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  • Tech giants push MPEG-4 standard

    A standards body comprising such tech heavyweights as Apple Computer and Cisco Systems has released a specification for streaming MPEG-4 video and audio via the Web.

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    Technology and standards are improving to guard copyright material online and manage its use. Companies will benefit from better control of files and more sales opportunities.

  • MPEG-4 backers protest Microsoft license

    Proponents of MPEG-4 are decrying Microsoft's new licensing fees for rival technology, saying that the pricing poses unfair competition and threatens consumer choice.

  • Microsoft goes to Hollywood

    Microsoft's surprise decision to submit Windows Media Series 9 as a standards candidate to Hollywood underscores the software giant's ambitions to take its multimedia technology beyond the Net, as well as the considerable barriers it faces.

  • MPEG-4 boosts multimedia

    The MPEG-4 standard for the transmission of digital audiovisual information can be used over a wide range of transmission speeds, and is flexible and bandwidth-efficient.

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    It seemed to be an obvious recipe: take two popular emerging technologies and stir vigorously. But the end result isn't to everyone's taste.

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    Networks don't just ferry packets around your office anymore. ZDNet Australia looks at some of the latest developments that allow your network to manage itself more intelligently.

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    Just pause before you forward that e-mail joke or petition to your friends and colleagues. You will probably find you are straining the relationship.

  • Tech strategy for 2003

    Web services, wireless and PC platforms, TechRepublic takes a punt on 2003's most influential technologies.

  • Technical reasons to hold off upgrading to Windows XP

    Windows XP has a lot to offer the large multiuser environment. But there are technical issues, including more stringent hardware requirements, that must be considered before upgrading.

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Reviews (111)

  • Will MPEG-4 Fly?

    A new streaming-media standard promises to unify a fractious market, but inferior quality and bureaucracy may block acceptance.

  • LG Shine Slide (KE970)

    Wrapped in a sturdy stainless steel case, there's nothing ground-breaking about the Shine Slide. However for AU$249, it's an excellent prepaid option.

  • Apple tunes up iSync, QuickTime

    The company updates the two software applications as part of an effort to make sure that Macs and mobile phones have plenty to talk about.

  • QuickTime 6.0 learns new tricks

    The old multimedia standard offers up a new edition with support for high-quality MPEG- 4 streaming and more.

  • Nice to see you: 5 videoconferencing tools tested

    If high-end systems are too expensive for your videoconferencing needs, and low-end setups just don't do the job, here are a few solutions you'll want to get face to face with.

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