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boilednut writes:
Today, Google, Mozilla, and Opera announced the launch of the WebM Project. The goal of the project is to develop a high-quality, open-source, royalty-free video format suitable for the Web. WebM video files use VP8 for their video compression, coupled with Vorbis audio compression. The video and audio data will be combined into container files that are based on the open-source Matroska container.
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boilednut writes:
The Federal Communications Commission proposed an approach to regulating broadband Internet service on Thursday that would reclassify the transmission component as a basic utility subject to the agency’s oversight in order to enforce consumer protections and equal access.
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boilednut writes:
Steve Jobs' recent missive on the deficiencies of Adobe's Flash is still reverberating around the Internet. In this editorial, John Sullivan of the Free Software Foundation responds, arguing that Apple is presenting users with a false choice between Adobe's proprietary software and Apple's walled garden.
