News tagged with video coding

ZiiLABS unveils 100-Core ZMS-40 processor: Double the performance, half the power consumption

ZiiLABS, a pioneering media processor and platforms company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd), today unveiled its ground-breaking 100-core ZMS-40 StemCell Media processor optimized for ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

IBM donating cooperative web technology that enables life changing healthcare solutions

IBM today announced that the company is donating new software code to help health care and other industries work on shared content in real-time, on the Web. The code is from IBM Project Blue Spruce and will be donated to ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Google Chrome scores at SXSW Interactive awards

A music and imagery website that shows off capabilities of Google's Chrome Web browser won top honors at a South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW) festival known for its technology trendsetters.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Putting 3-D films on your cell phone

German researchers at Fraunhofer have combined the new mobile radio standard LTE-Advanced with a video coding technique. This puts 3-D films on your cell phone. The experts will be presenting their solution ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reading Avatar's DNA

You know when you're watching a pirated film downloaded from the Internet -- there's no mistaking the fuzzy footage, or the guy in the front row getting up for popcorn. Despite the poor quality, pirated video ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Choose a movie's plot -- while you watch it

Will Rona and Sol kiss and seal their fate as a couple forever, or will Sol answer the ringing phone and change the course of history? A new movie format developed by Tel Aviv University lets the viewer decide.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Motorola fires back against Microsoft in patent dispute

Motorola, the target of a patent lawsuit by Microsoft, fired back against the US software giant with a patent infringement complaint of its own on Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Microsoft sues Motorola over 'excessive' royalty demands

Microsoft, which accused Motorola a month ago of violating its smartphone patents, filed suit against the US telecom giant again on Tuesday, accusing it of demanding "excessive" royalties.

Technology / Business

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

Adobe embracing Apple-favored online video format

Adobe Systems on Wednesday put aside its tiff with Apple and told thousands of software developers it is embracing the online video format preferred by the maker of iPhones, iPods and iPads.

Technology / Software

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Interactive game helps teach history to high-school kids

Students who have trouble staying awake in history class now have a new way to learn about the Civil War and other topics: an interactive video game where they try to stop a band of evildoers from changing the past.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New tool improves productivity, quality when translating software

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a software tool that will make it faster and easier to translate video games and other software into different languages for use in various international markets ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0