China firms unveil new video players
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| China's top electronics makers on Wednesday unveiled dozens of
| video players made with a homegrown DVD format in a campaign to
| promote a Chinese alternative to foreign technology.
|
| The DVD format, known as EVD, is part of state-backed efforts to
| create standards for mobile phones and other products and reduce
| dependence on foreign know-how and possibly reap licensing fees if
| they are adopted abroad.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_hi_te/china_new_dvd
See references below.
Context:
Chinese firms seek to replace DVDs with home-grown technology
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| Leading Chinese makers are to stop making DVD players from 2008 as
| part of China's plan to replace foreign technology with a new
| home-grown standard, an industry alliance chief said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061129/tc_afp/chinatradetechnologydvd
Q&A: Linux hot, standards not with China, Taiwan
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| Earlier this year, members of Chinese and Taiwanese IT associations
| announced broad plans to work together to jointly develop and promote
| Linux as well as home-grown standards for certain IT components.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/27/HNchinataiwan_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/27/HNchinataiwan_1.html
http://tinyurl.com/yj3xnq
China aims to set a new office doc standard
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| In most of the world, Microsoft dominates the market for office
| productivity applications. In China, however, there are at least
| four other domestically developed office suites to choose from.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/12/04/49OPopenent_1.html
China has its own open document format
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| Put this in your pipe and smoke it: China has its own open document
| format, the Uniform Office Format (UOF), that they are working to
| harmonize with ODF...
|
| All the plotting and planning here in the US was for absolutely
| nothing. ODF wins.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061108134931144
Same with IP television standards:
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| The Japanese consumer electronics companies aim to develop
| broadband-enabled televisions that can download and display videos from
| the internet wihtout the need for a separate set-top box or computer.
|
| They plan to establish a common standard for aspects of internet TV,
| based on a Linux operating system.
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http://informitv.com/articles/2006/08/05/internettvplans/
Electronics firms plan Internet televisions
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| The new televisions will use Linux operating systems instead of
| Microsoft Windows, it added. That feature is aimed at cutting the time
| needed to boot up and reducing the risk of virus infection.
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http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Parody_of_Al_Gore_Film_tied_0803.html#comments
TV Makers to Collaborate on Internet TV Standards
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| The new sets reportedly will be based on the Linux operating system.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/52614.html
European Operators Select Motorola's Linux-Based IP Set-Tops For IPTV
Services
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| Motorola announced that it has been selected by two leading
| telecommunications providers to supply its Linux-based VIP range of
| IP set-tops for IPTV services.
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http://linux.sys-con.com/read/284402_p.htm
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