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Not Everybody Supports Google’s Open Video Moves

May 22nd, 2010 Admin
Wouldn’t you know it, directly on the heels of Google’s announcement of its WebM royalty-free video codec, and the release of its underlying V8 technology under an open source license, the patent and lawsuit drums are rumbling in the distance. According to reports , MPEG LA, the organization that controls the H.264 video standard, is exploring creating a patent pool license for VP8

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Canonical Announces 12 Million Ubuntu Users, Google Makes a Comeback

April 9th, 2010 Admin
Lots of Ubuntu news this week with the second beta released for Lucid Lynx, a switch back to Google as the default search provider , and an announcement that Canonical estimates 12 million Ubuntu users around the world. But how do they get those numbers, and why the “flapping” between search providers? It’s notoriously difficult to do the counting up for distribution users.

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Pinta is a Solid Image Editing Alternative to GIMP

March 17th, 2010 Admin
If you’re looking for a solid drawing and image editing program for Gtk, have a look at Pinta . This week’s point release brings several new improvements, a batch of new tools, and a facelift to the GUI. Modeled after Paint.NET, Pinta makes a great lightweight alternative to GIMP

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