names ever (can you imagine a company called Hitler or Stalin 2000 years from now?), has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the MPEG-LA. The German technology company claims the licensing body has abused its monopoly power, and that is has not honoured agreements made with the US Department of Justice. There's some juicy stuff in here.
Submission + - First Look: H.264 and VP8 Compared - StreamingMedi (streamingmedia.com) 4
TheReal_sabret00the writes: VP8 is now free, but if the quality is substandard, who cares? Well, it turns out that the quality isn't substandard, so that's not an issue, but neither is it twice the quality of H.264 at half the bandwidth. See for yourself.
Submission + - Quantum teleportation achieved over 16 km (physorg.com) 1
Laxori666 writes: Scientists in China have succeeded in teleporting information between photons further than ever before. They transported quantum information over a free space distance of 16 km (10 miles), much further than the few hundred meters previously achieved, which brings us closer to transmitting information over long distances without the need for a traditional signal.
Submission + - Balmer threatens Android and Linux with patents (dailytech.com)
7-Vodka writes: In an interview with Fortune, Balmer first admits that vista was badly done then when asked about Google giving away Android for free versus Microsoft, which charges smart phone carriers, Ballmer took issue with that assessment, stating, "And there's nothing free about Android. I mean at the end of the day as we certainly have asserted in a number of cases you know there's an intellectual property royalty due on that. Whether they happen to charge for their software or not is their business decision."
Read the rest of the interview Here
Read the rest of the interview Here
Submission + - Google backs open codec against patent trolls (theregister.co.uk)
TheReal_sabret00the writes: Google is "very confident" that the newly open-sourced VP8 video codec will stand up to the sort of patent attack Steve Jobs warned of when he defended Apple's decision to shun VP8's predecessor, the open-source Ogg Theora.
Submission + - Google Makes Playable HTML5 Pacman Game | Obama Pa (obamapacman.com)
TheReal_sabret00the writes: To celebrate 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, Google has changed its logo to a working HTML5 Pac-Man arcade game! Works on desktop browsers and Apple iPad, iPh...
Submission + - Google backs open codec against patent trolls (theregister.co.uk)
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Comment Re:the point? (Score 1) 477
I've not found it slow at all. On 3.6.x or 3.7alpha's.
Comment Re:End of Firefox? (Score 1) 477
It sounds like you have some dodgy extensions installed. That won't be a problem after 4 comes out as most bjork extensions will stop working.
Submission + - Hulu: HTML5 'doesn't yet meet our customers needs (engadget.com) 1
TheReal_sabret00the writes: Hulu rolled out an updated version of its video player today, but what you may not have noticed is that the company also took advantage of the occasion to briefly talk about HTML5. In a post on the Hulu blog (which has curiously since been pulled, though it remains in the RSS feed), Hulu's VP of Product Eugene Wei took a moment for an "aside on HTML5," in which he said that while Hulu continues to monitor developments on HTML5, "as of now it doesn't yet meet all of our customers' needs."
Microsoft Kills Support For XP SP2 315
Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft's announcement this week that it is preparing to end support for machines running Windows XP SP2 not only represents a challenge for the thousands of businesses still running SP2, but also is the end of an era for both Microsoft and its customers. It wasn't until 2004 that the final release of XP SP2 hit the streets, but when it did, it represented a huge step forward in security for Windows users. It wasn't necessarily the feature set that mattered as much as the fact that the protections were enabled by default and taken out of the users' hands."
Submission + - Facebook Calls All-hands Meeting on Privacy (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: A Facebook spokesman said that the company will hold an all-staff meeting on Thursday to discuss privacy issues, but would not say whether executives are looking to make significant changes to to the popular site's highly contentious privacy policies following a bevy of changes to the service. In an interview with Computerworld last week, Ethan Beard, director of the site's developer network, defended Facebook's policies and even said users love the changes that Facebook has made. However, it seems calls for people to delete their Facebook accounts, which have gathered momentum, have not fallen on deaf ears at Facebook. Adding to the perception of a crisis on hand, the NY Times profiled on Wednesday a project called Diaspora*, which is creating a more private, decentralized alternative to Facebook.
