Salon recently ran a two part feature on Burst.com. The feature talks how Microsoft stole Burst.com technology, and positions Burst.com as a David to Microsoft’s Goliath.

Salon’s articles are normally wonderul. The problem with this one is that the author apparently didn’t have the technical background to see through Burst.com’s “technology”.

While I was Apple’s QuickTime Evangelist, […]

MPEG LA has extended the deadline for companies to submit patents neccessary to support AVC, from October 11, 2002 to January 31, 2003. That makes sense, since AVC hasn’t quite reached FDIS (Final Draft International Standard) status, and “essentiality” — whether a patent is essential to AVC — can only be determined against the final […]

Qualcomm has announced that they’re shipping an important new mobile chipset for 3G (CDMA 2000 1X) devices, and it includes their “Qtv” MPEG-4 decoder.

This is a significant bellwether for MPEG-4. It says that Qualcomm’s customers are demanding MPEG-4 — and as significantly, not Windows Media or RealSystem — in the DNA of their mobile wireless […]