Microsoft to standardize its HD Photo format
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Software giant plans to submit its HD Photo image format to a standards body as a higher-quality replacement for today's ubiquitous JPEG standard.
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Microsoft Corp., a worldwide leader in operating systems and Internet technologies, announced that it has found a major flaw in Windows XP operating system that is related to the JPEG image format.
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Adobe is currently trying to push a new image format standard to solve many of the problems associated with the plethora of camera hardware and the differing formats they use for storing images.
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Hard-drive based multimedia player will be available later this year.
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The required scads of buffer memory fast image-processing hardware holds back the widespread support of raw-format files for continuous shooting in low-cost cameras. JPEG XR could present an acceptable alternative.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft Corp. has discontinued a line of digital photo software, saying that the functions can now be found in Windows Vista and other Microsoft software.
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Microsoft is currently working on a fix for its Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology as users have figured out a way to get around the copyright protection.
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Redmond positions itself for the future of digital content.
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A great way for Windows users to organize lots (and lots) of photos
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Microsoft is offering a patch for a critical security flaw related to the processing of JPEG images by its operating systems and other applications.
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Dubbed Digital NeGative (DNG) format, Adobe&#39;s proposal would not supersede the JPEG format used by almost all digicams these days, but the native formats such cameras offer users who want maximum, image fidelity.
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Functions for photo-organizing app are now bundled into the operating system.
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The company is also offering a free tool to convert photos stored in other formats to the new Digital Negative specification.
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Adobe has updated Photoshop&#39;s support for digital cameras&#39; RAW image formats. The new plug-in adds to the number of camera models supported and includes a utility for converting images into the DNG, digital negative format.
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Blog: Canon is planning on adding a new file format to its digital cameras, according to a photographer who toured the company's headquarters.
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Hardware manufacturers are in fix when it comes to settling down for a standard for DVDs. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are favoring a next-generation DVD standard called HD (high-definition) DVD while Sony and other
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Blu-ray on Wednesday said Microsoft  Corp. MSFT.O has won the DVD technology group's backing of a  video compression standard for new high-definition discs,  marking an advance for the software maker in an emerging  consumer electronics arena.