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Khronos Aims at 2010 For In-Browser WebGL 3D Graphics

Khronos Aims at 2010 For In-Browser WebGL 3D Graphics

The Khronos Group—the same industry consortium that manages the development of standards like the OpenGL 3D platform—has announced it is targeting the first half of 2010 for its first release of WebGL, a hardware-accelerated 3D platform for Web browsers based on OpenGL ES 2.0. Originally announced at the Game Developers Conference back in March 2009, the idea is to leverage recent developments in browser technology—like substantially accelerated JavaScript engines and the HTML 5 Canvas element—to bring real 3D graphics to Web browsers…without using a browser plug-in.

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Russian Business Sees Skype as National Security Threat

Russian Business Sees Skype as National Security Threat

Russia’s most powerful business lobby, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, is taking the stance that VoIP services like Skype and ICQ pose a threat to both Russian businesses and Russian national security—because they undercut phone services offered by existing Russian businesses, and because they’re owned and operated by foreign companies.

The group works as a lobby representing Russian business interests; it includes over 1,000 members including private and state-run businesses. The lobby has now formed a working group to draft legislation aimed at protecting Russian business interests and providing government control and regulation of VoIP firms operating in Russia. Draft legislation is expected from the committee by September.

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Facebook Flash Mob Closes Station

Facebook Flash Mob Closes Station

On Friday evening a large group of people, mimicking a popular T-Mobile television ad, descended on London’s Liverpool Street station, forcing it to close for 90 minutes.

According to Vnunet, the group – a so-called ‘flash mob’ – was brought together by an announcement on a Facebook page that read:

"The Liverpool Silent Dance, this is where everyone meets at Liverpool Street station, you play your ipod, or MP3 Music Player in your ears and dance to your own music. We want to make this the biggest event so please add all your friends to this group."

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Group Says HD DVD Beating Blu-Ray In Europe

Group Says HD DVD Beating Blu-Ray In Europe

Another propaganda salvo has been fired in the high-definition disc format war: citing sales figures from marketing research firm GfK Group, the European HD DVD Promotional Group is claiming that standalone HD DVD players are outselling Blu-ray players in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom by a ratio of three to one. The group claims a 74 percent market share amongst standalone players in those counries, although the figured do not include sales of Blu-ray drives included in Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console.

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Yahoo COO Departs Amid Restructuring

Yahoo COO Departs Amid Restructuring

Internet titan Yahoo has announced a major strategic reorganization which will see the company re-align into three primary units focussing on technology, advertisers and publishers, and “audience.” The reorganization will also mark the departure of Chief Operating Office Dan Rosenweig.

“We’re moving aggressively to deliver the most possible value to our key customers—audiences, advertisers and publishers—and seize the major new opportunities we see ahead for the Internet,” said Terry Semel, Yahoo chairman and CEO. “The Internet is continuing to grow and evolve at a rapid pace, and we’re reshaping Yahoo to be a leader in this transformation, just as we did successfully five years ago.”

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Freescale Buyout Leverages $17.6 Bln Payday

Last week brougt news of what may turn out to be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts in the history of the technology industry: a private equity group led by The Blackstone Group has negotiated a deal to buy U.S. chipmaker Freescale for some $17.6 billion&mash;assuming Freescale can’t line up a more lucrative offer in the next 50 days.  Read more...

HP, Philips, and NEC Shift Their Businesses

Some of the world’s largest technology and electronics manufacturers have announced major changes in their businesses, reflecting shifts in the global economy and marketplace:

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard has announced it plans to eliminate its Global Operations group, moving its functions to the company’s Technology Solutions Group, Personal Systems Group, and Imaging and Printing Group. Along the way, HP anticipates this latest restructuring will be completed by November and

Harman Gets a PhatNoise Deal

The Harman Consumer Group, which owns the brands JBL and Harman Kardon among others, today said they would be acquiring PhatNoise out of Los Angeles. PhatNoise is best known for their after market PhatBox car MP3 player hard drive.

PhatNoise’s team will join the Harman Consumer Group’s engineering group in designing digital media systems in the automotive environment. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  Read more...

Bluetooth Could Hit Home Audio

“Audio and video are the killer apps,” said Robin Heydon, a technical consultant for Bluetooth chip maker Cambridge Silicon Radio. Stereo audio headsets will be coming out very soon, he said, taking the concept of a Bluetooth headset a step further.

On the other hand, a home automation working group has received confirmation, Cook said, signaling that the technology may soon seek to challenge Zigbee and other home automation protocols. In addition, a global navigation systems study group has formed, a natural evolution of Bluetooth’s success in hands-free communication inside automobiles.  Read more...

MPEG-4 Video Over IEEE 1394 Gets Closer

The group will identify which parts of the MPEG-4 standard are applicable, and review strategies for possible implementation. It will operate under the auspices of the 1394 Trade Association’s Architecture Work Group, which is chaired by Peter Johansson. Don Harwood of Oxford Semiconductor, a leading member of the 1394 Trade Association, will direct the MPEG-4 over IEEE 1394 project, and the group will meet regularly beginning in March to complete its evaluation and report the results to the Architecture Work Group.  Read more...

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