The key update mentioned is “Speed optimizations”.

Samantha Freeman promises me that this is the real deal

MPEG LA issued a revised AVC Patent Portfolio License expanding coverage to include the AVC Fidelity Range Extensions (FRExt/AVC), in addition to the other AVC/H.264 profiles currently included in the AVC/H.264 video standard.

The Public Patent Foundation is challenging the Compression Labs ‘672 patent that Forgent is using to wrangle royalties from anyone using JPEG compression.

Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of core circuitry technology for video compression and decompression that features high-quality video processing and operation with world-class ultra-low power consumption of less than 100 milliwatts.

Forward Concepts, the premier DSP market research firm, is conducting its annual on-line survey of the market for integrated circuits that employ digital signal processing (DSP) technology (not just DSP chips). There is a 60GB video iPOD to be won here.

MegaBox Cineplex Inc., Korea’s premier motion picture exhibitor, is to install 50 QuVIS Cinema Players supporting DCI JPEG-2000 into Digital Cinema theatres throughout Seoul, Korea.

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Data Compression is not a topic that lends itself to humor too often. Every once in a while there is an exception!

Forgent Networks today announced that, on Nov. 8, 2005, in Forgent’s patent infringement cases involving Patent No. 6,285,746 (the ‘746 Patent) Judge Leonard Davis set a Markman hearing on claim construction for July 2006 and set a trial date of Feb. 7, 2007. The Court also transferred and consolidated the Scientific-Atlanta Inc. and Motorola Inc. case with the Marshall case.

Stop me if you’ve heard this: Real Networks has patched two of its players to protect against a vulnerability