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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

As we reported yesterday when discussing the new open source Qbo robot, it joins a growing field of increasingly capable robots that run on free, open source platforms. In Qbo’s case, Linux is the underlying platform, and an open source software stack sits on top of it. The fact that both the operating system and software stack on top of it are free means that substantial costs in producing Qbo robots are driven out of the equation

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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

Support Spreads Out For Google’s WebM Video Format

Directly on the heels of the announcement by Google of its new royalty-free video format, WebM , adjunct announcements are pouring in showing far-reachng support for the new format. With Google open sourcing the underlying VP8 codec technology that it acquired from On2 in February, the combination of openness and third-party support could make WebM a healthy competitor for formats such as H.264.

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Support Spreads Out For Google’s WebM Video Format