News tagged with video compression

EU probes Motorola in patent war with Apple, Microsoft

European regulators opened Tuesday two antitrust investigations against Motorola Mobility, bought by US Internet giant Google, in the latest chapter of an escalating patent war with Apple and Microsoft.

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new method for the compression of complex signals presented

Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the University of Southern California have developed a compression method that improves the compacting of video signals, and which could be used to study ...

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Surgeons, CCTV and TV football gain from new video technology that banishes shadows and flare

Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed the world's first complete High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system, from video capture to image display, that will help a range of users including: surveillance camera ...

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created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

OnLive instant video game streaming box could become the Netflix of games

I've been playing with OnLive's new video game streaming box for a few days now - the MicroConsole - and I am very impressed.

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created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

3-D movies via Internet and satellite

Multiview video coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression. While reducing the data significantly, MVC allows at the same time providing full high-resolution quality. At the International Broadcasting ...

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created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers create cell phones for sign language

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk.

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Video firm settles lawsuits clearing way for Google buy

Video software firm On2 Technologies Inc. announced on Monday that it had settled five pending lawsuits, potentially clearing the way for its takeover by Internet giant Google.

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing things: Researchers teach computers to recognize objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- If computers could recognize objects, they could automatically search through hours of video footage for a particular two-minute scene. A tourist strolling down a street in a strange city ...

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

On2 vows to fight challenges to Google acquisition

(AP) -- Video software firm On2 Technologies said it will fight legal challenges to its planned acquisition by Google Inc.

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created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google to buy video compression firm for $106.5M

(AP) -- Google Inc. says it plans to acquire On2 Technologies Inc., a provider of digital video compression technology, in an all-stock deal valued at $106.5 million.

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1