Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support
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| While Ogg Vorbis format has not gained much adoption in music
| sales and portable players, it is not an unsupported format in
| the industry. Toy manufacturers (e.g. speaking dolls), voice
| warning systems, and reactive audio devices exploit Ogg Vorbis
| for its good quality at small bit-rates.
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/1931244&from=rss
Now it just needs to become prevalent in video.
Related:
Platform independent solution to watch "Streaming Service of the Council of
the European Union."
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| The "Streaming Service of the Council of the European Union"
| should be available for everybody and not only for Mac and MS
| Windows users.
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http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/eu_streaming_service_for_everybody
Wal-Mart to launch video downloads
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| They won't work with Macintosh or Linux-based computers or with iPods.
| The downloads can be backed up as many as three times, including to a
| DVD, but the backup DVD won't play in a conventional DVD player.
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http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=70062
Brits! Act now to save the BBC from Microsoft
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| The BBC are holding an open consultation regarding how they're
| going to delivery on-demand content, they want answers to
| questions like: "How important is it that the proposed seven-day
| catch-up service over the internet is available to consumers who
| are not using Microsoft software?"
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/31/brits_act_now_to_sav.html
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