It was only a matter of time. Nero AG, a German company responsible for the popular Nero Burning software suite that has ballooned to such incredible bloatware that it now includes integrated transcoding and a media player. Of course when video is involved that means MPEG LA is involved. MPEG LA is the licensing consortium responsible for the MPEG2 and MPEG 4 H.264 codec’s patent pools. Nero is alleging anti-trust and patent abuse violations. With MPEG LA now being assaulted on multiple fronts with the release of WebM by Google, we could be seeing the beginning of a full scale nuclear war between the major software players that, just like nuclear war in the real world, can only end in mutual destruction.
Entries Tagged 'Programming' ↓
Patent Fun
May 25th, 2010 — Apple, Google, IP, Programming, Technology
Finally, Somebody ‘Gets Me’
May 4th, 2010 — Apple, Programming, Storage, Technology
A guy with way too much cash and an obviously patient wife in NYC has built the dream apartment. Through the help of a custom home installer he was able to conceive and execute what might possibly be the perfect home. The winner of the Electronic House Gold Medal for Integrated House of the Year in the $50k+ category this thing likely cost about 10 times that or more. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that it was a million plus. Click through to see some photos and some choice excepts from the article.
Oh Apple!
April 9th, 2010 — Apple, Programming, Technology
Big scuttlebut in the news last night about the press event that Apple held to announce their new iPhone OS 4.0. NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, FoxNews and all the major tech publications were all over it. Obviously everyone is intrigued/excited about the major feature announcements including:
- Multitasking
- Enhanced Mail
- App Folders
- GameCenter
- iAd
- iBooks
- New Enterprise Security Enhancements
- More than 1500 new APIs and
- a host of customizable user features and wallpapers!
But there are a few subtle changes in the licensing that is going to piss off some developers and more likely some big third parties that are banking on tieing their tools into the Apple ecosystem.
The Droid
January 5th, 2010 — Phones, Programming, Technology
I don’t like typing a full review, but after using my new Droid for the past 2 weeks I can honestly say, THIS THING IS AWESOME. It’s an amazing device. I will just give you some brief highlights and some low lights for those of you still trying to stay away.
RAID Math
July 29th, 2009 — Programming, RAID, Storage, Technology
There are countless options for redundancy in your storage. Most controllers now support RAID 0,1,5 and almost any conceivable combination of the 3. Also, as controllers have gotten faster, we are starting to see RAID 6 controllers pop up. Read on for a list of RAID specs and some real math based simulations describing the probability of disk failure.
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